Julie Taymor’s version of Mozart’s opera, a fairy tale of puppets and plexiglass, achieves its finest form in the Met’s condensed version for families.
Category: Opera
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Review: ‘The Magic Flute’ Directs Its Whimsy Toward the Younger Set
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A Cyberattack Shuts the Met Opera’s Box Office, but the Show Goes On
The New York Times – Music:After hackers knocked out the ticket-selling system of the Met, the largest performing arts organization in the United States, the company decided to sell $50 general admission seats.
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Amid Global Turmoil, Salzburg Festival Plans a Summer of Reflection
The New York Times – Music:“Our present reality seems to be completely out of joint with universal bonds and perspectives,” the festival’s artistic director said.
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An Opera Company’s Precarious Future Has Some Worried About a Ripple Effect
The New York Times – Music:For a month now, politicians, newspapers and classical music stars have been arguing over the future of English National Opera. A funding cut could have repercussions far beyond Britain.
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Met Opera, Reeling From Cyberattack, Will Sell Tickets on New Site
The New York Times – Music:The company’s computer systems have been down for more than three days. It will now use a Lincoln Center website to offer $50 general admission seats to some performances.
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What It’s Like to Perform in the Met Opera’s ‘Aida’ With No Experience
The New York Times – Music:Some of the company’s productions, like the recently opened “Aida,” require over a hundred additional actors. On opening night, I joined them.
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Joyce Bryant, Sensual Singer Who Changed Course, Dies at 95
The New York Times – Music:In the 1940s and ’50s she was a glamorous Black star when there were few. Then she became a missionary.
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Review: The Met Opera’s Grand Old ‘Aida’ Isn’t Dead Yet
The New York Times – Music:But opening night of the huge production’s final run, shakily cast, presented a show that seemed to be begging to retire.
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Kornel Mundruczo Brings Powerful Imagery to Wagner and Film
The New York Times – Music:Kornel Mundruczo’s varied career has included the Oscar-nominated movie “Pieces of a Woman,” stage productions across Europe and now, “Lohengrin.”
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A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met
The New York Times – Music: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
The New York Times – Fashion & Style: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.