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John Conklin, Designer of Fantastical Opera Sets, Dies at 88
Realizing a childhood dream, he created scenery that was highly conceptual yet playful for the Glimmerglass Festival, New ...
Met Opera’s Summer HD Festival returns with 10 free screenings at Lincoln Center Plaza
The Metropolitan Opera is again hosting its popular Summer HD Festival with free screenings at Lincoln Center Plaza starting ...
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Catch free screenings of Met Opera performances as part of Summer HD Fest
The series kicks off Friday, August 22, with a special screening of Maestro, the 2023 Leonard Bernstein biopic starring ...
Metropolitan Opera’s Peter Gelb blames Trump for sales slump — but needs to look in the mirror
Blaming the president is a popular pastime these days, but one of America’s cultural leaders has come up with something ...
Opera on 3 Beethoven's Fidelio from the Met Live at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, a performance of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio
Live at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, a performance of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio ...
‘Sylvia’ Review: American Ballet Theatre’s Poised Pastoral
At the Metropolitan Opera House, the troupe revives Frederick Ashton’s richly textured three-act production, set to music by ...
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The Met Opera's Live Streaming Series Sticks To Old Trappings
The Met Opera hired Christine Goerke, a reigning dramatic soprano, to host the series. While she offered a genial presence, she was trapped by a banal script, ...
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Time is of the essence at Metropolitan Opera premiere of 'The Hours ...
Music ‘The Hours’ should have made an amazing opera. It didn’t. But strong singing bolsters the Metropolitan Opera adaptation of the 1998 novel by Michael Cunningham ...