I Photographer: Grand Opera Photographer Marty Sohl

Shooting the Metropolitan Opera is a grand profession

| Published Feb 8, 2013 3:44 AM EST

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Adriana Lecouvreur Metropolitan Opera Maria Guleghina as Adriana Lecouvreur Canon EOS 5D, f/3.2 @ 300 mm, 1/200, ISO 800, No Flash. Marty Sohl

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Aida Metropolitan Opera 6-30-2009 Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/4.5 @ 105 mm, 1/200, ISO 800 Marty Sohl

Ariadne auf Naxos Metropolitan Opera Nina Stemme as Ariadne Kathleen Kim as Zerbinetta Canon EOS 5D, f/4 @ 300 mm, 1/250, ISO 1600, No Flash Marty Sohl

Pagliacci Metropolitan Opera 2009 Roberto Alagna as Canio Nuccia Focile as Nedda Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/2.8 @ 200 mm, 1/160, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

La Damnation de Faust Metropolitan Opera Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/2.8 @ 120 mm, 1/25, ISO 2000 Marty Sohl

La Damnation de Faust Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/2.8 @ 70 mm, 1/100, ISO 2000 Marty Sohl

Hansel and Gretel Metropolitan Opera Angelika Kirchschlager as Hansel Miah Persson as Gretel Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/4 @ 300 mm, 1/125, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Hansel and Gretel Metropolitan Opera 12-14-11 Kate Lindsey as Hansel Aleksandra Kurzak as Gretel Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/3.5 @ 145 mm, 1/320, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Hamlet Metropolitan Opera 2010 Marlis Petersen as Ophélie Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/3.2 @ 300 mm, 1/320, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Armida Metropolitan Opera 2-15-11 David Crawford as Astarotte Canon EOS 5D, f/2.8 @ 300 mm, 1/200, ISO 3200 Marty Sohl

Armida Metropolitan Opera 2-15-11 Canon EOS 5D, f/3.5 @ 51 mm, 1/50, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Armida Metropolitan Opera 2-15-11 Canon EOS 5D, f/4 @ 110 mm, 1/400, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Armida Metropolitan Opera 2-15-11 Kobie van Rensburg as Ubaldo Barry Banks as Carlo Lawrence Brownlee as Rinaldo Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/4.5 @ 300 mm, 1/200, ISO 1250 Marty Sohl

Le Comte Ory Metropolitan Opera 3-21-11 Joyce DiDonato as Isolier Diana Damrau as Countess Adèle Canon EOS 7D, f/3.5 @ 300 mm, 1/250, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Le Comte Ory Metropolitan Opera 2-21-11 Juan Diego Florez as Count Ory Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/4.5 @ 300 mm, 1/250, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Madama Butterfly Metropolitan Opera 12-6-11 Canon EOS 5D, f/2.8 @ 300 mm, 1/50, ISO 1000 Marty Sohl

Le Nozze di Figaro Metropolitan Opera 2009 Danielle de Niese as Susanna Canon EOS 40D, f/4 @ 300 mm, 1/320, ISO 1000 Marty Sohl

Carmen Metropolitan Opera 1-16-10 Canon EOS 5D, f/2.8 @ 85 mm, 1/40, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

La Traviata Metropolitan Opera 3-30-12 Natalie Dessay as Violetta Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/4 @ 85 mm, 1/200, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Macbeth Metropolitan Opera 3-12-12 Nadja Michael as Lady Macbeth Thomas Hampson as Macbeth Canon EOS 7D, f/3.5 @ 145 mm, 1/320, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

La Traviata Metropolitan Opera 3-25-10 Angela Gheorghiu as Violetta James Valenti as Alfredo Canon EOS 5D, f/2.8 @ 300 mm, 1/60, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Les Contes d’Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera 10-6-10 Canon EOS 5D, f/3.2 @ 200 mm, 1/160, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Les Contes d’Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera 9-28-10 Ildar Abdrazakov as Coppélius Canon EOS 5D, f/2.8 @ 300 mm, 1/160, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Nabucco Metropolitan Opera 9-27-11 Canon EOS 5D, f/5.6 @ 42 mm, 1/40, ISO 640 Marty Sohl

Turandot Metropolitan Opera 10-26-09 Eduardo Valdes as Pong Joshua Hopkins as Ping Tony Stevenson as Pang Canon EOS 5D, f/4 @ 300 mm, 1/125, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Tosca Metropolitan Opera 1-10-11 Sondra Radvanovsky as Tosca Falk Struckmann as Scarpia Canon EOS 7D, f/3.2 @ 300 mm, 1/250, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Don Giovanni Metropolitan Opera, Oct. 2011 Ramón Vargas as Don Ottavio Marina Rebeka as Donna Anna Stefan Kocán as Commendatore Canon EOS 7D, f/2.8 @ 78 mm, 1/160, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Don Giovanni Metropolitan Opera, Oct. 2011 Luca Pisaroni as Leporello Mariusz Kwiecien as Don Giovanni Barbara Frittoli as Donna Elvira Canon EOS 7D, f/4 @ 73 mm, 1/200, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

La Fille Du Regiment Metropolitan Opera 12-8-11 Ann Murray as Marquise of Berkenfield Nino Machaidze as Marie Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/3.2 @ 173 mm, 1/160, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Ernani Metropolitan Opera 1-30-12 A scene from Verdi’s Ernani, with Angela Meade as Elvira and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Don Carlo Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/3.2 @ 90 mm, 1/15, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Il Trovatore Metropolitan Opera 9-28-12 Morris Robinson as Ferrando Dolora Zajick as Azucena Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/3.2 @ 300 mm, 1/250, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Aida Metropolitan Opera 11-20-12 Liudmyla Monastyrska as Aida Olga Borodina as Amneris Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/2.8 @ 300 mm, 1/250, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Don Giovanni Metropolitan Opera 11-28-12 Erwin Schrott as Leporello Ildar Abdrazakov as Don Giovanni Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/2.8 @ 165 mm, 1/250, ISO 1600 Marty Sohl

Un Ballo in Maschera Metropolitan Opera 2012 Sondra Radvanovsky as Amelia Stephanie Blythe as Ulrica Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/4 @ 300 mm, 1/160, ISO 2500 Marty Sohl

Die Frau ohne Schatten Metropolitan Opera NIKON D100, f/4 @ 175 mm, 1/80, ISO 640 Marty Sohl