Edited by Christopher Tarantino
[email protected] Opera & Musical Theater Nightlife @MrTarantino P Carmen Metropolitan Opera House (at Lincoln Center), Upper West Side. Thu 19, Mon 23, Thu 26 Wed 4 at 7:30pm. $30–$475. Elina Garanca returns in the title role of Bizet’s classic, in this revival of Richard Eyre’s production. For this run of performances, Roberto Alagna is her Don Jose. P Iolanta/Bluebeard’s Castle Metropolitan Opera House (at Lincoln Center), Upper West Side. Sat 21 at 8pm. $25–$495. You get a lot for your money with director Mariusz Trelinski’s double bill of new productions. The glitz factor comes in the first half, as Anna Netrebko stars in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta. The must-see half of the presentation comes afterward, with a gothic (and bondagey) take on Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle. Here soprano Nadja Michael and the Met Orchestra prove grimly seductive. P La Donna del Lago Metropolitan Opera House (at Lincoln Center), Upper West Side. Fri 20, Wed 25, Tue 3 at 7:30pm; Sat 28 at 1pm. $30– $387.50. Joyce DiDonato stars as Nightlife the lake-bound Elena in this new production of Rossini’s bel canto tragedy. Juan Diego Flórez sings the role of Giacomo V. Michele Mariotti conducts this new production, which is directed by Paul Curran. P Les Contes d’Hoffmann Kenji Takimi’s Crue-L intentions Metropolitan Opera House (at Lincoln Center), Upper West Side. The biggest name in Japan’s disco scene finally arrives in America. Sat 28 at 8pm. $25–$445.