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Review Roundup: AIDA Directed by Michael Mayer at the Metropolitan Opera
by Stephi Wild - Jan 2, 2025

After being postponed due to the pandemic in the 2020-21 season, The Met's new production of the opera Aida finally opened as part of the 2024/2025 season with a completely new staging, directed by Michael Mayer. Read the reviews here!

Review Roundup: Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED Opens at the Met Opera
by Joshua Wright - Sep 24, 2024

Jeanine Tesori and Director Michael Mayer's production of Grounded, based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, is now on stage at the Met Opera. Check out all the reviews.

27th Anniversary Edition of THE LONG ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM EXPO Begins This Month
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 3, 2024

The Long Island International Film Expo has announced the full schedule of screenings and events for the 27th Anniversary presentation of the festival, happening from July 9th - July 14th at the historic Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave in Bellmore.

LP Releases New Album 'Love Lines'
by Michael Major - Sep 29, 2023

LP reveals her latest studio album, Love Lines, out now. The album features the new single 'Dayglow' with a music video shot on location at Prague Pride Festival. Download/stream Love Lines now.

Review Roundup: DEAD MAN WALKING at the Metropolitan Opera
by Joshua Wright - Sep 27, 2023

xThe reviews are in for the premiere production of the new Met season, Dead Man Walking. American composer Jake Heggie’s masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, has its highly anticipated Met premiere, in a haunting new production by Ivo van Hove.

Video: LP Releases the Behind-The-Scenes Video For the New Single 'One Like You'
by Michael Major - Jul 20, 2023

Written during sessions held between the island of Grand Cayman and Palm Springs, LP worked with collaborators Ashton Irwin (5 Seconds of Summer), Andrew Berkeley Martin (Palaye Royale), and GRAMMY-nominated producer-songwriter Matthew Pauling to deliver a poignant and emotionally resonant work. Watch the video now!

LP Shares 'One Like You' Ahead of Album Release in September
by Michael Major - Jun 21, 2023

Written during sessions held between the island of Grand Cayman and Palm Springs, LP worked with collaborators Ashton Irwin (5 Seconds of Summer), Andrew Berkeley Martin (Palaye Royale), and GRAMMY-nominated producer-songwriter Matthew Pauling to deliver a poignant and emotionally resonant work that showcases LP’s growth and self-discovery.

Review Roundup: The Met Opera Opens New Season With MEDEA
by Alan Henry - Sep 28, 2022

Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky opens the new season as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance—a tour-de-force role made famous by opera’s ultimate diva, Maria Callas.

Camerata Bardi International Academy Announces 2023 Faculty and Season
by Stephi Wild - Sep 22, 2022

 Camerata Bardi International Academy has announced its 2023 lineup, which will promote its new young artists initiative. Camerata Bardi will stage two, classical operas including Bizet's Carmen and Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think Of FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES At The Met Opera?
by Alan Henry - Sep 28, 2021

Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones - the first opera by a Black composer ever performed by the Met is now on stage. What did the critics think? Read all the reviews...

Review Roundup: Metropolitan Opera Presents Handel's AGRIPPINA - What Did the Critics Think?
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2020

In the Met's first-ever performances of Agrippina, Handel's satire of sex and power politics, Sir David McVicar reconceives a production he originally created for the Monnaie in Brussels in 2000, evoking a scandalous world in which the Roman Empire never fell but simply kept going right up to the present.

Review Roundup: WOZZECK At The Metropolitan Opera- Read The Reviews
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 31, 2019

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a brilliant new staging of Berg's masterpiece by William Kentridge, starring Peter Mattei and Elza van den Heever. On stage through January 22.

Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think of MANON at Metropolitan Opera?
by Paul Smith - Sep 26, 2019

Manon just opened at the renown Met Opera and we have a reviews for you!

Review Roundup: Critics Weigh In On PORGY AND BESS at The Metropolitan Opera
by Alan Henry - Sep 24, 2019

Porgy and Bess just recently began performances at the Metropolitan Opera. What did the critics have to say?

Review Roundup: Critics Weigh In On FALSTAFF at The Met Opera
by Alan Henry - Feb 25, 2019

Baritone Ambrogio Maestri brings his larger-than-life portrayal of the title role back for the first time since his Met role debut in the 2013-14 season. Robert Carsen's insightful production-which moves the action to postwar England in the 1950s-features an exceptional cast that includes soprano Ailyn Perez as Alice Ford and soprano Golda Schultz as Nannetta.

Review Roundup: Critics Weigh In On MARNIE at The Met
by Alan Henry - Oct 22, 2018

Nico Muhly's new opera Marnie, starring Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, and Iestyn Davies, with Robert Spano conducting Michael Mayer's production is now on stage at The Met!

Review Roundup: LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST at The Met
by Alan Henry - Oct 19, 2018

Get a first look at LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST at The Met below! Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini's gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, with the heralded return of tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw she loves. Tenor Yusif Eyvazov also sings some performances. Baritone Željko Lu?i? is the vigilante sheriff Jack Rance, and Marco Armiliato conducts. 

Review Roundup: Darko Tresnjak's SAMSON ET DALILA at The Met
by Alan Henry - Sep 25, 2018

BroadwayWorld has a first look at SAMON ET DALILA at The Met Opera! Check out photos of the Darko Tresnjak directed production below!

PHOTO FLASH: Broadway's Luis Salgado ELLA ES COLOMBIA Opens in Bogota
by Juan-Jose Gonzalez - Aug 22, 2018

ELLA ES COLOMBIA, a fantasy filled fable that is inspired by the soul of Colombia, opens today

VIDEO: Welcome to Salgado's magic-realism world of ELLA ES COLOMBIA
by Alan Henry - Aug 20, 2018

Ella es Colombia seeks to inspires the soul of the Colombian people with it's music, literature and folklore.