Aunt Gladys. Tyler, the Creator. That sex scene in “The Naked Gun.” These are the things Culture staffers couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
Category: Davidsen, Lise
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Best Classical Performances of 2024
Standouts included the soprano Lise Davidsen and the Berlin Philharmonic, a new opera by Missy Mazzoli and bits of old ones by Schubert.
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Angelina Jolie Plays Opera Diva Maria Callas. We Went With Her to the Met.
Jolie plays the superstar soprano Maria Callas in the new movie “Maria.” We went to the Metropolitan Opera with her and the director Pablo Larraín.
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Review: Lise Davidsen Meets Puccini in ‘Tosca’ at the Met
The powerhouse soprano, already a company stalwart at 37, still seems to be figuring out a character whose moods change on a dime.
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Review: Lise Davidsen Achieves Strauss’s Ideal in ‘Salome’
Strauss had seemingly impossible standards for a soprano in “Salome.” But Davidsen, making her role debut in Paris, is exactly what he intended.
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Review: Lise Davidsen Cements Her Stardom in Met Opera’s ‘Forza’
Lise Davidsen, entering the Italian repertoire at the company, was part of a superb cast as Verdi’s opera returned for the first time since 2006.
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Lise Davidsen Stars in ‘Forza’ at the Met Opera
The singer, best known in the works of Wagner and Strauss, is starring in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino.”
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Two Concerts Reveal a Dramatic Shift Between Mahler Symphonies
Over consecutive evenings, the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra performed Mahler’s works on programs with star sopranos.
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Best Classical Music Performances of 2023
Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures.
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Lise Davidsen Is an Opera Star Worth Traveling For
Her high notes emerging like shafts of sunlight, Davidsen is playing the title role in Janacek’s “Jenufa” at the struggling Lyric Opera of Chicago.