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Putin Ally Valery Gergiev to Lead Bolshoi Theater

The Russian maestro, who heads the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, will also control the Bolshoi in Moscow, replacing Vladimir Urin, who spoke out against the Ukraine war.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Classical Music Demonstrations, Protests and Riots Gelb, Peter New York City Opera Wagner, Richard

Climate Protesters Interrupt Met Performance of Wagner’s ‘Tannhäuser’

Met officials were forced to bring down the curtain halfway through the opera as protesters unfurled banners that read “No Opera On A Dead Planet.” The performance later resumed.

By Orlando Mayorquin Lola Fadulu Patrick Farrell and Joshua Bar

Kissinger, Henry A Nixon in China (Opera) Opera Sellars, Peter United States International Relations

When Henry Kissinger Became a Character in an Opera

In 1987, “Nixon in China” meditated on what was then recent history, depicting Kissinger as a smooth diplomat with a brutal side.

By Zachary Woolfe

Callas, Maria Classical Music internal-great-read internal-sub-only La Scala Opera House (Milan, Italy) Metropolitan Opera Opera

Maria Callas Was Opera’s Defining Diva. She Still Is.

Callas would have turned 100 on Dec. 2. She and her flash of a career remain beacons of artistic integrity and profundity.

By Zachary Woolfe