A newbie's guide for going to the opera
Opera aficionados recommend listening to clips of the opera online via YouTube, Spotify or other sites beforehand.
Paul Plishka, Prolific Soloist at the Met, Dies at 83
Known for his liquid bass tones and flawless diction, he appeared in 88 roles, many of them comic, over 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera.
The New York Times10d
At a Gilded Florida Resort, Anna Netrebko Tries U.S. Comeback
Putin. It was, perhaps, a comedown since her last appearance, a starry New Year’s Eve gala in 2019 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where, as the company’s prima donna, she commanded an ...
This Opera Star Says Crying Is the Best Therapy
Lise Davidsen, one of the greatest sopranos of her generation, talks about her upcoming Met performance, meeting Angelina ...
A Love Letter to Lincoln Center
Some might say it’s Art Deco gems like Rockefeller Center and the Chrysler and Empire State skyscrapers. Others might have ...
Post and Courier29d
Metropolitan Opera to hold contest auditions in Columbia
Young, aspiring opera singers from around the country will soon have a chance to perform at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in Columbia. The competition is the world's most ...
It’s a publishing fairy tale. ‘Hansel and Gretel’ is reimagined by Stephen King and Maurice Sendak
An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never ...
Arizona Daily Star17d
Tucson song festival tenor answers call for once-in-lifetime opp
It was Peter Gelb, general manager of New York Metropolitan Opera ... But this was the Met, America’s most prestigious opera house where he had made his debut in 2023. Despite his insecurities ...
The New Yorker11d
The Aesthetic Empire of Alma Mahler-Werfel
A lustrous scion of fin-de-siècle Vienna, she was born Alma Maria Schindler, the daughter of the operetta singer Anna Bergen ...
The Daily Telegraph23d
Otto Schenk, opera director whose lavish traditional productions were revived for decades
With his wife Renée Michaelis, whom he met at drama school Credit: Imagno/Getty Images ... to The New York Times in 2006. Schenk had a mischievous sense of humour and was known to ask opera ...
The Associated Press on MSN9d
Paul Plishka, whose Metropolitan Opera career spanned 51 years, dies at age 83
He sang with other companies, most notably Milan's Teatro alla Scala, London's Royal Opera and the New York City Opera ...
Hindustan Times8d
Paul Plishka, whose Metropolitan Opera career spanned 51 years, dies at age 83
He sang with other companies, most notably Milan's Teatro alla Scala, London's Royal Opera and the New York City ... a Met staff stage director, on an off day at the opera house in 2005.