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A noted Violetta in Verdi’s “La Traviata,” she had an equally noted second act as a singing teacher when her performing career ended ..read more
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The company cut ties with the star Russian soprano for her refusal to denounce Vladimir Putin after the invasion of Ukraine. An arbitrator said it must pay her under the terms of her contract ..read more
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1w ago
Young music theater makers are benefiting from the continent’s huge operatic resources while developing their own distinctive voices ..read more
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1w ago
His opera sat unproduced for decades. Then a piece of it garnered one of the field’s top prizes. Then it sat some more ..read more
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1w ago
Piotr Beczala, known as a charismatic singer of Italian operas, is challenging notions of what a Wagner voice should sound like ..read more
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1w ago
We assume that musicals lack sophistication, but that makes no sense ..read more
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Michael Volle puts his noble voice to delightfully undignified use as the title character in Robert Carsen’s still fresh production of “Falstaff ..read more
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In “Solomon,” performed elegantly at Carnegie Hall by the English Concert and Clarion Choir under Harry Bicket, the chorus is the star ..read more
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After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this opera adaptation of Tolstoy seemed unperformable. But in Munich, it has become an urgent antiwar cry ..read more
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2w ago
He was a stage designer noted for his work in opera when he hit the best-seller list in 2000 with the first in a series of books for children ..read more