The New York Times – Music:
Alsop has had enviable success, and was the first female conductor to lead a top American orchestra. She wants to take another step up.
Category: Metropolitan Opera
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Kelli O’Hara’s Ties to Opera, From ‘The Gilded Age’ to the Met Stage
The New York Times – Music:
O’Hara is an unusual kind of triple threat: a star of Broadway and television who is appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in a revival of “The Hours.”
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Review: Asmik Grigorian's Met Opera Debut in ‘Butterfly’
The New York Times – Music:
Asmik Grigorian, a star singer abroad, made her Metropolitan Opera debut by lending lyricism, complexity and spontaneity to a classic role.
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Review: John Adams’s ‘El Niño’ Arrives at the Met in Lush Glory
The New York Times – Music:
The opera-oratorio, an alternate Nativity story, featured a flurry of Met debuts, including the director Lileana Blain-Cruz and the conductor Marin Alsop.
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Costuming a Small Army of Virgins for the Met Opera’s ‘El Niño’
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The challenge for Montana Levi Blanco, the Tony-winning costume designer for John Adams’s oratorio, was how to keep straight so many Marys.
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Lileana Blain-Cruz Directs ‘El Niño’ For Her Met Opera Debut
The New York Times – Music:
In an interview, Blain-Cruz explained why an oratorio like John Adams and Peter Sellars’s “El Niño” is more difficult to stage than the usual opera.
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A Pathbreaking Singer Arrives at the Met, With Pearls and Tattoos
The New York Times – Music:
Davóne Tines, who stars in the oratorio “El Niño,” is challenging traditions in classical music and using art to confront social problems.
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‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ Review: A Met Milestone Returns
The New York Times – Music:
After making history as the Metropolitan Opera’s first work by a Black composer, Terence Blanchard’s “Fire” is back — with its showstopping step dance.
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Met Opera Chooses Tilman Michael as Next Chorus Master
The New York Times – Music:
Tilman Michael, who leads the Frankfurt Opera’s chorus, will succeed the veteran conductor Donald Palumbo, who steps down this season after 17 years.