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At the Met, a Refurbished ‘Bohème’ and an Art Deco ‘Ballo’

A gift from a board member recently paid for the company to rebuild sets for Franco Zeffirelli’s deathless 1981 production…

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Review: A ‘Rodelinda’ Brings Promise of Handel on the Hudson

R.B. Schlather’s new staging of this opera, with the excellent musicians of Ruckus, is the first of several Handel productions…

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Stark Gender Imbalance at U.S. Opera Companies Extends Beyond Podiums

A new report found that women are dramatically underrepresented when it comes to conducting, directing and designing operas at leading…

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In an Opera About Civil War Spies, Dancers Help Drive the Drama

Houston Grand Opera, known for innovation, unveils Jake Heggie’s “Intelligence,” directed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and featuring Urban Bush…

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North Carolina Radio Station Won’t Ban Met Opera Broadcasts After All

The station, which had called the Met’s newer operas unsuitable because of their “difficult music” and “adult themes and harsh…

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Kate Soper Returns to Opera With a Story Medieval and Modern

On a recent summer morning in New York, three sopranos, a director and a small crew gathered for a rehearsal…

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James Jorden, Creator of an Essential Opera Blog, Dies at 69

With Parterre Box, he brought together high culture, punk aesthetics and gleeful camp in an irreverent source for news, criticism…

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The Metropolitan Opera Guild Will Wind Down Amid Financial Woes

The organization, founded in 1935 to support the opera house, will lay off 20 employees and stop publishing Opera News…

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At Glamorous French Festivals, Poverty is Only Onstage

The opening productions of the Avignon and Aix-en-Provence Festivals brought tales of the down-and-out to well-heeled spectators. It got awkward.

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Is It the End of an Era at the Metropolitan Opera?

As the 2022-23 season ends, the country’s largest performing arts institution looks ahead to a future of fewer titles.

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