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Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Turns Lorca Into Death-Haunted Opera

Osvaldo Golijov’s poetic 2003 work is being presented in a new production at Detroit Opera that will travel to the Metropolitan Opera.

By Zachary Woolfe

Bowman, James (1941-2023) Classical Music Deaths (Obituaries) Early Music Consort of London England Messiah (Musical Work) Opera

James Bowman, Who Helped Resurrect the Countertenor, Dies at 81

He took up the repertory for the highest male voice at a time when few were performing it. He was particularly known for two roles in Britten operas.

By Neil Genzlinger

Gelb, Peter Gheorghiu, Angela Mastroianni, Jack Metropolitan Opera Opera Tosca (Opera)

Angela Gheorghiu, Diva of the Old School, Is Back at the Met Opera

The strong-willed singer, returning in “Tosca,” was long one of the Metropolitan Opera’s star sopranos. But in the past decade, her appearances have been rare.

By Zachary Woolfe

Carsen, Robert Davidsen, Lise Der Rosenkavalier (Opera) Groissbock, Gunther Hankey, Samantha Metropolitan Opera Morley, Erin Mulligan, Brian Opera

Review: Lise Davidsen Shines, and Evolves, in ‘Der Rosenkavalier’

The radiant young soprano returned to the Metropolitan Opera to star as the Marschallin in a revival of Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalier.”

By Joshua Barone