A rough year for institutions, but a great year for their music.
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The Metropolitan Opera had a terrible year offstage and an annus mirabilis in the house.
Onstage, though, there was plenty of magic, some of it masterminded by Levines successor Yannick Nezet-Seguin.
But whenChristine Goerkesang the role in theMets latestRingcycle, the characters downfall was the singers triumph.
Glassians knew whatnotto expect: arias, action, relationships, conflict, or even a comprehensible libretto.
But Yannick Nezet-Seguins presence on the podium made it downright celestial.
