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By Sara Schabas on December 4, 2023
Climate protesters from the group Extinction Rebellion interrupted the Metropolitan Opera’s opening performance of Tannhaüser on November 30.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on November 27, 2023
After more than 200 years, music by Italian composer Antonio Salieri, once thought lost, has been rediscovered.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on October 30, 2023
Cambridge University has cancelled performances of Handel’s Saul due to its similarities to the situation in the Middle East.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on October 23, 2023
Last week, a study in the Equality, Diversion and Inclusion journal highlighted major gender imbalances in the US opera sector.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on October 2, 2023
Unravelling what critics think about the Met Opera's production of Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking" (so far)
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on October 2, 2023
WCPE in North Carolina consulted listeners following their inclination not to broadcast the Met’s six new operas this season.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on September 25, 2023
Heldentenor Stephen Gould died at 61 of bile duct cancer last week.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on September 18, 2023
Maxim Kolomiiets and librettist George Brant were selected to write an opera for the Met focusing on the heroism of Ukrainian mothers during the Russian invasion.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on September 5, 2023
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By Sara Schabas on August 21, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera Guild has announced plans to lay off twenty of its employees and stop publication of Opera News.
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