The Met: Live in HD Returns for its Sixth Season of Live Opera Transmissions
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 15, 2011
The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series of live transmissions to movie theaters around the world, returns for a sixth season Saturday, October 15 with the Met premiere production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, featuring Anna Netrebko in the title role.
Joseph Calleja to Celebrate U.S. Album Release at Le Poisson Rouge, 10/24
by Kelsey Denette
- Oct 3, 2011
Following chart-topping debuts in the U.K. and Germany, The Maltese Tenor, Joseph Calleja's third solo album for Decca Classics, will be released in the U.S. on Monday, October 24. To coincide with the release, Joseph Calleja will appear that same evening in concert at New York City's hip downtown club Le Poisson Rouge at 7:30pm.
Metropolitan Opera Guild Announces 2011-12 Season of Lectures and Community Programs
by Kelsey Denette
- Sep 30, 2011
The Metropolitan Opera Guild has announced its Lectures and Community Programs for the 2011-12 Season: an extensive - 20 events in October alone! - and wide-ranging calendar of individual events and courses of study designed to deepen the love and appreciation of opera by fans and performers alike, at every level of engagement and expertise.
Seven New Productions Headline Met Opera's 2011-12 Season
by BWW
News Desk
- Sep 26, 2011
The Metropolitan Opera's 2011-12 season will feature the world's leading singers, conductors, and stage directors in seven new productions, including a world premiere, a Met premiere, and the first complete performances of a new Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Lepage.
Royal Opera House Launches 'Royal Opera House Cinema'
by Kelsey Denette
- Sep 22, 2011
The Royal Opera House today launches Royal Opera House Cinema, its new cinema screening venture which will transmit select performances of opera and ballet to more than 700 cinemas worldwide.
Jonas Kaufmann to Return to the Met
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 20, 2011
The Metropolitan Opera received confirmation today that tenor Jonas Kaufmann is doing well after his recent surgery and will return to the Met as planned for his October 30 recital and to begin rehearsals for the new production of Faust which opens November 29.
René Pape Kicks Off 2011-12 with Faust at Covent Garden
by BWW
News Desk
- Sep 18, 2011
Peerless bass René Pape - honored last season as a 'Mastersinger' by the Metropolitan Opera for such triumphs as his universally acclaimed Boris Godunov - launches his 2011-12 season on September 18, when he stars as Méphistophélès in the all-star David McVicar production of Gounod's Faust at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
René Pape Kicks Off 2011-12 with Faust at Covent Garden
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 16, 2011
Peerless bass René Pape - honored last season as a 'Mastersinger' by the Metropolitan Opera for such triumphs as his universally acclaimed Boris Godunov - launches his 2011-12 season on September 18, when he stars as Méphistophélès in the all-star David McVicar production of Gounod's Faust at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
2011 Opera News Awards Honorees Announced
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Aug 2, 2011
The seventh annual Opera News Awards will be presented on Sunday, April 29 at The Plaza in New York City, paying tribute to five extraordinary artists who have made an invaluable contribution to the art form: sopranos Karita Mattila and Anja Silja, baritones Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Peter Mattei, and director Peter Sellars.
Deutsche Grammophon Releases Ildebrando D’Arcangelo’s Recording of Mozart Arias, Available 9/13
by Lauren Wolman
- Jul 21, 2011
Italian bass-baritone Ildebrando D'Arcangelo returns to the start of his international career with his new Deutsche Grammophon recording of Mozart arias. He is joined by conductor Gianandrea Noseda and the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino for a selection of both popular and rare opera and concert arias, available September 13th in advance of his performances at the LA Opera in Mozart's Così fan Tutte. Click here to learn more about the release.
Deborah Voigt Makes Her Role Debut In Met’s New Walküre
by BWW
News Desk
- May 14, 2011
After impressing critics and fans alike as Puccini's Girl of the Golden West at the Metropolitan Opera, this spring Deborah Voigt returns to her home company for a milestone role debut: for the first time, she takes on Brunnhilde - one of opera's most challenging and iconic roles - in a new production of Wagner's Die Walkure.
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