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PBS Announces Broadcast Slate for Great Performances at the Met’s ‘New Year’s Eve Gala’ & Holiday Concert with Bryn Terfel

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PBS has announced that it will start broadcasting two Great Performances at the Met this December and January. First up will “Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert,” which will premiere on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021 at 12 p.m. on New York’s THIRTEEN. The concert, which was recorded in December 2020 will feature the famed bass-baritone as he performs holiday favorites {…}

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Metropolitan Opera & Yannick Nézet-Séguin Lead Classical Grammy Nominees

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The Grammy nominations have been announced with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Metropolitan Opera leading the opera nominations. The nominees for Best Opera Recording included Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” starring Susanna Mälkki, Mika Kares and Szilvia Vörös; Glass’s  “Akhnaten” with Karen Kamensek, J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James, and Dísella Lárusdóttir; and Janáček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen” with Simon Rattle, Sophia Burgos, Lucy {…}

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92nd Street Y 2021-22 Review: Lawrence Brownlee & Michael Spyres in Concert

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Photo credit:  Joe Sinnott On Wednesday, Oct. 25, at New York’s 92nd Street Y, two titanic tenors of the bel canto repertoire, Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres, delivered a playful antidote to the mid-week doldrums with a rip-roaring performance of Rossini barnburners from four of the composer’s operas, “Il barbiere di Siviglia,” “Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra,” “Ricciardo e Zoraide,” and “Otello.” {…}

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Royal Opera House Announces Cast Change for ‘La Traviata’

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(Credit: Anush Hovhannisyan official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced that Lisette Oropesa will not be appearing in the role of Violetta Valéry in Verdi’s “La Traviata” for the performance on Nov. 15, 2021. As a result, Anush Hovhannisyan will take over the role. Hovhannisyan joins a cast that includes Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo Germont, and Christian {…}

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PBS Announces Broadcast for Met Opera’s ‘Wagnerians in Concert’

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PBS has announced that it will start broadcasting “Wagnerians in Concert” from the Met Opera on Nov. 5, 2021. The showcase stars Elza van den Heever, Christine Goerke, Michael Volle, and Andreas Schager, accompanied by pianist Craig Terry. The quartet, which performed from Wiesbaden in Germany, took on music from “Tannhäuser,” “Parsifal,” “Die Walküre,” “Die Frau ohne Schatten,” and more, {…}

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PBS Announces Schedule for Broadcast of Sonya Yoncheva’s Metropolitan Opera Performance

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(Photo Courtesy of Metropolitan Opera) PBS has announced that it will start broadcasting Sonya Yoncheva’s concert from the Met Opera early in 2021 on Sept. 3, 2021. Additionally, the organization revealed that “Great Performances at the Met: Lise Davidsen in Concert” will be hitting the New York metro area on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021 at 12 p.m. on THIRTEEN. The {…}