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San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago have announced the cancellation of their respective 2020 fall seasons.

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The Metropolitan Opera is heading for a very rocky couple of years.

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The Metropolitan Opera announced today that the company has made the difficult decision to cancel the first few months of its 2020–21 season, based on current information regarding the ongoing health crisis. The new season is now scheduled to begin on December 31, 2020, with a special gala performance, the details of which will be shared at a later date.

A Skype full of stars A Skype full of stars

The Metropolitan Opera announced plans today to live-stream what it is billing as an “At-Home Gala” on Saturday, April 25, at 1pm EDT, featuring performances by many of the company’s most prominent artists, live from their own quarantines around the world.

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Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Metropolitan Opera announced today that the company has canceled the remainder of the 2019–20 season, which was to have ended on May 9, 2020.

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The Metropolitan Opera and other venues have announced they will cancel performances as a precautionary measure against COVID-19.

Shut it down! Shut it down!

It’s time for New York City to close down large-scale public gatherings, including Broadway theater and opera.

Desperately seeking Tosca? Desperately seeking Tosca?

La Cieca hears that the Met is actively searching for sopranos available to sing Tosca on Anna Netrebko‘s scheduled dates staring March 26.

“Lacking in awareness” “Lacking in awareness”

Los Angeles Opera has released the results of its investigation into Plácido Domingo.

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La Cieca has obtained a letter from the Met’s Assistant General Manager, Artistic informing artists arriving in New York from certain high-risk areas they are subject to a two-week quarantine before rehearsing or performing.

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La Cieca is shocked, shocked to report that…

Was ist’s mit den ewigen Göttern? Was ist’s mit den ewigen Göttern?

Christine Goerke‘s Bayreuth debut has been canceled.

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“I accept full responsibility for my actions, and I have grown from this experience.”

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“American soprano Renée Fleming, one of the most beloved and celebrated singers of our time, is donating her personal archives to Juilliard, her alma mater.”

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Big news on two fronts!

The Met’s 2020-2021 season The Met’s 2020-2021 season

New productions of Aida, Die Zauberflöte, and Don Giovanni and Met premieres of The Fiery Angel and Dead Man Walking headline the Metropolitan Opera’s 2020–21 season.

This woman is dangerous This woman is dangerous

Renée Fleming—stylish dame with a stylish name—who lived by jungle law in a big city and clawed her way to where the money was…

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Evgeny Nikitin will sing the Dutchman in all performances of the Met’s new production of Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer, replacing Sir Bryn Terfel, who withdraw last week due to ankle surgery.”

The case of the vanishing Vanderdecken The case of the vanishing Vanderdecken

Bryn Terfel has just canceled his appearance in the Met’s new production of Der Fliegende Holländer.

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The Metropolitan Opera today announces two cast changes for its forthcoming production of Verdi’s La Traviata, opening January 10, 2020. 

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Eun Sun Kim has been appointed the Caroline H. Hume Music Director of San Francisco Opera, effective August 1, 2021.

Cecilia goes to Monte Carlo Cecilia goes to Monte Carlo

Cecilia Bartoli has been named director of the Monte-Carlo Opera, with her incumbency to begin in 2023.

The case of the vanishing opera The case of the vanishing opera

La Cieca has only just noticed that the time for the announced first presentation of the New York City’s Opera’s 2019-2020 season has come and gone.

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Yusif Eyvazov will sing Hermann in the performances of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades on November 29 and December 2 and 5, replacing Aleksandrs Antonenko, who has withdrawn due to illness.”