At the Met Opera, the Show Goes On After a Technical Mishap
The company put on a semi-staged version of Puccini’s “Turandot” at the last minute, after a backstage lift got jammed.
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The American Tenor Jonathan Tetelman, a Puccini Specialist, Arrives at the Met
Jonathan Tetelman will sing in “La Rondine” and “Madama Butterfly” in New York. He trained as a baritone and worked as a D.J. before finding his “authentic voice” as a tenor.
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A Musician Turned Pilot Shows It’s Never Too Late to Find a New Career
Patrick Milando, an accomplished French horn player, now splits his time between the orchestra pit and the cockpit, where he teaches budding pilots like he himself once was.
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Review: The Met’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’ Is Saved by Its Stars
Bartlett Sher’s middling production returned to the Metropolitan Opera, with a glorious Benjamin Bernheim and Nadine Sierra in the title roles.