Operavore
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Review: Prototype Festival Operas Challenge with Minimalism and Intensity
Two operas opened this past weekend at the Prototype Festival. Both focus with minimalism on intense subject matter. One does so with great effect, the other misses its mark. Jan 11, 2016
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The Indian Subcontinent in European Opera
Operavore blogger Fred Plotkin's looks at European operas that are set in South Asia in this follow up column on the influences of East on West and West on East. Jan 8, 2016
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West Meets East: Opera and Classical Music in South Asia
In musically rich south Asia, Operavore blogger Fred Plotkin asks where one can find western opera and what other traditions serve the opera curious. Jan 4, 2016
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Review: Met Opera's 'Les Pêcheurs de Perles'
Operavore critic David Patrick Stearns attended the New Year's Eve performance of The Pearl Fishers which returned to the Met after a century. Jan 1, 2016
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Leonie Rysanek, 20 Years After Her Met Farewell
Twenty years after Leonie Rysanek gave her final performance at the Met, Fred Plotkin remembers the artist he misses most. Dec 30, 2015
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And to All a Good Night: Great Singers, Great Christmas Music
Fred Plotkin unearths some of his favorite (and unfamiliar) holiday musical selections by some of his favorite singers. Dec 23, 2015
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The Metropolitan Opera Season Halftime Show
Tune in at 10pm on Tuesday, Dec. 29, as Metropolitan Opera soprano Debbie Voigt opens a treasury of live performance excerpts from the Met season so far. Dec 21, 2015
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The Third Annual Excellence in Opera (a. k. a. Freddie) Awards
Blogger Fred Plotkin honors and acknowledges many of the outstanding and memorable achievements in opera in 2015. Dec 18, 2015
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A Good Year for New Operas
As 2015 comes to a close, Operavore blogger Fred Plotkin comes to the realization that, in the United States, it was a really good year for new opera. Dec 15, 2015
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Sneak Peek: Inside 'The Pearl Fishers' at The Metropolitan Opera
At 7:30 pm on Friday, Dec. 18, watch an exclusive sneak peek inside the Met's first production in a century of Bizet’s rarely performed opera, "The Pearl Fishers." Dec 14, 2015
