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It’s the End of an Era at the Metropolitan Opera
As the 2022-23 season ends, the country’s largest performing arts institution looks ahead to a future of fewer titles.
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Ian Bostridge on Music’s Fuzzy Boundaries of Identity
The beloved tenor’s latest book and album emerged from a time when the pandemic forced him to question what exactly he does when he sings.
Kaija Saariaho, Pathbreaking Composer, Is Dead at 70
She brought new colors to modernist music, sometimes using electronics, and became the first female living composer to have two operas staged by the Met.
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Review: Tomasz Konieczny Returns to the Met Opera in ‘Dutchman’
After a triumphant house debut in 2019, the bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny brought power and clarity to the title role in “The Flying Dutchman.”