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The Los Angeles Opera, Post-Plácido Domingo
Los Angeles — when I was a tenor Russell Thomas When he performed at the Los Angeles Opera in 2017,…
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Europe’s Opera Stages Next Season: What to See
Keeping up with opera in Europe is an almost impossible task. There never seems to be enough time or money…
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A Drone Opera, Brought to You by General Dynamics? A Company Clarifies.
When the Washington National Opera announced that it would open its next season with the premiere of “Grounded,” a new…
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Putting the Brutality of a Prize Fight on the Met Opera Stage
Emile Griffiths fought Benny Parrett in a highly anticipated welterweight championship match at Madison Square Garden on March 24, 1962.…
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Review: ‘The Silent Woman,’ an Opera About Putting on an Opera
Anandale, NY-On Hudson — “Ha! A Silenced Woman?” And Richard Strauss’s “Die Schweigs” sings Buffalo Morosas on the bass. “She…
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Review: ‘Castor and Patience’ Premieres at Cincinnati Opera
Cincinnati — A turbulent adaptation of Brett Dean’s “Hamlet” performed at the Metropolitan Opera two months ago, but it’s still…
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Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required.
Comic opera tends to please the crowd: finally, a break from all the tragic death and fateful lovers. The problem…
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Angel Blue Withdraws From Opera, Citing ‘Blackface’ in Netrebko’s ‘Aida’
American soprano, angel blue, Announced this week She said she had withdrawn from her debut in Italy’s Arena di Verona…
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