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On this day in 1991 soprano Deborah Voigt made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amelia.
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A second helping of The Gershwins’ gorgeous folk opera from the Met.
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A sense of celebration was definitely in the air last Thursday at the Vienna State Opera.
Born on this day in 1962 baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
“I showed up at dress rehearsal and doggone it, they were doing Turandot instead. Was my face ever red!”
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On this day in 1976 soprano Hildegard Behrens made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Giorgetta in Il tabarro.
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Soprano Lynn Spurgat returns to Carnegie Hall
Following a triumphant debut in 2018, soprano Lynn Spurgat returns to Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 7:30 pm with pianist Jason Wirth for a program of beauty, drama and fun! This eclectic program features selections by Rossini, Rachmaninoff, Poulenc, Ginastera and Schoenberg’s Cabaret Songs.
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An opera company presenting a Broadway musical that centers around a woman of a certain age travelling to Italy with her young daughter might seem more a vehicle for a great diva of a certain age.
By Patrick Mack
Luisa Miller snowballs toward disaster and death.
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On this day in 1964 the Metropolitan Opera’s opening night boasted a new Nathaniel Merrill production of Aida.
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Here’s a look at the genuinely sensational performance by Asmik Grigorian in a new Manon Lescaut in Frankfurt.
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Happy 70th birthday soprano Leona Mitchell.
On this day in 1950 Irving Berlin‘s musical Call Me Madam opened at the Imperial Theatre, to run 644 performances.
Puccini’s perennial tearjerker returns to the Met repertoire tonight.
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When soprano Yihan Duan started to sing her aria, you could feel an almost electric charge that something special was happening.
