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Showing posts with label Met. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Met. Show all posts
Monday, June 01, 2026

A Tale of Two Opera Houses

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War Memorial Opera House View from the Stage Photo courtesy of the War Memorial If you read this blog, you know that my home opera house is ...
Friday, October 03, 2025

Kavalier & Clay at the Met

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  Cover, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay I read Michael Chabon's novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay  back...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

The Metropolitan Opera in Saudi Arabia

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Lincoln Center Fountain Photo by Lisa Hirsch The Metropolitan Opera has decided to accept $100 million from Saudi Arabia  (gift link) and wi...
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Monday, November 27, 2023

There's Runnicles

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Tannhäuser A scene from Act 2 Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera He's conducting the Met's Tannhäuser, which opens this week. The pro...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Donald Palumbo Retiring From the Met

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 From the Met; needless to say, this is a plum job that has had great conductors, including Palumbo and David Stivender. Met Chorus Master D...
Monday, September 11, 2023

Met Commission

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Lincoln Center Fountain Photo by Lisa Hirsch Well, this will be interesting: an opera based on the current experiences of mothers in Ukraine...
Monday, July 31, 2023

Museum Mondays

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Brünnhilde costume and winged helmet, worn by soprano Kirsten Flagstad  at the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera. Exhibit at San Fr...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Metropolitan Opera Future Seasons

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Soprano Dawn Upshaw, interviewed in San Francisco Classical Voice in advance of her Dido, Reimagined  program this coming Thursday, disclos...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Media Round-Up: The Hours, Metropolitan Opera

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I am planning to see the HD broadcast of Kevin Puts's new opera, The Hours , which is based on a novel I've never read, a film I...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

Met HD: Don Carlos

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The other week, I went to the encore of the Met Opera HD broadcast of Don Carlos , which was  heroically sung and acted on one of the uglies...
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Monday, November 29, 2021

Cast Change Announcements: Met Nozze

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Lincoln Center Fountain Photo by Lisa Hirsch Some changes in the Met's upcoming performances of Le nozze di Figaro: Conductors Daniele R...
Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Rolling My Eyes, part 285

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Found in The NY Times : On Monday,  for the first time in its 138-year history  and as it returned from an 18-month closure, the Metropolita...
Tuesday, September 07, 2021

Metropolitan Opera Cast Change, Verdi Requiem

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Lincoln Center Fountain Photo by Lisa Hirsch Received from the Met today: Michelle DeYoung will be the mezzo-soprano soloist in the Septembe...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

Levine Coverage

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Lincoln Center Fountain Photo by Lisa Hirsch The coverage of James Levine's demise is....interesting. There are a few people trying to b...
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Sunday, March 21, 2021

Levine's Reputation

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Lincoln Center Fountain Photo by Lisa Hirsch The various obituaries for the late James Levine are heaping praise on him, and honestly, you s...
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