The Metropolitan Opera is making contemporary works the main draw of its 2023-24 season instead of focusing on time-tested standards.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.When an arts institution is faced with challenging times – as nearly every presenter has been, in the wake of the COVID pandemic and its slowly resolving aftermath – business sense dictates that the surest path to recovery is doubling down on what’s previously proved successful. The Metropolitan Opera, in announcing itstoday, clearly has adhered to that logic.
Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met Opera since 2006, said in an email interview that the most significant aspect of the new season is the altered balance of new works to standard fare. “In recent seasons, we’ve experienced the greatest box office success for new and accessible work that appeals to a wider audience,” Gelb said.
The announcement, striking as it is, won’t come as news to close followers of the Met Opera, who will have read or heard about afrom December that revealed this new programming philosophy. The article also stated that in the face of financial hardship and slow sales for once-reliable standard works, the company would withdraw $30 million from its endowment and reduce the number of performances it will stage by close to 10%.
Another high-profile director, Mary Zimmerman, will helm “Florencia en el Amazonas,” inspired by the writings of Gabriel García Márquez, and the first Spanish-language work staged by the Met Opera in nearly a century. And “El Niño,” though technically not an opera but a nativity oratorio, extends the Met Opera’s history of success with works composed by John Adams.
Further prominent debuts in the coming season include soprano Asmik Grigorian, tenors SeokJong Baek and Jonathan Tetelman, baritone Christian Gerhaher and conductors Marin Alsop and Xian Zhang. Gelb says that casting remains paramount in both old and new works.
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