Kevin Puts and Greg Pierce’s new opera, conceived as a vehicle for the star soprano Renée Fleming, has its staged premiere at the Metropolitan Opera.
Category: Opera
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Review: Renée Fleming Stars in ‘The Hours’ at the Met Opera
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‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film.
The New York Times – Music:A new adaptation is having its stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, featuring three star singers, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Kelli O’Hara.
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A Rising Conductor Who’s ‘Not Just a Pair of Hands’
The New York Times – Music:Raphaël Pichon has quickly become one of the most interesting conductors not just in his specialty of period instruments, but in classical music.
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Park Avenue Armory Season Spotlights Homelessness and Medical Ethics
The New York Times – Music:Highlights include Robert Icke’s moral thriller “The Doctor” and the tenor Jonas Kaufmann in a staging of Franz Schubert’s final songs.
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Benjamin Bernheim’s Met Opera Debut Is Worth the Wait
The New York Times – Music: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.
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Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness
The New York Times – Music:The pianist and conductor turns 80 soon, but deteriorating health has kept him from the celebrations he had long planned.
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Britain’s Major Opera Companies Suffer in Arts Spending Shake-Up
The New York Times – Music:English National Opera lost its government subsidy, and the Royal Opera House received a 10-percent cut, with funding diverted to organizations outside London.
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Review: The Met Brings Back a Shorter, Weaker ‘Don Carlo’
The New York Times – Music:David McVicar’s staging from last season has returned, but in a four-act, Italian-language form. In this case, less is less.
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Music, Science and Healing Intersect in an A.I. Opera
The New York Times – Music:The work-in-progress “Song of the Ambassadors” got a test run at Alice Tully Hall — with Lincoln Center’s artistic director lending her brain.
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Review: ‘Carmen’ Returns to Its Comic Opera Roots
The New York Times – Music:MasterVoices sheds the typical grand-opera treatment of Bizet’s classic to reveal a sleeker, funnier show.
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Joanna Simon, Opera Singer from Famously Musical Family, Dies at 85
The New York Times – Music:A renowned mezzo-soprano, she grew up alongside her younger sisters, Carly and Lucy, both of whom became singer-songwriters.