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The charismatic soprano has just canceled tomorrow afternoon’s performance of Tosca at the Met.
Helena Dix goes on for the broadcast this afternoon!
“For this evening’s performance of Norma (March 22, 2023), Norma will now be sung by Helena Dix, replacing Sonya Yoncheva.”
Protean Anna Netrebko has booked her first performances of Ponchielli’s La Gioconda .
Six contemporary operas, including four Metropolitan premieres, headline the company’s upcoming season, which was announced today at noon.
Coming soon: an opera adaptation of the cult film Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Mezzo Anita Rachvelishvili has canceled all her remaining Met performances of Aida due to illness.
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.
The Metropolitan Opera and other classical music venue are dropping their mask requirements for audience members.
Yulia Matochkina will make her Met role debut as Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlo, replacing Anita Rachvelishvili.
Tenor Yusif Eyvazov, who was scheduled to sing Rodolfo in the upcoming four performances of Puccini’s La bohème, is ill and has withdrawn.
Soprano Angel Blue has been named the winner of the 2022 Richard Tucker Award.
Anna Netrebko has issued a statement explicitly condemning the war in Ukraine.