The Richard Tucker Gala at Carnegie Hall
2016 Richard Tucker Award Winner Tamara Wilson redefines stardom alongside diva Anna Netrebko at this year’s Tucker Gala.
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“The Hubble Cantata” and Tigue at BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) "We are stardust/ Billion year old carbon/ We are golden/ Caught in the devil's bargain/ And we've got to get ourselves back
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“Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Metropolitan Opera
by Steven Pisano Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera’s current production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor doesn't really show up on stage until the third and final act, but
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“Don Giovanni” at the Metropolitan Opera
by Steven Pisano In Michael Grandage's production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni now playing at the Metropolitan Opera, the snarling balls of flame that rocket up from the stage as the
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“The Death of Klinghoffer” at the Met Opera
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera "There aren't many things left worth fighting for in this world. Art is one of them." – FoM In his 2008 memoir, Hallelujah Junction, John Adams devotes an entire
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Thomas Hampson Reclaims His Role in Metropolitan Opera’s Wozzeck
by Robert Leeper After a delayed start to his run in Wozzeck at the Metropolitan Opera, Thomas Hampson returned from illness to take over the titular character last week. Hampson's tormented
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Sasha Cooke in Recital at Alice Tully Hall
by Caitlin Kelley Photo credit: Rikki Cooke Every so often a performer emerges whose genuine conviction and artistry inspires the audience to contemplate the beauty and complexity of the human
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Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Met
by Melanie Wong Photo credit: Sara Krulwich, The New York Times Last Wednesday, a collection of talented young stars at the Met gave a lovably quirky performance of Britten's zany 1960 opera A Midsummer
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Shostakovich’s The Nose at the Metropolitan Opera
by Robert Leeper Photo credit: Ken Howard There are a lot of big-ticket, big-cast operas to sift through at the Metropolitan Opera these days. However, tucked between the much-touted Two
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