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Detroit Opera Steps Into Trump’s Cross Hairs With ‘Central Park Five’

The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera features Donald J. Trump, whose 1989 full-page newspaper ad sought to demonize the young men wrongly accused of rape.

By Robin Pogrebin

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Opera Doesn’t Have to Be for Elites. Here’s Why.

If opera at its best aspires to a different world, then we need to cultivate an anti-elite approach to how it is created and performed.

By Yuval Sharon

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Four Takeaways From the Metropolitan Opera’s Risky Season

The company has bet that new operas will attract new, more diverse audiences and revitalize a stale repertory. Is the gamble paying off?

By Zachary Woolfe