The New York Times – Music:
Rarities that deserve their place in opera returned to stages last week: “Die Tote Stadt,” in Boston, and “L’Amant Anonyme,” in Philadelphia.
Category: Opera
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Challenging How Germany Remembers the 1972 Olympics Attack
The New York Times – Music:
With tensions running high over the war in Gaza, a new opera and a movie are looking back on the moment when Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Games.
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On Site Opera Shuts Down, Citing Financial Woes
The New York Times – Music:
This innovative company, which won acclaim for staging operas in unconventional spaces and ways, said it could no longer keep up with rising costs.
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Edmond Dédé’s Opera ‘Morgiane’ to Be Staged for the First Time
The New York Times – Music:
Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American, is to be staged for the first time.
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Angel Blue Doubted Her Path in Opera. Now She’s a Star.
The New York Times – Music:
Once used to frequent rejection letters, Blue has become a regular on major stages and is singing the title role in “Aida” at the Metropolitan Opera.
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150 Years of See and Be Seen at Paris’s Palais Garner Opera House
The New York Times – Music:
It’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris. Today, it is still a working theater — with 172 performances scheduled for this season.
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At the Cloisters, Sor Juana’s Words Ring Out in Song
The New York Times – Music:
The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade around the Cloisters.
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Review: The Philharmonic Breezes Through Wagner’s Epic ‘Ring’
The New York Times – Music:
The conductor Nathalie Stutzmann led Lorin Maazel’s coolly efficient 1987 distillation, “The ‘Ring’ Without Words,” at David Geffen Hall.