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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From the Underworld to Our World: An Opera About Frida and Diego
Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s work at San Diego Opera puts the story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in the context of the Day of the Dead.
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Jakub Hrusa Set to Lead Royal Opera House
The young Czech conductor will replace Antonio Pappano, who is heading to the London Symphony Orchestra.
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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.