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Everything You Need to Know About Opera Philadelphia’s 2017-18 Season

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With February drawing to a close, Opera Philadelphia announced its 2017-18 season. The company is slated to open the new season with a 12-day festival that will showcase opera across six venues for a total of 25 performances. This festival, called O17, will take place between Sept. 14-25. The festival opens with the world premiere of Kevin Puts’ “Elizabeth Cree” {…}
Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Season, News

Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Season: Here Is All the Information For This Season’s 10 Live in HD Performances

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One of the most hotly anticipated parts of every Met Opera season has to be the Live in HD Series. Arguably the most successful aspect of Peter Gelb’s tenure with the company, the video recordings of live performances work on so many levels. Not only do they connect with audiences worldwide, but they immortalize performances and interpretations of beloved works {…}
Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Season, News

Everything You Need to Know About the Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2017-18 season and as promised, it contains a lot of hotly anticipated productions and performances. Here is a quick rundown with OperaWire set to include additional content throughout the day. The New Productions The Metropolitan Opera season will feature five new productions. David McVicar’s  new production of Bellini’s “Norma” will open the season on {…}
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Weekend Preview (12/30 – 1/1) – USA: New York Galas Dominate New Year’s Weekend

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New Years weekend will not be particularly active in the American opera scene. Only three major companies will make their respective presences felt as the calendar turns from 2016 to 2017. The Metropolitan Opera will continue its full slate of operas, showcasing three works to end the year. There will be two performances given on Friday, December 30. At 12 {…}
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Weekend Preview (12/23-25)- USA: Metropolitan Opera Braves Holiday With Three Operas

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Christmas weekend presents a quandary for major opera companies as attendance hits a snag for a few days as people stay home and spend time with families. Despite that, there is one company that is braving the circumstances and keeping those opera lovers satisfied with performances through the holiday. The Metropolitan Opera will showcase its production of The Magic Flute {…}
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Metropolitan Opera 2016-17 Preview: Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ Returns For Holiday Run

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Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” returns to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday at 7:30 for a run of seven performances. The Opera Mozart’s last opera premiered on Sept. 30, 1791 at Schikaneder’s theatre, two months before the composer’s untimely death. Originally titled “Die Zauberflote” and sung in German, the work has been a popular fixture among younger audiences {…}
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American Symphony Orchestra 2025-26 Review: Requiem & Revelation

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(Photo: Matt Dine) American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) performed “Requiem & Revelation” at St. Bartholomew’s Church led by conductor Leon Botstein, featuring the Bard Festival Chorale and soloists soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer, mezzo-soprano Krysty Swann, tenor Eric Taylor, and bass Harold Wilson. The evening showcased the US premiere of Peter Cornelius’ “Stabat Mater” (1849) and Luigi Cherubini’s “Requiem in C minor” {…}
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The Frick Collection Concert Season 2025-26 Review: Sonnambula, Ensemble-in-Residence; Davóne Tines, Bass-Baritone

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(Photo: Lawrence Sumulong) The Frick Collection Concert season 2025-26 Ensemble-in-Residence, Sonnambula, debuted on Sunday, November 2, 2025 in collaboration with pioneering bass-baritone Davóne Tines. Tines made his Met Opera debut last year in John Adams’s “El Niño” and released his first studio album through Nonesuch Records, “DAVÓNE TINES & THE TRUTH’S ‘ROBESON,’” which premiered at NYC’s Little Island in 2024. His {…}
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Royal Ballet & Opera 2025–26 Review: Jakub Hrůša and Friends in Concert

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(Photo credit: Tristram Kenton) Profane escapes scale heights heretical in offbeat tales. These contests of one-upmanship with God breed killers; lesser sinners stray with strangers. Dvořák’s unnamed “Spectre’s Bride” – the leading lady of his 1885 cantata – steals away with a dead demon. Four decades later a Chinese adventurer is robbed and killed in Bartók’s “The Miraculous Mandarin,” a {…}

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