The New York Times – Music:
Facing tepid ticket sales, the company will withdraw up to $30 million from its endowment and stage more operas by living composers, which have been outselling the classics.
Category: Gelb, Peter
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Met Opera’s Website and Box Office Are Back, 9 Days After Cyberattack
The New York Times – Music:
Hackers had left the Met, the largest performing arts organization in the United States, unable to sell tickets as it tries to recover from the pandemic.
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A Cyberattack Shuts the Met Opera’s Box Office, but the Show Goes On
The New York Times – Music:
After hackers knocked out the ticket-selling system of the Met, the largest performing arts organization in the United States, the company decided to sell $50 general admission seats.
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‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film.
The New York Times – Music:
A new adaptation is having its stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, featuring three star singers, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Kelli O’Hara.
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Live Performance Is Back. But Audiences Have Been Slow to Return.
The New York Times – Music:
Attendance lagged in the comeback season, as the challenges posed by the coronavirus persisted. Presenters hope it was just a blip.
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Review: A Ukrainian Orchestra Speaks With Quiet Intensity
The New York Times – Music:
The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, convened just a month ago, shows its defiance with sophistication, craft, rigor and subtlety.
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An Orchestra Supports Ukraine, and Reunites a Couple Parted by War
The New York Times – Music:
“I don’t have a gun, but I have my cello,” a musician says as he joins the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, which is made up of refugees who fled the war and artists who stayed behind.
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Soprano Withdraws From Opera, Citing ‘Blackface’ in Netrebko’s ‘Aida’
The New York Times – Music:
The American soprano Angel Blue said she would not appear at the Arena di Verona after the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and other performers wore dark makeup in its production of “Aida.”
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At the Met This Season, Opera Was Icing on the Cake
The New York Times – Music:
Amid a labor battle, the continuing pandemic and war in Ukraine, it often felt as though the real drama was in simply putting on a show.