Tag: Opera

Yuval Sharon to step down as creative director of the Business opera firm

In what might be thought-about the tip of an period, the Business…

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Oddball opera has an excellent second in L.A., meatballs and all

If Los Angeles has a popularity for opera, it's as an outlier,…

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Review: A New ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic

BAYREUTH, Germany — About 150 years ago, in a megalomaniac’s coup, Richard…

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Conductor Dies After Collapsing During Performance in Munich

“He took this Central German theater in Essen and he turned it,…

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Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required.

Comic operas tend to be crowd-pleasers: At last, a break from all…

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At the Opera, Humans Bear Witness to Atrocity, or Ignore It

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France — The bodies kept coming up.First one. Then another. Then…

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The Netrebko Question

Many cut ties with close associates of Putin — especially the conductor…

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After 10 Years, Barrie Kosky Leaves His Opera House Dancing

First, though, Kosky needs to finish the run, through July 10, of…

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American Modern Opera Company Takes Over the Ojai Festival

The policy is built into the company’s contracts. Sometimes, it’s too expensive…

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