The New York Times – Music:
Tall and self-possessed, with an air of wit and sophistication, she was superb in works by Mozart and Strauss, and was also a wide-ranging recitalist.
Category: Opera
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Isabel Leonard and Others Offer Tastings of ‘Frida y Diego’
The New York Times – Music:
The performers of a Met Opera production about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera have been promoting the show in decidedly unoperatic places, including a cemetery.
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Inside the Met Opera: Does Peter Gelb Have ‘the Most Difficult Job on Earth’?
The New York Times – Music:
Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, said he is not going anywhere as he struggles with financial crises and opera’s place in a changing arts landscape.
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The Soprano Rainelle Krause's Death is a Loss of More Than Just a Role
The New York Times – Music:
The coloratura soprano Rainelle Krause, who died in March, was one of the most sought after performers of Queen of the Night in ‘The Magic Flute.’
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Review: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Reunited in Opera
The New York Times – Music:
“El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego,” Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s fantasy about two titans of Mexican art, arrives at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Washington Opera Builds Its New Chapter After the Kennedy Center
The New York Times – Music:
The company announced that its next season would include a slate of five full-length operas at houses around the Washington area.
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Replacing a Royal Hand-Me-Down That Finally Frayed
The New York Times – Music:
Three years after King Charles III was crowned, the Royal Opera House in London hung plush new stage curtains bearing the monarch’s insignia — but only after the old ones gave up the ghost.
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Manuela Hoelterhoff, Pulitzer-Winning Arts Critic, Dies at 77
The New York Times – Music:
She won the top journalism honor for criticism while with The Wall Street Journal. She later wrote a wry, perceptive book about the backstage world of opera.