There Is An Important Cancellation For Saturday’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ At The Metropolitan Opera

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There will be a different maestro in the pit at tonight’s “Eugene Onegin” at the Metropolitan Opera. Joel Revzen will conduct the performance in the absence of Robin Ticciati, who is ill. Ticciati has conducted the entire run to this point, with OperaWire remarking that his conducting last Friday “wasn’t a revelatory account of Tchaikovsky’s score, but every note was {…}

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12 Modern Operas That Yannick Nézet-Séguin Must Bring to the Metropolitan Opera

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A few weeks ago, Metropolitan Opera Music Director Designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin made the proclamation that he would be bringing newer and fresher composers to the Metropolitan Opera throughout his tenure. A few days later it was reported that among the new composers he would be bringing would be Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking.” It’s a great start, considering Heggie, who {…}

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Social Media Beat: How Did Opera Stars Say Goodbye to 2016?

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This week many singers ended the year singing their last performances or in the rehearsal room while others went back home to take a break from the stage. After spending Christmas in Vienna with her family, the soprano returned to the stage for her final performance of the year. Netrebko performed Macbeth at the Bayerische Staatsoper where she announced that {…}

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Artist of the Week: Sonya Yoncheva One Step Closer to ‘Diva Assoluta’ with ‘Eugene Onegin’

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It’s not easy to become an overnight success in the opera world, much less a superstar. However, Sonya Yoncheva is already being called the successor to the great divas of both the past and present. Over the past year Yoncheva has expanded her repertoire immensely and this week she adds the role of Tatiana in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” at {…}

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There Is An Important Cancellation For Saturday’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ At The Metropolitan Opera

12 Modern Operas That Yannick Nézet-Séguin Must Bring to the Metropolitan Opera

Social Media Beat: How Did Opera Stars Say Goodbye to 2016?

Artist of the Week: Sonya Yoncheva One Step Closer to ‘Diva Assoluta’ with ‘Eugene Onegin’