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Joyce DiDonato stars in `Eden in Olympia' coinciding with Paris Games, a call to climate action
Read full article: Joyce DiDonato stars in `Eden in Olympia' coinciding with Paris Games, a call to climate actionWhile much of the globe is focused on the Paris Olympics, a movie filmed in ancient Olympia starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato premiered this week that uses music to spark contemplation of creation and carnage.
Sister Helen Prejean's 'Dead Man Walking' arrives at Met in Jake Heggie's operatic version
Read full article: Sister Helen Prejean's 'Dead Man Walking' arrives at Met in Jake Heggie's operatic versionJake Heggie's version of “Dead Man Walking” reaches the Metropolitan Opera for the season’s opening night in a production by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean.
In break with the past, Met opera is devoting a third of its productions to recent work
Read full article: In break with the past, Met opera is devoting a third of its productions to recent workThe Metropolitan Opera is broadening its repertoire this season by performing more recent operas alongside classics like “La Boheme.”.
Met cuts season to 18 operas, matching fewest in 4 decades
Read full article: Met cuts season to 18 operas, matching fewest in 4 decadesThe financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is cutting its schedule to 18 productions next season, matching pandemic-curtailed 2019-20 for the fewest since 14 in the strike-shortened 1980-81 season.
Met Opera shares 2022-23 season, Netrebko not in 'Lohengrin'
Read full article: Met Opera shares 2022-23 season, Netrebko not in 'Lohengrin'Soprano Anna Netrebko added to her list of cancellations, withdrawing from a new production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” at the Metropolitan Opera that is among seven new stagings the company announced for its 2022-23 season.