The New York Times – Music:
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the company’s music director, and Peter Gelb, its leader, discuss presenting 17 new and recent works over the next five seasons.
Category: Opera
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Spotlighting Lady Macbeth’s Anguish: Can What’s Done Be Undone?
The New York Times – Music:
With radical adaptations of Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Puccini’s “Tosca,” Heartbeat Opera shows why it’s so vital to New York’s music scene.
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Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History
The New York Times – Music:
Terence Blanchard’s jazz-inflected work tells the real-life story of the boxer Emile Griffith, haunted by guilt when an opponent died after a fight.
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‘Hey, Mr. Living Composer’: ‘Champion’ Takes Shape at the Met
The New York Times – Music:
Terence Blanchard has been in rehearsals, with pencil and paper at the ready, as he tailors his opera ahead of its New York premiere.
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Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Turns Lorca Into Death-Haunted Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Osvaldo Golijov’s poetic 2003 work is being presented in a new production at Detroit Opera that will travel to the Met.
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James Bowman, Who Helped Resurrect the Countertenor, Dies at 81
The New York Times – Music:
He took up the repertory for the highest male voice at a time when few were performing it. He was particularly known for two roles in Britten operas.
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Angela Gheorghiu, Diva of the Old School, Is Back at the Met Opera
The New York Times – Music:
The strong-willed singer, returning in “Tosca,” was long one of the Metropolitan Opera’s star sopranos. But in the past decade, her appearances have been rare.
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Review: Lise Davidsen Shines, and Evolves, in ‘Der Rosenkavalier’
The New York Times – Music:
The radiant young soprano returned to the Metropolitan Opera to star as the Marschallin in a revival of Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalier.”
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Review: In Chicago, an Opera Triptych Reaches for Connection
The New York Times – Music:
Lyric Opera of Chicago follows a recent world premiere with yet another: “Proximity,” a set of works by three librettist-composer pairs.