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DVD and CD Releases, News

Rolando Villazón & Ildar Abdrazakov Team Up For ‘Duets’

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Deutsche Grammophon has announced Rolando Villazón’s new album. The CD entitled “Duets” will include Ildar Abdrazakov with Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducting the Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain. “Duets” will include French and Italian opera duets for tenor and bass/baritone and is set for release in September. It marks the singers’ first album together and marks Abdrazakov’s debut on the yellow label. It also {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Miami Music Festival’s Michael Rossi on Training Wagner Singers in Miami

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Wagner in Miami. It has an interesting ring to it, mainly because you wouldn’t necessarily associate the intense heat of the ever-playful and carefree Floridian city with the philosophical and hyper-romantic German master of opera. But it’s 2017 and the Miami Music Festival (MMF), which is featuring a number of repertory classics, is hosting its second-ever Wagner Institute, a program {…}

News

Marina Rebeka Joins Rolando Villazón & Joyce DiDonato in Baden Baden ‘Clemenza di Tito’

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Marina Rebeka will replace Sonya Yoncheva in two Baden Baden performances of “La Clemenza di Tito.” It has been a whirlwind season of cancellations, with Yoncheva recently called on to make her role debut in “Tosca” at the Metropolitan Opera after the cancellation of Kristine Opolais. Rebeka will take on the role on July 6 and 9, her first performances {…}

News

Metropolitan Opera Announces New Concertmaster

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Benjamin Bowman will be the new concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra. He will join current concertmaster David Chan as one of the two leaders of the group. Bowman will kick off a one-year tenure for the 2017-18 season. The American-born violinist who holds a Canadian citizenship has served as concertmaster with the American Ballet Theatre Orchestra since 2014. He was {…}

News

Best of Metropolitan Opera 2016-17: James Levine & The Best Conductors Of the Season

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We’ve talked up the finest female performers. We’ve engaged in a discussion about the best men onstage. Now we shift over to the best conductors of the year, the artists that make the entire production work. In this edition, we only picked five, given that, unlike the other categories, there are far fewer to choose from. Here are our favorite {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2016-17 Review – Der Fliegende Holländer: Amber Wagner & Michael Volle Deliver Complex Performances In Cathartic Season Send-Off

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This is a review for the final performance of the run, which took place on May 12, 2017.  The first opera I saw during the Metropolitan Opera’s 2016-17 season was Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” So it was only fitting that the last one I saw this season was “Der Fliegende Holländer,” the first to truly establish the composer as {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 50th Anniversary Gala Review: Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s Surprise Return Among Many Highlights in a Memorable Night

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As Music director Designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin kicked off the first notes of Bernstein’s Overture to “West Side Story,” audiences got to view a video showcasing the artistic design and progression toward the creation of the new Metropolitan Opera house. The graphic design and special effects hinted at a nostalgic evening filled with a look back, some looks forward, all while {…}

Special Features

Metropolitan Opera 50th Anniversary Gala: The 50 Iconic Figures Of The New House

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We have gone through emotional anecdotes. We sifted through some of the essential nights in the new house’s history. Now we turn to the people that have made it great. In compiling a list of the 50 most influential people in the history of the new house, we realized rather early on that we would be leaving many people out {…}