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The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See
With contemporary music dominating new productions and returning in some revivals, the Met is entering a new era of programming.
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Classical Music to See and Hear in Spring 2023
This spring, Gustavo Dudamel, the Philharmonic’s next music director, conducts the big deal symphony, the Met Opera stages Terence Blanchard’s “Champion”; and in Chicago, Riccardo Muti says farewell.
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How a Production of Wagner’s ‘Lohengrin’ Changed the Met Opera
Robert Wilson’s staging of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” opened to a wall of boos in 1998. But it brought new theatrical possibilities to the Met.
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Jürgen Flimm, Director of Festivals and Opera Houses, Dies at 81
He left his mark in Hamburg, Berlin, Strasburg and elsewhere. He also directed a memorable “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth.