In New York, an anti-fascist superhero rises -- at the Met | News

NEW YORK, Sept 21, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Statue of Liberty makes a cameo in the Metropolitan Opera's season opener, invoking a time when New York stood as a beacon of hope for Jews desperately fleeing Nazism. The image from "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" -- which kicks off the Met's 2025-26 cycle on Sunday -- resonates at a time when President Donald Trump's government is cracking down on the media and immigration. The opera tells the fictitious tale of Joe Kavalier's escape from Nazi-occupied Prague in 1939 to Brooklyn, where he joins forces with cousin Sam Clay to try to raise funds to attempt to save Kavalier's family. Their money-making venture? A comic strip featuring an superhero...