The Italian soprano’s dramatic acumen and hard-to-characterize voice brought a range of classic opera heroines vividly and emotionally to life.
Category: Metropolitan Opera
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Renata Scotto, Opera Diva Who Inhabited Roles, Dies at 89
Ms. Scotto, a leading Italian soprano, sang more than two dozen roles at the Metropolitan Opera and was a charismatic and demanding stage partner.
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The Metropolitan Opera Guild Will Wind Down Amid Financial Woes
The organization, founded in 1935 to support the opera house, will lay off 20 employees and stop publishing Opera News as a stand-alone monthly magazine.
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Anna Netrebko Sues Met Opera After Losing Work Over Support of Putin
Seeking at least $360,000, the singer accused the storied opera house of discrimination, defamation and breach of contract. The company disputed her claims.
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Review: A Met Opera-Bound ‘Semele’ Takes Its First Bows
Claus Guth’s entertaining and often sexy new staging of Handel’s opera-oratorio hybrid in Munich is a coproduction with the Metropolitan Opera.
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Review: A Composer’s ‘Lear’ Freshens a Shakespeare Evening
The Met Orchestra’s season-ending concert at Carnegie Hall featured the premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s “Heath (‘King Lear’ Sketches).”
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It’s the End of an Era at the Metropolitan Opera
As the 2022-23 season ends, the country’s largest performing arts institution looks ahead to a future of fewer titles.
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Kaija Saariaho, Pathbreaking Composer, Is Dead at 70
She brought new colors to modernist music, sometimes using electronics, and became the first female living composer to have two operas staged by the Met.
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Review: Tomasz Konieczny Returns to the Met Opera in ‘Dutchman’
After a triumphant house debut in 2019, the bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny brought power and clarity to the title role in “The Flying Dutchman.”
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The Conductor Thomas Guggeis Is Rising Fast After a Surprise Debut
Not yet 30, Guggeis already leads a major opera house and has conducted the “Ring” in Berlin. Next up: his arrival at the Metropolitan Opera.
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‘Magic Flute’ Review: Trickery and Delight in Mozart at the Met
Unveiling the trickery only enhances the delight of this interpretation of Mozart by the director Simon McBurney.
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This ‘Magic Flute’ Has Ringtones, Bird Tracks and a Foley Artist
The director Simon McBurney creates a magical sound world in his theatrical production of Mozart’s classic at the Metropolitan Opera.