The Makropulos Case News

 
Financial Times
Immortality and Ageism in The Makropulos Case, at the Met Opera
The L Magazine
Leoš Janáček's 1926 opera The Makropulos Case, now at the Metropolitan Opera in a revival of Elijah Moshinsky's stylish, noirish, German expressionist production, is gabby: instead of posing for arias and ensembles, it's like endless recitative; ...
The Makropulos Case, Metropolitan Opera, New YorkFinancial Times
Mattila provides ageless artistry in Met's masterful “Makropulos Case”The Classical Review
Christopher Feigum Replaces Jaroslav Prus in Met's THE MAKROPULOS CASE TonightBroadway World

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The Guardian
Scotland's best classical music festivals
The Guardian
Highlights There is the premiere of a new production of Janácˇek's The Makropulos Case by Opera North (£16-£66) and a concert performance of Tristan und Isolde with Welsh National Opera and Ben Heppner (15 Aug, £12-£46). Two epic choral works bookend ...


 
The Cleveland Orchestra Goes Dark with Salome
WQXR Radio (blog)
But as promising as many of the young artists were (one could spot Met mainstay Matthew Plenk, fresh from his spin in The Makropulos Case, among the cadre of Jews), the real show belonged undeniably to the central, unlikely couple. In the title role, ...

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The Phoenix
Very live at the Met
The Phoenix
Last week, I went to the Met to see two productions that were not telecast: Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd and Leos Janácek's The Makropulos Case, revivals of two of my favorite 20th-century operas. I guess these productions are either too old or not ...


 
Radio Times
Metropolitan Opera: Janáček's The Makropulos
Red River Radio
The 2011-12 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season comes to a close with a live broadcast of Janáček's The Makropulos Case, starring Karita Mattila as the enigmatic diva Emilia Marty. This season's performances—the first at the Met in more than a ...
Janácek's The Makropulos CaseRadio Times
Karita Mattila takes on the role of a 337-year-old divaHelsingin Sanomat

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New York Post
Nice quirk, if you can get it
New York Post
By JAMES JORDEN According to Janacek's “The Makropulos Case,” which opened at the Met Friday, the answer is “nobody” — least of all the opera's leading lady, Emilia Marty. In this eerie 1926 fantasy, the mysterious diva's been seeking the formula for ...

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Mattila is ageless in 'The Makropoulos Case'
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Leos Janacek's “The Makropulos Case” takes a story about an opera singer who lives for more than 300 years, and yanks it out of the realm of fantasy and into one of philosophy. At the Metropolitan Opera on Friday, Karita Mattila sang the leading role, ...

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