Why Is an Entire Age of American Opera Missing at the Met?
A concert performance of “Vanessa” freshly argued for the vitality of a work that deserves to be staged but languishes with ...
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This Met Opera Series Is New York’s Best-Kept Secret
I was mingling at a dinner party two years ago when the host introduced me to a friend I hadn’t yet met. “How do you know ...
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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 ...
New opera based on Syracuse University professor’s novel to premiere in NY
The Associated Press reports “Lincoln in the Bardo,” adapted from George Saunders' Man Booker Prize-winning book, will open ...
LA Opera drops Missy Mazzoli's 'Lincoln in the Bardo,' which will premiere at New York's Met
The Los Angeles Opera dropped a contemplated world premiere for the second straight season in a cost-cutting move, and Missy Mazzoli's ''Lincoln in the Bardo'' will instead open at New York's ...
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A newbie's guide for going to the opera
James Emerson, an opera fan since 2010 after seeing “La Traviata” when he was 15 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, described that first show as “magical.” “Opera puts me ...
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The prima donna returns
As has been reported, a number of supporters of the PBO gala have ties to the Metropolitan, including Veronica Atkins, the ...