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What to See on Europe’s Opera Stages Next Season

Among our critic’s recommendations are multiple “Ring” cycles, a premiere by Ellen Reid and the soprano Lise Davidsen in Strauss’s…

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A Year Into War, Russian Artists Still Must Navigate a Tricky Path

A production of “War and Peace” in Germany, with a heavily Russian cast and production team, must balance competing demands…

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Review: A New Opera Puts Real Emotions in a Fantasy Garden

Kate Soper’s “The Romance of the Rose,” which had its long-delayed premiere at Long Beach Opera, showcases her signature quick-shifting eclecticism.

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Jürgen Flimm, Director of Festivals and Opera Houses, Dies at 81

He left his mark in Hamburg, Berlin, Strasburg and elsewhere. He also directed a memorable “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth.

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In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’

The baritone Will Liverman was singing in Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” about five years ago when he watched a…

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A Penetrating Cry in the Dark at the Prototype Festival

This year’s iteration marks a joyous return to theaters for the festival, which was canceled last year.

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Prototype, an Essential New York Opera Festival, Turns 10

“There are all these unbelievable artists who are creating work that’s really hard to define,” Beth Morrison, a music theater…

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America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company

There is no house in the United States dedicated to presenting works from a prominent corner of homegrown music theater…

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Review: ‘The Magic Flute’ Directs Its Whimsy Toward the Younger Set

Julie Taymor’s version of Mozart’s opera, a fairy tale of puppets and plexiglass, achieves its finest form in the Met’s…

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A Cyberattack Shuts the Met Opera’s Box Office, but the Show Goes On

After hackers knocked out the ticket-selling system of the Met, the largest performing arts organization in the United States, the…

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