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Prophète bien aimé
New Amsterdam Opera specializes in American singers whose abilities are as yet little known.
There will be bloom
In the more than 500 years of the history of operas, rarely (if ever) has a coming of age story, particularly one from the child’s point of view, been presented as the main topic of the opera.
Soldiering on
Britten’s penultimate opera, the anti-war ghost story Owen Wingrave, was composed for television performance in 1971.
Broadcast: Dialogues des Carmélites
The final Saturday afternoon broadcast of the 2018-2019 season begins at noon today!
Unchained medley
On this day 1959 Judy Garland made her Metropolitan Opera House debut.
I guess that’s why they call it the blues
On this day in 1907 Paul Dukas’ rarity Ariane et Barbe-bleue premiered in Paris with soprano Georgette Leblanc in the leading role.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
Broadcast: Siegfried
The final streaming broadcast of the Met season is beginning!
The world is your cloister
The 2020 Glyndebourne Festival features the company’s first production ever of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, in a production directed by Barrie Kosky and starring Danielle de Niese.
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
Two can be as lonely as one
Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann in La forza del destino—all of it!
The B list
Mezzo-sopranos often get stuck being the mother, the lady-in-waiting or the “other woman”… but not today!
Some Otter time
Happy 64th birthday mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.
To Wong Foo, Fangs for Everything
“The opera The Lord of Cries. . . . with the equally astounding Anthony Roth Costanzo.”
Sun king
Happy birthday to countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo.
Gold rush
The Metropolitan Opera has named soprano Lisette Oropesa as the winner of the 14th annual Beverly Sills Artist Award.
Lakeside story
In our current political climate with issues of immigration, tribalism, and white nationalists, the 1957 musical West Side Story has a distinctly contemporary feel.
What the cat dragged in
As you can imagine, oaths are sworn, curses are flung with avidity, and a mysterious shepherd sings a tune of foreboding from a distant mountain gorge just when you’d expect it.
Gold coast
On this day in 2018 the Metropolitan Opera celebrated 50 years at Lincoln Center.
Something With a ‘Ring’ to It
Cycle II represented an embarrassment of musical riches.
Riding on empty
Two atmospheric but bleak works provide a musical illustration of the notion that misery loves company.
The lady in question
The story shows what may happen when corrupt individuals occupy positions of trust.
