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Richard Tucker Music Foundation 2023 Review: 48th Annual Gala Concert

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On October 29, 2023, the Richard Tucker Music Foundation presented their 48th annual gala concert at Carnegie Hall. Over the decades, the foundation has provided support, training, and performance opportunities to some of opera’s most promising stars, many of whom have gone on to share their gifts with audiences around the world.  This year’s concert saw a number of departures {…}
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Metropolitan Opera to Dedicate ‘La Bohème’ to Victoria de Los Ángeles’ Centennial

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(Credit: Allan Warren) The Metropolitan Opera is set to celebrate Victoria de Los Ángeles’ centennial on Nov. 1 2023 during a performance of “La Bohème.” The Victoria de los Ángeles Foundation announced that news noting that the legendary soprano made her Met debut in 1951 with “Faust” and appeared on the Met stage in performances of “Manon,” “Madama Butterfly,” “Pelléas {…}
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The Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘La Bohème‘

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The Metropolitan Opera has announces change for “La Bohème” on Oct. 28, 2023. The company said “for today’s performance of Puccini’s ‘La Bohème,’ the role of Rodolfo will be sung by Stephen Costello replacing Matthew Polenzani. Costello has performed the role on numerous occasions at the Met, Bayerische Staatsoper, New National Theatre, and Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others. This season {…}
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CD Review: Jonathan Tetelman’s ‘The Great Puccini’

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Jonathan Tetelman’s “Arias” ranks, to who currently writes, among the most sensational debuts in recent years. With a program tailored to his velvety and, at times, dusky tenor voice it made the heavy hitters from both the French and Italian repertoires sound as fresh and untainted as if one had heard them for the very first time. Yet its successor, {…}
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Sean Michael Plumb Joins Richard Tucker Gala

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The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced that Sean Michael Plumb will sing at the Richard Tucker Gala. The baritone is currently performing in the Met’s production of “La Bohème” and, this season, he is also set to perform at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Seattle Opera. Plumb will join previously announced artists Ben Bliss, Stephen Costello, {…}
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Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: La Bohème

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Photo: ©Met Opera press Metropolitan Opera is presenting Puccini’s “La Bohème” with set designs by the masterful Franco Zeffirelli for its 2023-24 season run with a total of 18 performances which began on October 10th, continuing through January 3, 2024. The season opener marked the 1,347th performance at the opera house, and in order to not get lost in the {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘La Bohème’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its performance of “La Bohème” on Oct. 13, 2023. The company said that the role of Colline will be sung by Scott Conner who replaces Christian Van Horn. Conner made his Met debut as the Police Commissioner in “Der Rosenkavalier” in 2017. He has since reprised his role in “Der Rosenkavalier” {…}

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