The New York Times – Music:
The Met’s first production of Cherubini’s work, in the Italian version, opens the season. The soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is aware of the pressure.
Category: Metropolitan Opera
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Stalin Once Banned This Opera in Russia, but Audiences Still Enjoy It
The New York Times – Music:
“Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” by Dmitri Shostakovich, a tale of love and betrayal once banned in Soviet Russia, is returning to the Metropolitan Opera.
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Charles Castronovo, an American Tenor, Is ‘at Home Everywhere’
The New York Times – Music:
The Metropolitan Opera is just one of the stops in a busy itinerary for Charles Castronovo, a New York-born singer who performs around the world.
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Three Divas Give Voice to ‘The Hours’ at the Met Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato discuss their preparations for the staged premiere of Kevin Puts’s work at the Metropolitan Opera.
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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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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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The Netrebko Question
The New York Times – Music:
The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is opera’s biggest star. But her career is in disarray because of her ties to Putin, and arts companies around the world are divided on whether to welcome her back.
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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.
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Review: A ‘Rake’ Takes a Treasured Spot in the Opera Season
The New York Times – Music:
The Met’s performances of Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” are the latest in a long line of short spring revivals of works off the beaten path.