Some recent years have yielded as many as 25 performances in a season of 242.Īs a close observer of the opera world, I wouldn’t dare suggest that the top-tier operas don’t deserve such frequent showings.
And the current Franco Zeffirelli production, unveiled in 1981, is the most-seen production of all operas in the company’s history, according to John Pennino, an archivist at the Met. Since its Met premiere in 1900, “La Bohème” has been staged in all but eight seasons, according to the Met archives. You can see that below in the chart, which compares those top-tier operas with others being performed next season. 3 That top tier of operas are a class unto themselves: Company archives show that a season rarely goes by without them. When you add in the fourth-most-performed opera in Met history, Verdi’s “La Traviata,” which will also be staged next season, those four operas will account for nearly a quarter of all the Met’s performances next season - even though 22 other operas are being mounted. Opera types call them “the ABC’s” for the letters in their titles - and because they’re staples of opera repertories. Two-and-a-half months after that: Bizet’s “Carmen.” The three most-performed works in Metropolitan Opera history will all appear next season, as is so often the case. Just three days into its new season, which starts in September, 1 the Met will have already returned to its most-performed work: 2 Puccini’s “La Bohème.” About a month after that, Verdi’s ”Aida” will take the stage. The Metropolitan Opera announced its 2016-17 schedule this week, and it still can’t quit its old standbys.
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