opera
Anna Netrebko, Russian soprano with ties to Putin, out ﷽at Metropജolitan Opera
“It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera. Anna is one of the greatest singers in Met history, but with Putin killing innocent victims in Ukra�𝐆�ine,...
'AbFab' diva Joanna Lumley on new Netflix rom-com 'Falling for Figaro'
The "Absolutely Fabulous" icon stars in Netflix's "Fall🔯ing for Figaro" as a retired o🦋pera singer "living in a sulky fit of rage that she was no longer a great star,"...
A Harvey Weinstein opera may be 𓂃coming to 🤡New York City
Hopefully he won't show his magic flute. An opera about theಞ Manhatta🅷n trial of Harvey Weinstein is currently in production in Northern Ireland, and may be coming to New York...
🎶 🦩 Truly underground: Masked opera singers put on a subway spectacular
🌜It must be the acoustics: A trio of anonymous operatic vocalistsജ were captured in a jaw-dropping singalong on a nearly empty subway car.
Royal Opera Chorusꦦ reunites f🦂or performance on London rooftop
🉐 LONDON - Wrapped up in coats and with London’s famed landmarks behind them, m🧸embers of the Royal Opera Chorus sing the Anvil Chorus from Giuseppe Verdi’s 1853 opera “Il Trovatore”...
The ho🦹ttest ticket i🐓n town is the weekly show on this Brooklyn Heights stoop
♛ Call him the brownstone baritone.
Paris Opera director accused of bringing American-style 'cancel culture' to France
The Paris Opera has vowed to bring diversity to the famous ballet company, orchestra and dance 🍌school, further fueling the debate of American-style "cancel culture" entering France’s art scene. Alexander Neef, the...
COVID-19 outbreak to ruin US opera star's Italian debut
A coronavirus outbreak in a famed Milan opera chorus has forced the cancelation of one of Eur✱ope's top cultural events and ruined the historic debut of an American soloist. Soprano...
These women have binged over 20༒0 operas virtual𒁃ly since the Met closed
Marion Chalat and Carolyn Starry would wow Wagner if🦄 he were alive today. And Ve🅺rdi. And Puccini.
ꦡ Metropolitan Ope🅰ra to remain closed through 2021 due to COVID-19
It's not over though.
♔ Opera houses across US dim lights to honor longtime fan Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passion for the art form was born in a Brookly🍰n schoo📖l gym in 1944 when she was 11 years old.
Rufus Wainwright on the 'brutal' opera world and raising Leonard Cohen's grandchild
“Iꦡ very much consider this album to be a bookend to my first record.”
ﷺ Barcelona opera house fills seats with plants for first concert since lockdown
BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house reopened Monday and performed its f꧃irst concert since the coronavirus lockdown — to an audience that didn’t have to worry...
New 🔯York Philharmonic cancels fall season due to the coronavirus
The decision was made to ensure the safety of both fans and artists. ꧙
Coronavirus forces Santa Fe Opera 🌞to cancel꧙ upcoming season
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The famed Santa Fe Opera has been forced to👍 cancel its season, with officials saying Monday that the decision was made to ensure the health and safety...
Met Opera furloughs nearly 2🎶0 percent of staff amid coronavirus ⛄
The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is furloughing 41 administrative employees, nearly 20% of its full-time staff, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Met said Tuesday that the furlough💧s are...
Opera singer Rosalind Elias, who made Broadway debut at 81, dead at 90 ▨ 🐼
ꦑ Rosalind Elias, a mezzo-soprano who at 24 began a 42-year association with the Metropolitan Opera but didn’t make her Broadway debut until she’d turned 81, died Sunday, May 3, in... 🐷
Tenor Placido Domingo feels 'fine' after testing positive for coronavirus
MEXICO CIওTY — Tenor Placido Domingo said Monday he is r🐎esting at home after catching the new coronavirus. Domingo said in a statement that he is "at home and I...
Opera legend Pla🦹cido Domingo hospitalized due t🍃o coronavirus complications
He's in stable condition.
🍃Met Opera lays off unionized musicians, chorus amid coronavi𝓰rus shutdown
The Metropolitan Opera suspended the employment of much of its staff, including its musicians and chor🔯us, in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. The sobering news comes as nearly every...