‘Samson et Dalila’ and ‘Aida’ Reviews: A New Direction Takes a Familiar Course

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2018-19 season promises a series of changes, but you wouldn’t know that from the productions that began it.

Heidi Waleson

Oct. 1, 2018 4:31 p.m. ET

New York

The Metropolitan Opera launched its 2018-19 season last week with promises of change: a dynamic new music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, at the helm; announcements of commissions, including its first-ever from women (Missy Mazzoli and Jeanine Tesori), and collaborations with other institutions such as BAM, the Public Theater and...