The concert world, seemingly back to normal, saw Ukrainian musicians banding together, a new “Ring” at Bayreuth, and the opening of the revamped David Geffen Hall.
Category: Metropolitan Opera
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A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met
Carlo Rizzi, a Met Opera regular sometimes taken for granted, opened the company’s season this fall and has juggled “Medea,” “Tosca” and “Don Carlo.”
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Costuming ‘The Hours’ at the Met: Vintage Wallpaper and ’90s Calvin Klein
While creating the costumes for a new opera adaptation of “The Hours,” a designer found inspiration in archival wallpaper, an English farmhouse and 1990s Calvin Klein.
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Review: Renée Fleming Stars in ‘The Hours’ at the Met Opera
Kevin Puts and Greg Pierce’s new opera, conceived as a vehicle for the star soprano Renée Fleming, has its staged premiere at the Metropolitan Opera.
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‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film.
A new adaptation is having its stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, featuring three star singers, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Kelli O’Hara.
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Benjamin Bernheim’s Met Opera Debut Is Worth the Wait
Benjamin Bernheim’s arrival at the house was put off by the pandemic. Now singing in Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” he’s a natural fit there.
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Review: The Met Brings Back a Shorter, Weaker ‘Don Carlo’
David McVicar’s staging from last season has returned, but in a four-act, Italian-language form. In this case, less is less.
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Joanna Simon, Opera Singer from Famously Musical Family, Dies at 85
A renowned mezzo-soprano, she grew up alongside her younger sisters, Carly and Lucy, both of whom became singer-songwriters.
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How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym.
Sondra Radvanovsky has taken on one of opera’s most grueling roles. “You can’t just act it,” she said. “You really have to live it.”
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In New York, Masks Will Not Be Required at the Opera or Ballet
Many arts groups, worried about alienating older patrons, have maintained strict rules. Now “the time has come to move on,” one leader said.
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Review: A Tenor Claims His Place Among the Met Opera’s Stars
Allan Clayton brings pathos and terror, along with energy where it’s often missing, to a revival of Britten’s “Peter Grimes.”