BWW Review: The Met's Short Version of BORIS is Good-Enough for Me
The Lady or the Tiger? In this case, both are Mussorgsky’s BORIS GODUNOV—just different versions of it.
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BWW Feature: ONLINE VIRTUAL OPERA TOUR at Home Computer Screens
Los Angeles Opera has a wealth of operatic and recital material on its website page On Now.
BWW Review: Met's Round-the-World, At-Home Gala Proves 'Music is Nutrition for Our Souls'
In the midst of this COVID-19 crisis that is gripping the world--and keeping so many people in quarantine--the Metropolitan Opera managed to pull off a brilliantly executed music coup.
Preview: Virtually Fabulous--or Fabulously Virtual--Met's Gala In-Home Event from New York to Tbilisi, Paris to Moscow at 1pm EDT, April 25
For all you lovelorn, “live opera”-lovers, the Met is coming to the rescue from COVID-19 this afternoon, Saturday April 25, at 1pm New York time, with a gala concert featuring over 40 artists performing direct from their homes around the world.
BWW Interview: MEFISTOFELE is a Devil of a Hat-Trick for the Met's Rising Star Christian Van Horn
I caught up with rising star bass-baritone Christian Van Horn the other day, to find out what the devil was going on with his starring role in the Met's first performance of Arrigo Boito's MEFISTOFELE in almost 20 years.
BWW Review: Parsing PARSIFAL at the Met, with an Impressive Cast under Nezet-Seguin
Richard Wagner's last opera, PARSIFAL, is a tough nut to crack.
Photo Flash: Yannick Nezet-Seguin Conducts Wagner's PARSIFAL
Klaus Florian Vogt will sing the title role in the first revival of one of the most acclaimed Met productions in recent years, Wagner's final opera, Parsifal, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and directed by François Girard.
Mozart's DIE ZAUBERFLOTE to Fly Back to The Metropolitan Opera This Month
Met Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts one of his signature pieces, Mozart's final opera, Die Zauberflote, which returns to the Met September 26 for full-length performances in German.
Mozart's DIE ZAUBERFLOTE to Fly Back to The Metropolitan Opera This Month
Met Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts one of his signature pieces, Mozart's final opera, Die Zauberflote, which returns to the Met September 26 for full-length performances in German.
BWW Review: The Agony and Ecstasy of the Met's New TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
For the sheer magnitude of its singing, there hasn't been anything like the Met's ecstatic new production of TRISTAN UND ISOLDE--seen a week after it opened the season on September 26--in a very long time.
NY Philharmonic Kicks Off Worldwide Radio Broadcasts for 2015
The January broadcasts of The New York Philharmonic This Week - the weekly radio series of concerts and recordings by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Alec Baldwin - begin with Alan Gilbert leading the Orchestra in an all-Mozart program: the Mass in C minor, Great, and Piano Concerto No.
NY Philharmonic Announces Worldwide Radio Broadcasts for Jan-March 2015
The January broadcasts of The New York Philharmonic This Week - the weekly radio series of concerts and recordings by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Alec Baldwin - begin with Alan Gilbert leading the Orchestra in an all-Mozart program: the Mass in C minor, Great, and Piano Concerto No.
BWW Reviews: Stellar Production, Good Cast Still Don't Add Up to MAGIC at the Met
A little slapstick here, a little mysticism there, some knockout arias, a love story, parental conflict--put them all together and you have Mozart's DIE ZAUBERFLOTE--better known in these parts as THE MAGIC FLUTE.
BWW Reviews: That Was No Lady, That Was Netrebko, in Verdi's MACBETH at the Met
Ever since I heard Anna Netrebko's “Verdi” album last year, which highlighted excerpts from the operatic treatment of Shakespeare's MACBETH, I knew her Verdi was the real deal and couldn't wait for her to take on the full Lady Macbeth on stage.
BWW Reviews: RENE PAPE Recital at the Met a Matter of Life and Death
The wonderful German singer Rene Pape made history when he made his recital debut at the Met last week—the first bass to perform a solo program at the house.
Photo Flash: First Look at Jonas Kaufmann and More in Wagner's PARSIFAL
Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role in a new production of Wagner's final masterpiece Parsifal, staged by acclaimed French Canadian director François Girard in his Met debut, on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, July 28 at 12 noon on PBS (check local listings).
Placido Domingo & More Featured on 'Great Voices Sing John Denver'; In Stores Today
Legendary music producer, Milt Okun along with composer Lee Holdridge are bringing some of the most famous names in opera to John Denver's famous hit songs on the new album 'Great Voices Sing John Denver'.
BWW Reviews: Redemption for the Metropolitan Opera's New PARSIFAL Is in the Music
There used to be an ad campaign from a New York bakery company, “You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's rye bread.
BWW Reviews: I WANT MAGIC
I missed the debut and broadcast of Andre Previn's operatic setting of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" from the San Francisco Opera back in 1998.
Rene Pape's 2012-2013 Season Includes Engagements in Berlin, New York, Chicago, and More
Rene Pape will travel to Germany to reprise his acclaimed Wotan at the Berlin State Opera, in a production of Wagner's Die Walkure conducted by Daniel Barenboim (Oct 4-14).
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