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Stuart Burrows, Welsh Lyric Tenor Who Straddled the Atlantic, Dies at 92
He was a mainstay at both the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House, winning acclaim for his full tenor range and a ...
Metropolitan Opera’s Peter Gelb blames Trump for sales slump — but needs to look in the mirror
Blaming the president is a popular pastime these days, but one of America’s cultural leaders has come up with something ...
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The Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival Returns to Lincoln Center Plaza in August
The Metropolitan Opera’s annual Summer HD Festival returns to Lincoln Center Plaza. The free festival features ten screenings ...
The Classical Music Our Critics Can’t Stop Thinking About
Watch and listen to recent highlights, including “The Comet/Poppea,” a Dave Malloy song cycle and a soprano’s surprise turn ...
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The Metropolitan Opera Is Furloughing Most of Its Employees - Vulture
The Metropolitan Opera will furlough all its union employees—musicians, chorus members, stagehands, carpenters, and other trades—starting April 1.
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At the Met, an unsettling new vision of ‘Salome’ unfolds like a dream
The first new Metropolitan Opera production of “Salome” in 20 years takes a surreal, psychological approach to Strauss’s 1905 opera. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.
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At the Met, a troubled new ‘Aida’ struggles to rediscover itself
At the Met, a troubled new ‘Aida’ struggles to rediscover itself. Soprano Angel Blue and tenor Piotr Beczala lead the first new “Aida” to reach the Metropolitan Opera stage in 40 years.