Quinn Kelsey commandingly charts each step in Macbeth’s decline in Louisa Proske’s postapocalyptic setting of Verdi’s opera, which opened the Metropolitan Opera’s season.
Category: Verdi, Giuseppe
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A Triumphant Baritone in a Dystopian ‘Macbeth’ Opens the Met Opera Season
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Met Opera’s New Season Opens With Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’
The New York Times – Music:Luminaries gathered to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera’s new season, which opened with Verdi’s “Macbeth.”
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
The New York Times – Music:Verdi’s Requiem out of Cleveland, Missy Mazzoli’s “Breaking the Waves” out of Houston and a fresh approach to art song are among our selections.
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How the Cleveland Orchestra Stays at the Top of Classical Music
Our critic tracked one concert, from its first rehearsals to its first performance. Practice is only part of what makes this ensemble excellent.
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Royal Opera: A Verdi Masterwork, Lost in Italian Translation, Returns
The Royal Opera will revive “Les Vêpres Siciliennes,” a French work experts say has long been overshadowed by an Italian version Verdi did not produce.
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Opera Company Teatro Nuovo Operates Like Bel Canto Camp
Teatro Nuovo, which trains musicians in bel canto style, returns with productions of a rare “Macbeth” and “La Sonnambula.”
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Review: Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Offer a Rarity
Riccardo Muti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in a program that featured Verdi’s “Four Seasons” and Tchaikovsky.
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Verdi’s ‘Aida’ Gets a New Staging at the Metropolitan Opera
Michael Mayer directs Verdi’s classic as an archaeologist’s discovery, featuring the shining soprano Angel Blue.
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At Opening Night at La Scala, Opera Is the Center of the Universe
There is nothing quite like opening night of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, a temple of opera, for pomp, pageantry and politics.
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Review: Lise Davidsen Cements Her Stardom in Met Opera’s ‘Forza’
Lise Davidsen, entering the Italian repertoire at the company, was part of a superb cast as Verdi’s opera returned for the first time since 2006.
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6 Highlights of Maria Callas’s Opera Career at La Scala
The soprano appeared in more than two dozen productions at the house in Milan as she rose to become opera’s leading lady. Here are six highlights.