Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Mariusz Trelinski returns to the Metropolitan Opera next year with a new staging of “La Forza del Destino,” which leans into psychoanalysis and fate.

When Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai presented Madame Butterfly to the public gathered at Hayarkon Park two years ago, he pointed to the painful historic roots from which the opera blossoms. Puccini’s ...

Much was made of the fact that it’s been almost 20 years since Verdi’s LA FORZA DEL DESTINO was last seen at the Met. For its heralded return, they picked a choice cast (starting with Lise Davidsen), ...

Polish director Mariusz Trelinski seems to have included sharper pins than usual in the opera, which makes the link between collecting butterflies, and how men and women can cause one another pain.

Stuart Skelton and Nina Stemme as the legendary lovers, alone together at last. Director Mariusz Trelinski’s austere view of the five-hour work transposes the action from medieval Cornwall to a ...

What is opera: strictly music, strictly theatre? Grand and empty spectacles or beautiful, dramatic, and engaging stories about human beings - their inner life, minds, struggles with destiny, ...