Operavore
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The Expo Effect: Why New York Needs Big Cultural Initiatives
New York City desperately needs to make real its sense of being the most consequential metropolis in the world, writes Fred Plotkin. This can happen through major arts projects. Jul 30, 2015
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Metropolitan Opera Drops Free Simulcast at Lincoln Center; Adds to Times Square
The Metropolitan Opera has said that it will no longer host a free opening night simulcast on Lincoln Center Plaza. More seats are coming to Times Square, however. Jul 29, 2015
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Jonas Kaufmann: 'Please Do Not Be Deceived by This Album'
The tenor Jonas Kaufmann has issued an unusual warning, telling fans not to buy an upcoming release of Puccini arias from his former label. Jul 28, 2015
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Metropolitan Opera Targets TV Sets, Launching Roku Channel
The opera house on Monday announced a new channel on Roku, the system that allows you to stream Internet video through your television. Jul 27, 2015
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Bayreuth's Wagner Festival Kicks off with 150th Anniversary 'Tristan'
Bayreuth's annual opera festival is kicking off with a new production of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde by the composer's great-granddaughter, festival director Katharina Wagner. Jul 26, 2015
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How Opera Productions are Revived
three-quarters of the operas at the Met next season will be productions from the past, including Wagner's Tannhäuser. Fred Plotkin looks at the art of the revival. Jul 24, 2015
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Performing Opera, Italianamente
There's a spontaneity in Italian culture that emphasizes usefulness, durability and beauty, writes Fred Plotkin. There's also fatalism, which underlies Italy's greatest operas. Jul 20, 2015
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Two Mercedes Once Owned by Maria Callas Head for Sale in Monaco
Two Mercedes Benz 600 limousines once belonging to Maria Callas are to lead the sale of vehicle collection at the French auction house Artcurial on Monday. Jul 19, 2015
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Soprano Reri Grist Tells of a Life of Adventures
Reri Grist was part of the second generation of black opera singers who followed Marian Anderson's breakthrough at the Met in 1955. Jul 18, 2015
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Is This the Future of Surtitles at the Opera?
High-tech "augmented reality" opera glasses that project surtitles in one's native language have made their debut at the Avignon Festival in France. Jul 16, 2015