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The MET Season Continues with Radio and Live HD Performances

January 2, 2026 By Guy St. Clair

For those settled in after the holidays, we have our accustomed treat for the remaining months of the opera season. We start with The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay opening the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts on Saturday, January 3, at 1.00pm (EST). Readers already have their introduction to the opera in my post of …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Music, Personal History, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (opera), Metropolitan Opera Association

Mason Bates’ New Opera at the MET

November 19, 2025 By Guy St. Clair

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay We first started hearing about this opera back in the spring of this year when it was announced for the MET’s opening program for the season. While I was unfamiliar with the source material (Michael Chabon’s 2001 novel with the same name as the opera), I found it …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Music, Personal History Tagged With: Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (opera), Bates, Bates (Mason), Chabon (Michael), Filończyk (Andrezej), Gelb (Peter), Goodwin (Jay), MET Opera, Metropolitan Opera Association, Mykkanen (Miles), Nézet-Séguin (Yannick), Pierce (Sun-Ly), Scheer (Gene), Sher (Bartlett), Terrell (Katelan Trãn)

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