At the Metropolitan Opera’s season premiere of Elijah Moshinsky’s production, it was the women who led, while a strong cast carried the patchwork plot.
Category: Opera
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How ‘The Queen of Spades’ Brought Two Tchaikovsky Brothers Together
The composer’s brother Modest long wanted to collaborate. They didn’t mean to, but got their chance to bring Pushkin to the opera stage.
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Santa Fe Opera Continues to Draw Performers From Across the Globe
Nearly 70 years old, the Santa Fe Opera and its summer season draw singers, directors, designers, conductors and apprentices from across the globe.
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Opera Companies Find Savings and Gains Through Collaborations
Co-productions can help companies across the globe save money, collaborate artistically and ensure that lesser-known works are seen by more audiences.
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The Soprano Sonya Yoncheva Has Many Roles, On and Off the Stage
Sonya Yoncheva discusses her turn as Lisa in “The Queen of Spades” at the Metropolitan Opera, her summer concerts, her production company and more.
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Review: Unsuk Chin’s New Opera Gives Music to the Unsaid
Unsuk Chin’s “The Dark Side of the Moon,” a reinterpretation of the Faust myth, reflects a restless mind with constant musical invention.
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Review: A Game of Light and Shadow in Gounod’s ‘Faust’
Sara Holdren’s new production for Heartbeat Opera takes its lead from Bulgakov’s Faustian novel “The Master and Margarita.”
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Austria Wins Narrow Victory Over Israel in Eurovision Song Contest
Austria’s entrant, JJ, took the prize after a tense count that was neck-and-neck until the last votes were revealed.
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Luigi Alva, Elegant Tenor With a Lighthearted Touch, Dies at 98
A Peruvian-born international star, he made a specialty of roles in operas by Donizetti, Rossini and Mozart, becoming one of their pre-eminent interpreters.
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Seven Takes on the Lurid Dance of the Seven Veils in Strauss’s ‘Salome’
In Strauss’s “Salome,” is the Dance of the Seven Veils a seduction? A striptease? A cry for help? Watch some memorable versions from its long history.
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John Adams’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ Sags at the Metropolitan Opera
John Adams’s Shakespeare adaptation has been trimmed since its premiere, but still struggles with setting a flood of dense Elizabethan verse.