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Seattle Opera Announces 2017-18 Season As Art Meets Real-Life In ‘Cosi Fan Tutte,’ ‘Beatrice & Benedict’

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The Seattle Opera has announced it 2017-18 season featuring five operas, two of which will see art and real-life come together as one. The season opens August 5 with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” starring Lianna Haroutounian and Alexia Voulgaridou alternating the title role of Cio-Cio San. Alexey Dolgov and Dominik Chenes will sing the role of Pinkerton while Weston Hurt will sing the {…}
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Opéra National de Paris 2024-25 Review: The Rake’s Progress

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(Photo: Guergana Damianova) There is a question that has tormented opera fanatics for at least a century: how can opera go on? What sound represents the future of opera? While many, especially in the mid-20th century, leaned toward musicality that was either dramatically disruptive or staunchly conservative, Stravinsky forged a career where he managed to be both. In a world {…}
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Leah Hawkins, Hera Hyesang Park, Gabriella Reyes Headline Upcoming 89 Reade Event

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The 89 Reade concert series has announced its next two events. On Dec. 19, 2024, the organization led by pianist Lachlan Glen, will feature a concert with Leah Hawkins, Hera Hyesang Park, and Gabriella Reyes. The showcase kicks off at 6:30 p.m. and runs through 9:30 p.m. The event features music, accompanied by an opera bar and canapés. Then on {…}
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Metropolitan Opera to Present ‘Grounded’ in HD with Emily D’Angelo

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(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season will continue with composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist George Brant’s “Grounded.” The HD presentation will be held on Oct. 19, 2024, and will star Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Jess, tenor Ben Bliss as Eric, soprano Ellie Dehn as Also Jess, baritone Kyle Miller as the Sensor, and {…}
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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Grounded

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(Credit: MetropolItan Opera / Ken Howard) WARNING: This review features explicit language. It also uses some variation of the word “frustrating” a lot. To use a line from the cathartic and sublime climax in Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s “Grounded” – “What the f*ck?” That quotidian expression perfectly encapsulates, in the context of the climax and at large, the frustration {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Grounded’

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(Credit: Victoria Janashvilli) The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Grounded.” The company said that Ellie Dehn will sing the role of Also Jess instead of Kirsten MacKinnon, who was originally announced. Dehn took to social media and said, “It’s turned into a “Just say YES!” beginning of the year. I’m joining the cast of {…}
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Emily D’Angelo Leads Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Grounded’

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(Credit: Paoala Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to open its 139th season with Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s new opera, “Grounded.” The opera will premiere on Sept. 23 and will run through Oct. 19, 2024. “Grounded” is a production that wrestles with the ethical quandaries and psychological toll of 21st-century warfare. Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo stars {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Announces 2024 Summer HD Festival

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024 Summer HD Festival. the company will present HD recordings on the Lincoln Center Plaza from August 23, through September 2. The free festival will feature ten screenings from the Met’s celebrated Live in HD series and will also include a special screening of the 1998 film “The Red Violin,” directed by François Girard {…}

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