Posted inBernheim, Benjamin Metropolitan Opera Opera Rigoletto (Opera) 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. Posted by By Joshua Barone
Posted inBernheim, Benjamin Deutsche Grammophon Feola, Rosa Kelsey, Quinn Metropolitan Opera Opera Rigoletto (Opera) Scappucci, Speranza Sher, Bartlett Review: At the Met Opera, a Tenor Arrives in ‘Rigoletto’ Benjamin Bernheim filled the auditorium with a sound that was powerful, beautiful and intelligent. Posted by By Oussama Zahr
Posted inBerlin State Opera Classical Music Opera Staatskapelle Berlin West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness The pianist and conductor turns 80 soon, but deteriorating health has kept him from the celebrations he had long planned. Posted by By Javier C. Hernandez
Posted inClassical Music Culture (Arts) Donmar Warehouse Theater English National Opera Hampstead Theater (London) London (England) London Coliseum Mendes, Sam Miskimmon, Annilese Opera Royal National Theater Royal Opera House Theater Britain’s Major Opera Companies Suffer in Arts Spending Shake-Up English National Opera lost its government subsidy, and the Royal Opera House received a 10-percent cut, with funding diverted to organizations outside London. Posted by By Alex Marshall