The Tenor SeokJong Baek Makes His Met Debut
SeokJong Baek began his opera career as a baritone. This season at the Metropolitan Opera, he’ll perform in “Nabucco” and “Turandot” as a tenor.
Posted inBayreuth Wagner Festival Deaths (Obituaries) Germany Gould, Stephen (1962-2023) Opera The Phantom of the Opera (Play) Theater Wagner, Richard
Stephen Gould, Tenor Best Known for Tackling Wagner, Dies at 61
He was especially acclaimed for his performances at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany. As his voice developed, he once said, so did his view of how and why to deploy it.
Posted inDead Man Walking (Opera) DiDonato, Joyce Graham, Susan Heggie, Jake McKinny, Ryan McNally, Terrence Metropolitan Opera Moore, Latonia (1979- ) Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera van Hove, Ivo
‘Dead Man Walking’ Makes Its Way to the Met Opera
This death-row tale, adapted by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally, opens the season of the Metropolitan Opera, as part of its push for newer works.
Posted inFuortes, Carlo Italy Lissner, Stephane Meloni, Giorgia (1977- ) Naples (Italy) Opera Teatro di San Carlo (Naples, Italy)
An Operatic Mess at the San Carlo Theater
The San Carlo in Naples is at the center of an offstage drama in which each of two respected figures believes he is the house’s rightful leader.