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The Verdict
Reviews: What Did Critics Think of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera?
Mason Bates' new opera, directed by Bartlett Sher, opened the company's 2025-26 season September 21.
By Natan Zamansky September 22, 2025
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 season opened September 21 with Mason Bates and Gene Scheer’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – and the reviews are in! Based on Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, the opera follows Josef Kavalier and Samuel Klayman, two Jewish cousins who break into the burgeoning comic book industry of the 1930s with the creation of an anti-fascist superhero called The Escapist, inspired by Josef's escape from Nazi-occupied Prague. Baritone Andrzej Filończyk and tenor Miles Mykkanen star as the titular Kavalier and Clay. Read the reviews here. BroadwayWorld (Richard Sasanow) *This review may require creating a free account or a paid subscription. Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in. The cast also includes mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce as Rosa Saks, baritone Edward Nelson as Tracy Bacon, and bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi as Sheldon Anapol. Dancers Jeremy Rivera and Bonnie Wright portray the comic book superheroes The Escapist and Luna Moth. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Mason Bates’ electronica-infused score. Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher helms the production, which includes costumes by Jennifer Moeller, sound by Rick Jacobson, choreography by Mandy Moore, and sets, lighting, and video design by 59 Studio. Paul Cremo, the Met’s head of commissioning, serves as dramaturg. The opening week of the Met's season includes revivals of Puccini's Turandot and Mozart's Don Giovanni. Later in the season will be hte Met premieres of Kaija Saariaho's Innocence and Gabriela Lena Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, as well as new productions of Bellini's La Sonnambula and I Puritani, and Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Performances of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay run September 21 - October 11. For more information, visit MetOpera.org.
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A scene from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Miles Mykkanen and Andrzej Filończyk in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Miles Mykkanen and Andrzej Filończyk in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Andrzej Filończyk and Miles Mykkanen in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Lauren Snouffer (background) and Andrzej Filończyk in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Sun-Ly Pierce in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Lauren Snouffer and Andrzej Filończyk in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Sun-Ly Pierce and Andrzej Filończyk in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Edward Nelson and Miles Mykkanen in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Jerimy Rivera in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Andrzej Filończyk, Miles Mykkanen, Edward Nelson, Sul-Ly Pierce and Lauren Snouffer (background, above) in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Edward Nelson and Miles Mykkanen in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Sun-Ly Pierce, Helen Rtveliashvili Mangan and Miles Mykkanen in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Efrain Solis and Suny-Ly Pierce in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Andrzej Filończyk, Miles Mykkanen and Patrick Carfizzi in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Miles Mykkanen, Andrzej Filończyk and Patrick Carfizzi in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Miles Mykkanen, Edward Nelson, John Moore and Amanda Batista in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
A scene from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Mason Bates Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
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