The Zoom Generation The Zoom Generation

The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions were one of the last events I attended in person in 2020. Now, one year on, the competition has returned, this time in an online format, and this time with an entirely new name: The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, after the event’s new sponsors.

By on May 19, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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Press conference at the Met Press conference at the Met

Stay tuned as La Cieca attends this Zoom press conference with Peter Gelb and special guest zoomers.

By on July 11, 2020 at 10:57 AM
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Changing the lockdown Changing the lockdown

HERE’s Zoom opera, all decisions will be made by consensus, is not merely an opera written to be performed on a digital platform, but an opera that critiques the platform itself, laying bare all its social and aesthetic limitations.

By on April 26, 2020 at 1:28 PM
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