At a Gilded Florida Resort, Anna Netrebko Tries U.S. Comeback
The Russian singer, shunned over her past support of Vladimir V. Putin, made her first American appearance since 2019 at a ...
The late Pauline Oliveros is having her moment. How Long Beach Opera is making it even bigger
Long Beach Opera embarks on a risky, unprecedented season centered on pioneering composer Pauline Oliveros. "We're just going ...
Paul Plishka, whose Metropolitan Opera career spanned 51 years, dies at age 83
Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over ...
Singers worldwide converge in Columbia to vie for a shot at the Met Opera in New York City
Every year, opera singers from around the world converge on SC's Columbia College's campus with one goal: to make it to the ...
Angel Blue Doubted Her Path in Opera. Now She’s a Star.
Once used to frequent rejection letters, Blue has become a regular on major stages and is singing the title role in “Aida” at ...
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Critic's notebook: At the Metropolitan Opera, an 'Aida' production rooted in the past says a lot about the genre's future
The Metropolitan Opera's assistant directors balance tradition and innovation to revive productions like "Aida" while shaping ...
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The Met’s New Aida Visits the Other Met
The soprano Angel Blue, the star of the new production of Verdi’s ancient-Egypt spectacle, goes to the Temple of Dendur, ...
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Soprano Lise Davidsen pregnant with twins, cancels performances from mid-March through December
Soprano Lise Davidsen is pregnant with twins and is canceling her performances from mid-March through the end of the year.
Met Opera’s Lindsay Ohse steps into the glass slipper of ‘Cendrillon’
Met Opera soprano and Grammy winner Lindsay Ohse will play the hopeful Cinderella in Opera Orlando’s next production, ...
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With new 'Aida' staging, Met tries out grandiose opera for the contemporary age
"Aida" has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant -- think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real-live horses ...
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‘Happy Birthday, Bill!’—America’s Gift to the French Baroque Turns 80
Commemoration of William Christie’s eighth decade began last year with grand stagings in Paris of Charpentier’s ‘Médée’ and ...
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Tucson song festival tenor answers call for once-in-lifetime opp
It was Peter Gelb, general manager of New York Metropolitan Opera. The principal tenor singing the role of Radamés in the Met’s new staging of Verdi’s “Aida” was fighting a virus.