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Christopher CorwinObserver |
In recent years, the Metropolitan Opera has asked artists to respond to the company’s new productions. Their creations are then transferred onto...
One need only look to Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera to see the ubiquity of Tucker Award alumni.
Opera master classes let eager fans see another facet of their favorite singers' artistry, but these events are not without controversy.
After the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a recently composed opera—Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded—the company returned to standard...
The sporadically involving 'Prophète' pleased far less than 'Huguenots' had fifteen years earlier.
After the Metropolitan Opera’s season ends in early June, local opera lovers patiently bide their time until late July when Teatro Nuovo again...
Before his career ended in scandal and disgrace, James Levine would have been most remembered for his meticulous upgrade of the Metropolitan Opera’s...
Since their closure in 2020 due to the coronavirus, American opera houses have been struggling to regain their financial footing—and their...
Korneel Bernolet has resurrected a delightful addition to French baroque opera known as opéra-ballet.
These impressive revivals are a reminder of just how rewarding revisiting familiar works can be.
Opera fandom might be thought of as diva-dominated, but tenors often rouse the greatest passions. From Enrico Caruso to Luciano Pavarotti to Jonas...
Opera as bloodsport? Well, not exactly, but most ambitious young opera singers will spend much of their twenties vying for cash in singing...
Rarely has a tenor appeared so in love with his soprano!
Returning from its month-long winter hiatus the Metropolitan Opera offered audiences a pair of Italian masterpieces in productions that couldn’t...
Returning from its month-long winter hiatus the Metropolitan Opera offered audiences a pair of Italian masterpieces in productions that couldn’t...
In recent years, the Met has closed its doors for a month toward the end of January sparking mid-winter blues among opera lovers. Last week Carnegie...
While its current season features well-loved, decades-old productions of La Bohème, Turandot and Tannhäuser, the Metropolitan Opera’s New Year’s...
In December, concert halls and churches ring with baroque music, especially Handel’s. But this year along with the composer’s ubiquitous Messiah,...