Saturday, May 2, 2026 | 1 PM | General Admission
Pre-Opera Conversation with Andrew George | 12:30 PM
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s ardent operatic adaptation of the Pushkin novel.
Baritone Iurii Samoilov sings the title role of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).
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SUNY Fredonia Graduate Student Andrew George will lead a brief pre-opera talk and Q&A at this production. The 25-minute talk will begin in the theatre at 12:30pm.
Malaysian tenor George recently appeared with the Western New York Chamber Orchestra in the world premiere of Glen Cortese’s 221B: A Sherlock Holmes Opera,singing the title role of Sherlock Holmes. He also performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra as Gastone in Verdi’s La Traviata, as Beppe in the Buffalo Opera Unlimited production of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, and with the Hillman Opera as Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and as Nika Magadoff (The Magician) in Menotti’s The Consul. In Malaysia, he has appeared as a principal soloist with the Kuala Lumpur City Opera and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.
Part of Arts in the Afternoon, which is sponsored by Dr. James M. & Marcia Merrins, Live at the Met is underwritten with support from Daniel S. Kaufman and Timothy W. Beaver
