Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian makes belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Madame Butterfly

Opera singer Asmik Grigorian is at the peak of her career, but there’s one major opera venue she hasn’t yet performed at — New York’s Metropolitan Opera

Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian makes belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Madame Butterfly
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John Adams' Nativity oratorio 'El Nino' gets colorful staging at the Met

Composer John Adams’ work is returning to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in a decade in a new staging of his Nativity oratorio “El Nino.”

John Adams' Nativity oratorio 'El Nino' gets colorful staging at the Met
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Young Russian mezzo bids for breakout stardom in Met's new 'Carmen'

Aigul Akhmetshina says she’s a fighter — and she’s had to be to make it to the Metropolitan Opera, where she leads a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” opening on New Year’s Eve

Young Russian mezzo bids for breakout stardom in Met's new 'Carmen'
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‘Grounded,’ a new opera about a female fighter pilot turned drone operator, prepares to take off

Nearly 10 years after it was first imagined as an opera, “Grounded” is ready to take flight

‘Grounded,’ a new opera about a female fighter pilot turned drone operator, prepares to take off
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In break with the past, Met opera is devoting a third of its productions to recent work

The Metropolitan Opera is broadening its repertoire this season by performing more recent operas alongside classics like “La Boheme.”

In break with the past, Met opera is devoting a third of its productions to recent work
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Washington Opera offers new ending to Puccini's final work

Ever since Giacomo Puccini died in 1924 without finishing his last opera, “Turandot,” audiences have thrilled to its soaring melodies like “Nessun Dorma,” but also perhaps lamented the lack of a proper ending

Washington Opera offers new ending to Puccini's final work

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