Met Cancels Calixto Bieito's 'forza Del Destino' Production

NEW YORK (AP) — Needing to trim its $300 million budget, the Metropolitan Opera canceled next year's production of Verdi's "La Forza del Destino," which was to have been the debut of provocative Spanish director Calixto Bieito. The production, first seen at the English National Opera in November 2015, was to have been the company debut of Bieito, whose work is known for its liberal nudity and unusual settings, such as having men sitting on toilets reading newspapers in the opening of a 2000 staging of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Machera" in Barcelona, Spain. The Met said Friday that "Forza" has been postponed indefinitely and will be replaced by four concerts of Verdi's "Requiem" led by music director emeritus James Levine, running from Nov.

 

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