Tag: Opera

One Opera, Three Acts, Three Different Stagings

The German lighting designer Urs Schönebaum, a frequent collaborator with Robert Wilson,…

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Anna Netrebko Faces Backlash in Russia After Attempt to Distance Herself From Putin

The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, one of opera’s biggest stars, faced backlash…

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Anna Netrebko Seeks Distance From Putin After Losing Work

Anna Netrebko, the Russian diva whose international career recently fell apart because…

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Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees.

Opera, once divvied into local companies of singers mostly from the same…

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Review: ‘The Hours’ Will Bring Renée Fleming Back to the Met

Puts has gotten from Glass’s Minimalism a taste for using repeated figurations…

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Metropolitan Opera’s Concert Honors Ukraine

Vladyslav Buialskyi stood center stage at the Metropolitan Opera, his hand on…

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Too Close to Putin? Institutions Vet Artists, Uncomfortably.

In Canada, an acclaimed 20-year-old Russian pianist’s concert was canceled amid concerns…

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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Wagner

In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would…

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Review: Beethoven Returns for the Age of Black Lives Matter

Beethoven’s only opera, “Fidelio,” is hardly a fixed text. He wrote several…

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