A beginner’s guide to Handel

Handel is hot! Always a solid, worthy pillar of English music, with repeat performances of Messiah at Christmas, the Water ...
The Conversation

Opera is not dying – but it needs a second act for the streaming era

Christos Makridis is also a co-founder of Living Opera and the Living Opera Foundation and founder of CM Culture Management. He is also an affiliate and contributor to several think tank communities ...
The Guardian

Drama at the opera as Royal Opera chief steps in for sick tenor

Richard Hetherington forced to play Prince Calàf in Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot after French tenor Roberto Alagna taken ill In terms of drama at the opera, it will be difficult to surpass Tuesday’s ...
The Guardian

A night without Nessun Dorma: what does booing at the opera say about UK audiences?

Critics worry that heckling, such as that at a recent Royal Opera performance, is becoming more common Opera audiences pride themselves on knowing when – and how – to make noise. Cries of “bravo”, ...
Chicago Sun-Times

What to know about the darkly twisted ‘Salome,’ which is back at the Lyric Opera after two decades

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The New York Times

Denyce Graves Says Goodbye to the Opera Stage After 40 Years

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Exit Interview Graves, who gave her last performance on Saturday at the Met, talks about “Carmen,” the doctor who told her she would never sing again ...
New York Post

Cash-strapped Met considers selling $55M murals to raise badly needed funds — but buyer won’t get to keep them

The Metropolitan Opera is planning a garage sale to stay alfloat. In a desperate attempt to raise some badly needed cash, the struggling New York cultural institution wants to sell off two revered ...
Fast Company

You can finally see the Met Opera outside NYC: These movie theaters are showing ‘Kavalier and Clay’ this weekend

If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to spend less time on devices and get more “cultured,” the Metropolitan Opera is here to help—even if you don’t find yourself in New York City. On Saturday, ...
Chicago Tribune

Review: In ‘Salome’ by Lyric Opera, devastating excess is the point

The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden opened its fourth revival of David McVicar’s famous 2008 production of the Richard Strauss opera “Salome” one day after the death of the Queen of England in 2022 ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Review: The real star of Lyric Opera’s ‘Salome’ is Strauss’ extraordinary score

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Bozeman Daily Chronicle

'A River Runs Through It' getting operatic adaptation

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. It’s been 50 years since acclaimed Montana author Norman Maclean published “A River Runs Through ...
The Independent

Satirical opera lampoons Trump as its metaphor increasingly mirrors reality

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...