The New York Times – Music:
Julie Taymor’s abridged production of Mozart’s opera has been trimmed down to 90 minutes as the Metropolitan Opera bids to recruit a new generation.
Category: Opera
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Berg’s ‘Wozzeck’ Keeps Shocking Us, After 100 Years
The New York Times – Music:
Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which premiered in the shadow of World War I, will break your heart with a score that captures the essence of opera.
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41 Things That Stuck With Us in 2025
The New York Times – Film:
Aunt Gladys. Tyler, the Creator. That sex scene in “The Naked Gun.” These are the things Culture staffers couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
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41 Things That Stuck With Us in 2025
The New York Times – Music:
Aunt Gladys. Tyler, the Creator. That sex scene in “The Naked Gun.” These are the things Culture staffers couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
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From ‘Spaghetti Western’ Scores to the Opera Stage
The New York Times – Music:
Throughout his life, Ennio Morricone felt shunned by the classical music world. But these days his pop-culture cachet isn’t such a drawback.
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Donald McIntyre, 91, Dies; Starred in New Vision of Wagner’s Operas
The New York Times – Music:
As Wotan in Patrice Chéreau’s neo-Marxist staging of the “Ring” cycle, he was part of a celebrated, polarizing moment in opera history.
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Jubilant Sykes, Celebrated Opera Singer, Is Stabbed to Death
The New York Times – Music:
After the police found the Grammy-nominated performer in his home with fatal wounds, his son was taken into custody, the authorities said.
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Review: It’s Hard to Breathe in This ‘Walküre’
The New York Times – Music:
The singers did marvelous work at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, where the director Calixto Bieito’s new staging takes place in a hellish dystopia.