Opinion
How to Save Opera in America? Make It New Again.
After 18 years running the Met, and a lifetime of experience in classical music and opera, it’s clear to me that the solution to sustaining opera is through artistic reinvention, both with new operas ...
The Met Opera’s ‘Tosca’ Star Freddie De Tommaso Talks Travel And Opera
The British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso became a global name by chance. In 2021, the tenor playing the role of ...
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An Old City archeologist writes an opera for a murdered 19th century woman
Composer Melissa Dunphy discovered an unsolved murder at her home from 144 years ago. She brings her back to life with “Alice Tierney.” ...
Dark powers guide dagger-sharp ‘Macbeth’ at Washington National Opera
Director Brenna Corner brings a new production of Verdi’s classic, starring soprano Ewa Płonka and baritone Étienne Dupuis.
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Israeli airstrikes near Damascus kill 15, Syrian state media reports
Syria’s state news agency says Israel has carried out two airstrikes on a western neighborhood of Damascus and one of the ...
Mason Bates’ Met-bound opera ‘Kavalier & Clay’ based on Michael Chabon novel premieres in Indiana
When composer Mason Bates approached Michael Chabon about turning his novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” into ...
In a new opera, a life in music and a struggle with memory loss intertwine
Composer Laura Kaminsky's intimate new opera, Lucidity, centers on an aging opera singer, portrayed by the 80-year-old ...
Florida Grand Opera’s ‘The Magic Flute’ is a monumental made-in-South Florida production
The Magic Flute” —the final operatic work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart before his death in 1791 when he was 35 years old — is ...
Last Night at the Met(s): Angelina Jolie at the Opera and a Celebration of Black Artists at the Museum
On the west side, the Metropolitan Museum opened "Tosca"; over on the east side, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened ...
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Eminent Middletown psychiatrist, former leader of Connecticut Valley Hospital dies at 93
Syrian native Dr. Mehadin Arafeh, a modest man and hard worker, was distinguished in his field both nationally and ...
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IDF strikes Hezbollah’s intelligence unit in Syria, issues rare confirmation
According to the monitor, the strikes hit a house “used by members of Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard” south of Damascus, in Sayyidah Zaynab — home to an important Shiite ...
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Israel says it struck Hezbollah target near Damascus, Syria says civilian sites hit
DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Israel's Air Force said on Monday it had struck Hezbollah intelligence assets near Damascus in an attack on key infrastructure in Syria that Syria said had ...