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Mezzo Anita Rachvelishvili has canceled all her remaining Met performances of Aida due to illness.
By La Cieca
On Thursday, October 20th, 2022, Grace Bumbry suffered an acute ischemic stroke. The renowned American opera star is currently hospitalized and in recovery in Queens, New York.
By La Cieca
The Metropolitan Opera and other classical music venue are dropping their mask requirements for audience members.
By La Cieca
Yulia Matochkina will make her Met role debut as Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlo, replacing Anita Rachvelishvili.
By La Cieca
Tenor Yusif Eyvazov, who was scheduled to sing Rodolfo in the upcoming four performances of Puccini’s La bohème, is ill and has withdrawn.
By La Cieca
Soprano Angel Blue has been named the winner of the 2022 Richard Tucker Award.
By La Cieca
Anna Netrebko has issued a statement explicitly condemning the war in Ukraine.
By La Cieca
“Eleonora Buratto will make her role debut as Elisabeth de Valois in Verdi’s Don Carlo in the 2022–23 season, replacing Anna Netrebko for the first five performances of the run.”
By La Cieca
As we continue to watch the world of live performance come cautiously back to post-COVID levels, I felt the greatest surge of joy so far when I saw Opera Philadelphia’s announcement of their 2022-23 season—and most especially, the reboot of Festival O.
By David Fox
The Metropolitan Opera announced today “A Concert for Ukraine” on Monday, March 14, at 6:00pm ET, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leading the Met Orchestra and Chorus.
By La Cieca
“Plus, he never laid a glove on those kids.” — Jonas Kaufmann, probably.
By La Cieca
“It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera,” said Met General Manager Peter Gelb.
By La Cieca
