One of America's favorite operas returns to the Met for the first time in almost 30 years. The elegant production of James Robinson transports the audience to Catfish Row on Charleston's beach, excited by the music, dance, emotion and sadness of its residents. If you're going to stage the Gershwins Opera, that's how it pleases the Guardian when a new production premieres in London 2018. David Robertson leads a dynamic role starring the friendly duo Eric Owens and Angel Blue in the title role and an all-star set including Golda Schultz , Latonia Moore, Denyce Graves, Frederick Ballentine, Alfred Walker and Ryan Speedo Green.

Handrik's story of the intrigues and irregularities of ancient Rome got its first appearance at the Met, with mezzo-soprano star Joyce DiDonato as the dominant and power-hungry director of agri and Harry Bicket. The production of Sir David McVicars cleverly reworked the action of this black comedy about abuse of power so far, where it has to resonate high. In the lead roles are actor Kate Lindsey as Agrippina's son and future emperor Nerone, soprano Brenda Rae as an attractive Poppea, opponent Iestyn Davies as the ambitious Ottone officer and Matthew Rose base who tired Emperor Claudius.

The great bass baritone Sir Bryn Terfel returned to the company for the first time since 2012, starring as a damned sea captain who is devoted to sailing on high seas forever. Valery Gergiev directed the new production of François Girard, whose visionary for Parsifal 2013 set the Met standards for Wagner production recently. With the John Macfarlane set, Girard's new production transformed the Met scene into a rich painting that reminds us of extensive oil paintings. The talented German soprano Anja Kampe in her Met debut was a faithful Senta, whose selfless love was what the Dutch were looking for, with bassist Franz-Josef Selig as his father, Daland, and tenor Sergey Skorokhodov as his ex-lover who remained, Erik.