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"I think there were a lot of people who expected us to fall on our face with this program." -- Peter Gelb -
From the Met to Covent Garden, Even with Glitches, Live Opera Broadcasts Are Here to Stay
"There is this cultural kind of gladiatorial aspect to opera singing and opera singers because they are out there, they are singing into [hidden] microphones for the purpose of the audiences in movie theatres but they are not being amplified, they are on their own." -- Peter Gelb -
Metropolitan Opera Guild Lunches James Levine Back, Deutsche Grammophon Releases Carnegie Hall Return Concert
The Metropolitan Opera Guild welcomed James Levine back to his Metropolitan Opera post during a lunch held at the Waldorf-Astoria on November 11. Metropolitan Opera patrons and several generations of Met singers gathered to say "Welcome home, Jimmy!" at this special... -
LIVESTREAM: Met Premieres Nico Muhly’s Cyberspace Opera 'Two Boys'
The Metropolitan Opera presents the U.S. premiere of Nico Muhly's 'Two Boys' tonight at 8:00 p.m. This Met-commissioned opera tells the story of an elaborate internet deception that led to the murder of the teenage computer prodigy who... -
Judge Allows Alberto Vilar, Convicted of Fraud, to Attend the Met...as Valery Gergiev's Guest
Judge Richard J. Sullivan recently granted an extended curfew to disgraced businessman Alberto Vilar, so that he could attend the Metropolitan Opera's own scandal-ridden performance of 'Eugene Onegin.' -
South African Soprano Pretty Yende’s Rapid Rise
Soprano Pretty Yende grew up in Piet Retief, in a remote eastern province of South Africa. Her remarkable voice and passion for opera have brought her far, to the stages of La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera, and an enviable career... -
Best. Verdi. Video...Ever?
On Verdi's bicentenary, this is my choice and I stand by it. I'll get physical if I have to. -
Osvaldo Golijov, Thomas Adès Writing Operas for the Met...Could This be Golijov’s Moment?
As the Metropolitan Opera reveals, via the New York Times, that new operas are on the way from Thomas Adès and Osvaldo Golijov, one can reflect on both. If English composer Adès has been sparing with his vocal works, few recent... -
Looking at New York City Opera, in the Past Tense
New York City Opera has announced it will close; Classicalite take its measure... -
The Column: Met Opera Protests, Lots of Questions, But One Definite Answer
Anti-Putin protests at Met Opera raise many issues, but they crossed a line. -
Five Quickies: JAMES LEVINE BACK at the MET, Bill Nye "Plays" Beethoven on 'DWTS,' Chet Baker's Cartier Watch, Alfie Boe's Expired Boxers, Pokémon Musical
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Five Quickies: JAMES LEVINE BACK at the MET, James Rhodes on Gramos, Darcy James Argue on John Adams, John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" Birthday Viz
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