Ben Miller – BGLO

After Nearly Five Decades, Waltraud Meier Takes Her Final Opera Bow

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The famed singer, known for her captivating presence, intellectual approach and distinctive sound, is retiring from the stage with “Elektra.”

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In Berlin, the Komische Oper is experimenting with its performance venues while its theater undergoes a multiyear renovation.

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As war in Ukraine continues, so does the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, with a version of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony tailored to the moment.

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Philip Venables and Ted Huffman’s latest work adapts a utopian, fantasy cult favorite by Larry Mitchell.

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The superstar soprano discusses her debut in John Adams’s “Nixon in China” at the Paris Opera. For starters, she spends the second act with a dragon.

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At 33, Valentin Schwarz is taking on the monumental “Ring” cycle at the theater Wagner built for it in Bayreuth, Germany.

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A new exhibition at the country’s national history museum examines the strong feelings stirred by its most famous 19th-century composer.