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Best of 2022: OperaWire’s Staff on the Best Performances of the Year

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It’s that time of the year. A time when we can look forward to what’s to come, but also a moment to reflect on all we’ve experienced. And as has become the tradition here at OperaWire, we have asked our writers to select their choices for the opera performances that truly marveled them in 2022. So without further ado, we’ll {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” is a tragic satire that continues to shed light on the very real and present suffering of the human spirit due to ongoing abuse of power and repression. To say this opera is still relevant, is obvious. However, to take it a step further and realize this opera’s history is a warning, reveals Shostakovich’s {…}

News

Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its opening night of “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” The company said that Irina Rindzuner would sing the role of the Convict making her Met debut. She will replace Marcy Stonikas. Rindzuner is an American dramatic soprano who is well-known for her interpretation of “Turandot” which she has sung 84 times in {…}

News, Streaming

Trinity Church Wall Street Streaming ‘Considering Matthew Shepard’

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Trinity Church Wall Street is now streaming its recent performances of “Considering Matthew Shepard,” an oratorio by Craig Hella Johnson. The work was presented in New York between Sept. 15 and 17 and is now available to stream via the company’s official website. Soloists included Brian Giebler, Sonya Headlam, Wilson Nichols, Gregório Taniguchi, Pamela Terry, Enrico Lagasca, Jonathan Woody, Molly {…}

News

Svetlana Sozdateleva Leads Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsenk’

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(Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth Mtsenk” in Graham Vick’s 1994 production. The production, which will be performed six times, opens on Sept. 29 with Russian soprano Svetlana Sozdateleva in the lead role of Katerina Ismailova. The soprano, who is making her Met debut, has performed the role to great {…}

News

Metropolitan Opera Announces Major Cast Change for ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsenk’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its production of Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” The company noted that Russian soprano Svetlana Sozdateleva will make her Met debut singing Katerina Ismailova in all performances replacing Eva-Maria Westbroek. Sozdateleva was set to make her Met debut during the 2020-21 season in the “The Fiery Angel” but was canceled due {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

The Whitney Biennial 2022 Review: Raven Chacon’s ‘For Zitkála-Šá’

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Raven Chacon, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, performer, and installation artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, composed a series of 13 scores as portraits dedicated to different contemporary American Indian, First Nations, or Mestiza women working in music performance, composition, or sound art. Currently on view in the 2022 Whitney Biennial, this work creates space for better understanding the Yankton Dakota {…}