The New York Times – Music:
Simon Stone’s new staging of Donizetti’s classic opera updates the work to a present-day American town — hold (some of) the madness.
Category: Metropolitan Opera
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Simon Stone Stages ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at the Met Opera
The New York Times – Music:
A new production of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” directed by Simon Stone, sets the classic work in a fading postindustrial town.
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Anna Netrebko, Shunned in Much of the West, to Sing in Monte Carlo
The New York Times – Music:
After Russia invaded Ukraine, the soprano lost work in the West because of her past support of President Vladimir V. Putin. She was invited to sing this month in Monaco.
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Lise Davidsen and Nina Stemme Star in ‘Elektra’ at the Met
The New York Times – Music:
At the Metropolitan Opera, Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen are a blazing pair as sisters in a revival of Strauss’s work.
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Lise Davidsen and Nina Stemme Star in ‘Elektra’ at the Met
The New York Times – Music:
At the Metropolitan Opera, Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen are a blazing pair as sisters in a revival of Strauss’s work.
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Anna Netrebko Seeks Distance From Putin After Losing Work
The New York Times – Music:
The superstar soprano, whose past support of the Russian president cost her many engagements after the invasion of Ukraine, said in a statement that she was not “allied with any leader of Russia.”
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Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees.
The New York Times – Music:
The company’s revival of “Eugene Onegin” gives the lie to the Russian president’s claim that his country’s composers are suffering in the West.
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Review: ‘The Hours’ Will Bring Renée Fleming Back to the Met
The New York Times – Music:
Kevin Puts’s new opera had its premiere in a Philadelphia Orchestra concert presentation before coming to New York this fall.
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When the Orchestra Is the Star of the Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Singers tended to fade into the background in a concert presentation of “Wozzeck” and some productions at the Metropolitan Opera.