(Credit: Koichi Miura/Metropolitan Opera) The Met Opera and James Levine have quietly settled the ongoing suit over the conductor’s firing a few years ago, per The New York Times. The Met Opera had fired Levine in 2018 after conducting an investigation regarding accusations of sexual misconduct leveled against the maestro. The famed conductor then proceeded to sue the organization that {…}
The Metropolitan Opera Guild has announced its education program for the 2019-20 season. The program will kick off with “Great Duets,” which is set for Oct. 23, 30, and Nov. 6, 2019. It will feature the music of Puccini, Mozart, and Massenet. Jane Marsch will lead the course. “Wagner Across Borders” is set for Jan. 15, 22, 29 and Feb. {…}
(Photo Credit: Chris Lee) Renée Fleming will become the new co-artistic director new Aspen Opera Theater and VocalArts program The New York Times announced that the soprano will work alongside co-artistic director Patrick Summers to take over and redesign this program. “At the start of my career, I was incredibly fortunate to be trained at the Aspen Music Festival and {…}
(Credit: Louise Leblanc) Premiering in 1843 prior to Richard Wagner’s 30th birthday, “Der Fliegende Holländer” was the successful outcome of a frustrating period in the life of the young composer. At the bitter end of his tenure as musical director of a theater in Riga, Wagner left for Paris with his wife. After an illegal crossing into Prussia followed by {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) Sonya Yoncheva is set to make her role debut as Leonora in “Il Trovatore” at the Metropolitan Opera. In a recent interview, the Bulgarian soprano revealed that she will do Leonora in David McVicar’s production of “Il Trovatore,” a role that she has been offered many times and which she is also set to perform in numerous {…}
(Photo by Marty Sohl/Met Opera) On Sunday, July 7, 2019, audiences will get a chance to check out the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “La Fille du Régiment” as part of PBS’s Great Performances from the Met series. The opera stars Pretty Yende in the title role, alongside Javier Camarena, who made history throughout the run of the opera by encoring {…}
The Metropolitan Opera Guild has added a new team member. Shortly after announcing the arrival of John M. Dowd, the organization has revealed that Greg Joye will join as Director of Development. Per a press release, he will oversee the Guild’s special events and supervise the organizations activities. He will also be responsible for generating around $2 million in revenue {…}
John M. Dowd, the chief executive officer of Fiduciary Trust Company, has been elected to the board of directors of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Dowd joined Fiduciary trust in 2016 and also has 30 years of experience working in wealth management. He is also a trustee of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, as well as the Montclair {…}
On Friday, June 14, 2019, The MET Orchestra returned to Carnegie Hall for a highly gripping program of Gustav Mahler’s “Ruckert Lieder,” and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. On this evening, the orchestra was joined by mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, lending her interpretative passion to the cycle of songs. Brief and Beautiful The first lied, “Look not into my songs,” opened {…}
On Monday, June 10, 2019, the Metropolitan Opera’s annual Summer Recital Series was launched amidst stormy weather. Lovers of opera braved the rain to gather at Central Park’s Summer Stage for an evening of arias and duets sung by Metropolitan Opera artists Nathan Gunn, Ben Bliss, and Ying Fang. Through the cloudy sky and almost constant veneer of rain, their {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust” will be performed in a concert version instead of in Robert Lepage’s acclaimed production. The company announced that “The decision to present ‘La Damnation de Faust’ in its more usual concert version is driven by the unanticipated technical demands of reviving the Met’s staged production, which proved to be {…}