As Wotan in Patrice Chéreau’s neo-Marxist staging of the “Ring” cycle, he was part of a celebrated, polarizing moment in opera history.
Category: Opera
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Jubilant Sykes, Celebrated Opera Singer, Is Stabbed to Death
After the police found the Grammy-nominated performer in his home with fatal wounds, his son was taken into custody, the authorities said.
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Review: It’s Hard to Breathe in This ‘Walküre’
The singers did marvelous work at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, where the director Calixto Bieito’s new staging takes place in a hellish dystopia.
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Review: A Revolution Without Poetry in the Met Opera’s ‘Chénier’
Umberto Giordano’s tragedy of love undone by the French Revolution has returned, but as an evening of coarse music making.
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Security Lapse Allowed Protesters to Disrupt Performance, Met Opera Says
Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said a security guard was absent from his post when two people climbed onstage at a performance of “Carmen.”
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Review: Strauss’s ‘Arabella’ Returns to the Met Opera
The latest revival of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s final opera was a night of promising debuts and mixed success.
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Daniele Rustioni, Old-School Conductor, Joins the Met Opera
Daniele Rustioni is already busy as the Met’s new principal guest conductor, with three shows onstage this fall.
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Review: ‘The Monkey King’ Premieres at San Francisco Opera
Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s “The Monkey King,” based on “Journey to the West,” brings an old superhero to the opera stage.
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Those Little Chimes That Say ‘Please Take Your Seat’
At New York’s performing arts venues, herding audiences is a melodic mission.
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Paris Opera’s Youth Orchestra Program Starts With Young Talent
A youth orchestra program for musicians as young as 8 is part of Paris Opera’s effort to widen access to the art form and secure its future.
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Paris Opera Debuts ‘Satyagraha’ by Philip Glass, Directed by Dancers
The choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber will put their own spin on “Satyagraha” by Philip Glass for its Paris Opera premiere.