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News Articles: metropolitan opera

Baritone Will Liverman stars in <em>X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X </em>at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

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Malcolm X arrives — finally — at New York's Metropolitan Opera

An opera about civil rights leader Malcolm X opens Friday — nearly 40 years after X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X premiered. The creative team says its message feels more relevant than ever.

November 03, 2023
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Lise Davidsen, performing in the title role of Richard Strauss' <em>Ariadne auf Naxos</em> at the Metropolitan Opera in Feb. 2022.

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Norwegian opera singer Lise Davidsen is on the verge of superstardom

The big-voiced soprano is in her mid-thirties, and she didn't even hear an opera live until she was in her twenties. Now, she's a sought-after opera singer.

March 14, 2022
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  • Jeff Lunden
Semyon Bychkov, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Vienna, Austria in 2017.

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As performing artists denounce or stay allied with Putin, history offers some lessons

While Russian artists and institutions grapple with how they are viewed internationally, American cultural organizations make what amounts to foreign policy decisions.

March 03, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Soprano Anna Netrebko, performing in Vienna, Austria in 2019.

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Anna Netrebko, a Russian star tied to Putin, is out at the Metropolitan Opera

The famed New York opera house said Thursday that the soprano will not appear there this season or next, after she declined to distance herself from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

March 03, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Star Russian soprano Anna Netrekbo singing in Metz, France in February 2020.

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Metropolitan Opera is among those severing ties with Putin-allied artists

Star performers at the famed New York opera house, including soprano Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev, have been closely associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

March 01, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City remains closed following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on Jan. 16, 2021.

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Metropolitan Opera Backstage Workers: 'Without People, The Opera Is Nothing'

A union representing 800 backstage workers began a publicity campaign today urging donors and government entities to withdraw support for the company because of a labor dispute.

February 19, 2021
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  • Jeff Lunden
The performing arts remain in economic peril as Broadway extends closures until May due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Broadway's Reopening Is Pushed Back Again

The Broadway League has announced an extension of closures related to COVID-19 to May.

October 09, 2020
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  • Andrew Limbong

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