France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom has died at the age of 82, the Royal Swedish Opera announced on Saturday. She died in a Stockholm hospital on Friday morning. During a career spanning half a century, the singer performed regularly at New York's Metropolitan Opera and Covent Garden in London, and made numerous appearances at Britain's Glyndebourne summer festival. The Royal Swedish Opera said...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Things are finally looking up for New York City Opera. The once-feisty alternative to its imposing Lincoln Center neighbor, the Metropolitan Opera, has an acoustically improved home, is selling tickets and getting very good reviews. None of that was true a...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
NEW YORK - The marquee value could hardly be less inviting, but serious operagoers shouldn't deprive themselves of Leos Janacek's From the House of the Dead in a powerful new Metropolitan Opera production by Patrice Chéreau.
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
From the house of the dead -- as I’ve heard the Metropolitan Opera grumpily described from time to time -- comes a great “From the House of the Dead.” OK, that’s a cheap shot, but a company generally eager to...
1490 NewsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
A portrait of Marilyn Horne is now on display in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. The portrait by John Foote was installed in the gallery's "New Arrivals" exhibition on Thursday. Foote created the portrait of Horne in 1971 to honor her debut at the Metropolitan Opera the previous year. The painting was originally displayed in “Portraits of the American Stage, 1771–1971,”...
Welcome. (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Editorial by Annie Leibovitz (inspired by the Metropolitan Opera ’s Hansel and Gretel ) for Vogue … Lady Gaga arrived at Vogue to discuss the shoot wearing a trailing white chiffon John Galliano goddess gown with a Philip Treacy headdress that spelled VOGUE in clipped white feathers. The following day, she came to see Creative Director Grace Coddington in a little black dress with a flaming-red...
mostly opera... (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Do you know German lyrical soprano Mojca Erdmann? If not, you will in a couple of years. Biography here.She just signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophone (first record out in 2010/11) - at next years Salzburg Festival she takes part in Rihm´s new opera Dionysus. Last summer she was the Forest Bird in Rattles Aix-en-Provence Siegfried.At The Metropolitan Opera she will...
TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
(TrendHunter.com) ‘Little Girl and Boy Lost’ in Vogue is an editorial styled by fashion director Grace Coddington and inspired by the Metropolitan Opera’s production of ‘Hansel and Gretel.’ It stars models Lily Cole and…
Vancouver Opera Blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Having sung on some of the most prestigious opera stages including the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, Bastille Opera Paris and the Metropolitan Opera, Hasmik Papian is regarded as one of the most successful lyrical-dramatic sopranos in the world. Hasmik Papian will be open Vancouver Opera's Golden Anniversary season in her signature role as Bellini's Norma. Guilty musical pleasure? Can any musical...
Styledash (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Filed under: Fashion , News , Celebrity Style Lady Gaga heats things up in a bonded-lamé gold jacket by Marc Jacobs and Nina Ricci booties. Photo: Annie Leibovitz Yep, that's right, Lady Gaga has made it onto the hallowed pages of Vogue . But don't for a minute think it means the over-the-top singer put pants on! In Vogue's December 'Arts' issue , the master of exhibitionism stars as a high...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Patricia Racette tackles all three leading female roles in Jack O’Brien’s staging of Puccini’s “Il Trittico” at the Metropolitan Opera.
ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
In this behind the scenes video we get to see the shooting of the Vogue December issues, which is devoted to the arts. Cate Blanchett is on the cover. One fabulous photoshoot is based on the story of Hansel and Gretel. The shoot was inspired by Richard Jones's production of the 1893 Engelbert Humperdinck opera, opening this month at the Metropolitan Opera. Lily Cole is Gretel, Andrew Garfield is Hansel...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Both the renowned director Patrice Chéreau and the dynamic conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen made their overdue Met debuts in Leos Janacek’s unorthodox and moving production of “From the House of the Dead” on Thursday.
An Unamplified Voice (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
From the House of the Dead -- Metropolitan Opera, 11/12/09 Margita, Streit, Hoare, Mattei, White / Salonen Much-lauded director Patrice Chéreau has never before done a show at the Met, and on the evidence of this Janacek premiere one suspects he's never seen a show there either. Perhaps at the previous stops of this touring production his step of putting supertitles onstage (projected on the...
Slipped disc (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
If ever you need to know what's wrong with the Metropolitan Opera and its press puppet, the New York Times, look no further than the opening paragraph of last weekend's puff piece for tonight's production of Janacek's From the House of...
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