Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen to release new opera recording while awaiting birth of twins
But the soprano’s fans will also have something new to savor while she’s on maternity leave. Decca is releasing a recording ...
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First pic of 660lb WWII BOMB on tracks that’s shut Eurostar emerges as trains cancelled & passengers told ‘don’t travel’
The disruption has affected local metro services as well as national ... Passengers queue to take a bus from Opera district, in order to reach Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Airport (CDG), as train ...
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Fine Art
An exhibition at Paris’s City of Architecture and Heritage ... album ‘Mayhem,’ ‘Moby-Dick’ surfaces at the Metropolitan Opera, and more. For 60 years, it’s been nearly impossible ...
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Wiener Staatsoper Announces New Cast Change for ‘Norma’
Popov is a tenor who has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Wiener Staatsoper, Berlin State Opera, and Paris Opera. His repertoire includes the music of Verdi, Puccini, ...
Lyric Opera of Chicago will start to reflect John Mangum’s production picks in 2026-27
The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 season will include five productions that first appeared elsewhere and one revival, all picked by general director John Mangum’s predecessor, Anthony Freud.
Review: With ‘Fidelio,’ the Met Opera Does What It Does Best
The Met, a magnet for star singers, flexed its muscles to stack the cast of Beethoven’s only opera, with Lise Davidsen in the title role.
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Trump’s Night at the Opera
Credit: Wikimedia Commons I went to the Metropolitan Opera the other night to see the new opera, Moby-Dick. It was a black-tie gala, and the performance was tremendous, but the evening was somber.
‘Moby-Dick’ and ‘Fidelio’ Review: Opera Adrift at the Met
The New York company recently opened two underpowered productions: Jake Heggie’s 2010 adaptation of the Herman Melville ...
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An opera based on Melville’s masterpiece, 'Moby-Dick,' docks at the Met
The Metropolitan Opera is staging a production of Herman Melville's masterpiece about a white whale, ‘Moby-Dick.’ The libretto was written by Gene Scheer, who had to whittle down the novel ...
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Dominique Perrault designs Paris metro station as "inverted skyscraper"
French studio Dominique Perrault Architecture has dug a deep cylindrical shaft to house Paris' Villejuif-Gustave Roussy metro ...
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If You Have to Ask About This Harlem Dinner Party, You’re Not Invited
When his opera career took him to Paris and Rome, he held dinner parties there that attracted fashion designers, actors and dancers. His voice coach at one point told him that if he didn’t ease ...