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Reports on Opera Ebony's production of `The Meetin' at Aaron Davis Hall. Adaptation of Langston Hughes' `Mother and Child' by Pamela Baskin-Watson; Setting of the opera; Featured artists in the opera.

It was very rare and a little strange for so much to be riding on a performance of a Verdi mainstay like ''La Traviata.'' But so it was on Sunday afternoon at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when New York City Opera, in its new manifestation as a roving urban company, opened its bare-bones season with the director Jonathan Miller's intelligent and modest production of this audience favorite. For many longtime supporters, City Opera's ability to return, after abandoning its Lincoln Center home, was something to cheer. But other veteran patrons saw it differently: after a crippling financial crisis and a protracted period of internal strife, the company has re-emerged as merely a touring outfit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

''BEST of'' lists are approximate endeavors. I was sorry I couldn't attend the Mostly Mozart Festival's ''Don Giovanni,'' one of many tantalizing events I missed. But the following proved highlights of my year. 'CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN' A host of unusual creatures have appeared with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic recently. After the eye-popping characters of Gyorgy Ligeti's absurdist opera ''Le Grand Macabre'' last year came the whimsical creatures of Janacek's opera ''The Cunning Little Vixen'' in June. Mr. Gilbert conducted a vibrant performance of the score in Doug Fitch's enchanting production. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that opera singer Luciano Pavarotti cancelled an appearance in 'Tosca' at the New York Metropolitan Opera, which was to be his last performance. Speculation about his appearance; Replacement of Pavarotti with tenor Salvatore Licitra; Career of Pavarotti with the Metropolitan Opera.

Focuses on tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who withdrew from one of two scheduled appearances in 'Tosca' at the Metropolitan Opera in May 2002. His plans to sing the final performance; Rumor that the two 'Tosca' appearances would be his farewell to the Met and to staged opera; Details of his appearances at the Met; View that by waiting too long to retire, Pavarotti has undermined his legacy; History of his career; How he challenged himself artistically.

Presents news briefs on New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as of May 9, 2002, including the cancellation of the performance of Luciano Pavarotti at the Metropolitan Opera on May 8, 2002.

Looks at the events featuring opera works in the United States for the year 2000. Performance of Kaija Saariaho in the opera `L'Amour de Loin'; Pianist Martha Argerich's return at the Carnegie Hall; Lyric Opera of Chicago's presentation of the Opera `The Great Gatsby.'

Reviews the concert of opera singer Renee Fleming at Carnegie Hall in New York, New York.

Reports that Michelle Crider has been rewarded with two standing ovations for her role as Cio-Cio in Giacomo Puccini's `Madame Butterfly,' at New York City's Metropolitan Opera. Singers of other role; Orchestral direction by Julius Rudel; Opera theaters where Crider has performed.

Focuses on Cecilia Bartoli's performance of the role of Susanna in the Metropolitan Opera's fall 1998 New York City production of Mozart's `Nozze di Figaro.' Her insistence that her contract included provisions for performing alternative arias composed by Mozart in place of the familiar arias from the original 1786 Vienna production; Director Jonathan Miller's distress; Artistic director James Levine's view that they are inferior.

Focuses on the performance of Cecilia Bartoli in plays at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, New York. Roles played by Bartoli; Artistic profile of Bartoli; Concert performance of Bartoli.

Focuses on James Levine, artistic director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Performances at Carnegie Hall; Appointment as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic; Planned performances at the Verbier Festival and the Aspen Music Festival for the summer of 1999.

Presents information on various musical and dance events and the venues at which they are taking place. Details on the musical productions by the Metropolitan Opera and Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera; Information on dance productions at New York State Theater.

Present information on musical and dance events taking place in the United States. Entertainment events at Metropolitan Opera; New York Philharmonic; Other places.

Looks at the performance of Adam Fischer at his first Met `Barbiere.'

Reports that Luciano Pavarotti plans to sing the five remaining performances of Donizetti's `Fille du Regiment' at the Metropolitan Opera. Pavarotti's singing role of Tonio; Comments from Pavarotti's manager, Hebert Breslin.

concert of the soundtrack of the film `La Belle et la Bete,' by Philip Glass, in his effort to rework the film, which remains open through October 7, 1995 at the Kaye Playhouse, New York City.

Informs about the presentation of a semi-staged concert of scenes from three late Romantic French operas in `An evening of Myths and Immortality,' by Opera Manhattan on July 10 and 13, 1995, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Lexington Avenue, New York City.

Reviews the performance of African-American soprano, Michell Crider, in the opera `Madama Butterfly,' at the Metropolitan Opera on April 11, 1997.

Presents information on the commencement of Leo Janacek's opera, entitled `The Makropulos Case' at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Scheduled date of the opening; Why the opening had been postponed; Examination of the performance of Jessye Norman as Emilia Marti, an operatic diva; Brief details on the producer Elijah Moshinsky and the others who helped with the production; Perceptions of the conductor David Robertson; Information on the Chamber Music America's 18th conference.

Reports on the opening of the 1995 music season with a variety of events. The opening of the New York Philharmonic on September 20, 1995; Opening of the Metropolitan Opera season on October 2, 1995; Beginning of the Harlem season with the flutist Harold Jones' ANTARA Ensemble on September 24, 1995 at United Moravian Church.

Reviews operas held in the United States highlighting the performances of Cecilia Bartoli in the Metropolitan Opera's `La Cenerentola' which opened in New York on October 16, 1997, and Canadian tenor, Ben Heppner, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Announces the live performance of David Lang's opera, `Modern Painters' on March 4-5, 1995 at the Gould Hall in New York. Opera based on the life of John Ruskin, the art critic and philosopher of the 19th century.

Profiles tenor, Neil Shicoff, who on his 20th anniversary Met debut will sing the role of Lenski in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Tchaikovsky's `Eugene Onegin.' Background information on Shicoff and his career; Other performance schedule for Shicoff; Comments from Shicoff.

Focuses on the `Wozzeck' opera at the Metropolitan Opera House and on the performance of Thomas Hampson and Wolfgang Sawallisch at the Carnegie Hall, New York.

Discusses the performance of L'Opera Francais at the Alice Tully Hall in New York, New York under conductor Yves Abel. Amy Burton's rendition of `La Dame de Monte-Carlo'; Other cast members; Viewed favoring by the opera of sex changes.