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On this day in 1966 the landmark concept musical Cabaret opened at the Broadhurst Theatre to run 1,165 performances.
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Bring your family: This show is special! Such perfect opera is hard to find!
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Opera Lafayette presents John Blow’s Venus and Adonis
Renowned French lutenist Thomas Dunford returns as musical director of Venus and Adonis, a work which prefigured Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre and bass-baritone Douglas Williams return to Opera Lafayette’s stage in the title roles, and soprano Sarah Shafer makes her company debut as Cupid.
Robert Falls, Artistic Director of Chicago’s Goodman Theater, has created for Lyric Opera of Chicago a Don Giovanni that lands smack dab in the middle of our current debate about wanted or unwanted sexual advances and outright sexual abuse.
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On a new Opus Arte video, Ermonela Jaho is at the absolute peak of her powers both vocally and interpretively.
By Patrick Mack
Christine Goerke‘s distracted, tentative Isolde turned out to be the least potent feature of what was an otherwise exciting and effective second act of Tristan.
On this day in 1962 soprano Régine Crespin made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Marschallin.
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MILA comes to New York and San Francisco
Sung in English, Cantonese and Tagalog, Mila explores the cultural diversity of Hong Kong at New York’s Angel Orensanz Center (Dec. 7) and San Francisco’s Wilsey Center for Opera (Dec. 12). The hour-long opera is the creation of Eli Marshall, Candace Chong and Chu Hei Chan, with music director Neal Goren.
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Love in Hate Nation is a little musical that could and can… and I sure as hell hope it does!
By David Fox
“A flawed leader with visions of grandeur who becomes mentally unstable is a plot line that [Kanye] West might relate to.”
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Saturday afternoon’s performance of Le Nozze di Figaro at the Met was awash with contradictions.
On this day in 1974 tenor José Carreras made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Cavardossi.
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Così fan tutte presents a considerable challenge to the modern director.
The San Francisco Opera, perhaps incidentally, continued their exploration of operas based on literary works by mounting the revival of Giacomo Puccini’s first success, Manon Lescaut.
On this day in 1975 soprano Roberta Peters celebrated the 25th anniversary of her Metropolitan Opera debut, singing Despina.
Listen and discuss, cher public, beginning at 12:55 PM. Photo: Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera
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On this day in 1981 Stephen Sondheim‘s Merrily We Roll Along opened at the Alvin Theatre, to run 16 performances.
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Fabiano To Headline ArtSmart Benefit Concert
On December 4, at 8:00 pm, world-renowned tenor Michael Fabiano inaugurates a new initiative at Merkin Hall in collaboration with Classical Vocal Arts (CVA) International entitled, “A Passion for Song.” This benefit concert will raise funds for the ArtSmart program and will be accompanied by pianist Kamal Khan.
