The MetOpera Database is updated five days a week during the opera season. Casts of the previous evening’s performance, or the previous weekend’s, should be current by 11:00 am Eastern Time the next day.
Debut after name denotes first staged performance of an operatic role.
First appearance after name denotes first appearance with company, but not in a staged opera.
Last performance after name denotes last staged performance
Last appearance after name denotes last appearance with company but not in a staged opera
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KEY WORD SEARCH is the most basic and comprehensive search method in the MetOpera database because it returns every mention of a word or name. A search for “bjorling” will return all of Jussi Björling’s 123 Met performances, the 1906 appearance of his father, David, as a member of the A search for “martinelli aida” will return all of Giovanni Martinelli’s performances as Radamès in Aida along with 33 performances where the famous tenor sang in other operas with Aida Doninelli, a comprimario soprano on the Met’s roster from 1928-1933, and 25 concerts with an excerpt from Aida and Martinelli on the program. Key Word Search is a great place to start, however it is not good for generating statistics. |
With MULTI-FIELD SEARCH, data can be entered in specific fields such as name, title, and subject and return more dependable statistical results. Entering “martinelli” in the name or subject field and “aida” in the opera field will yield all 124 of Martinelli’s performances of Radamès, including the February 26, 1938 broadcast performance where he only sang part of the Celeste Aida before withdrawing from the performance. Another example of when Multi-Field might be used to return more specific results would be a search for tenor Richard Leech singing Faust, a role he has sung in both Gounod’s Faust and Boito’s Mefistofele. |
BROWSE generates lists of indexed information in four different areas. Try searching using combinations of terms (except in Met Careers).
Subject: Search with diverse terms such as name, opera, role, statistics, etc. (see sample searches below) |
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EXAMPLES OF WORDS TO ENTER |
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American Opera |
Browse or Key Word |
american opera |
Broadcasts |
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Chapters about Met History |
Key Word |
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Combinations |
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Composers |
Browse: Met Careers | verdi |
Date, performance on specific date |
Key Word |
october 25 2004 |
Debut: [Debut] after name denotes artist’s first performance in a staged opera |
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Designers |
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Designs for productions |
Key Word |
designs |
Essays (see Chapters) |
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First appearance: [First appearance] after name denotes first appearance with company but not in a staged performance (Examples: Patrice Munsel, Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, Beverly Sills) |
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General Managers |
Browse: Subject contains |
general manager |
Last appearance: [Last appearance] after a name denotes the last appearance with the company but not in a staged performance (Example: Leontyne Price) Last performance: [Last performance] after a name denotes last appearance with the company in a staged performance (Example: Lauritz Melchior) |
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National Council Audition Concerts |
Key Word |
national council |
New Productions |
Browse, Subject contains |
new production |
Opening Nights |
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Operas/ballets |
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Park performances |
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Photographs |
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Premieres |
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Productions |
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Production History of an opera. Statistics of performances per season and new productions. |
Browse |
lohengrin statistics |
Production funding |
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Repertory, by season |
Browse |
1939-40 statistics |
Reviews |
Key Word |
review milanov |
Ring Cycles, chronological list |
Browse: Subject contains |
ring cycle |
Roles, with statistics |
Browse: Subject contains |
jussi bjorling |
Rosters |
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Season |
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Selection / Excerpt * * indexing of these entries is in progress |
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Singer / Conductor |
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Statistics |
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Telecasts |
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Tour |
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Trittico: performances that include all three works are numbered |
Key Word or Browse |
trittico |
Updating: new performance data is added to the database five days a week during the opera season. |