The Met Announces Week 70 Schedule for Nightly Met Opera Streams
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 8, 2021
The Met has announced a lineup of operas by Giacomo Puccini for its 70th week of Nightly Met Opera Streams, the company’s ongoing series of encore Live in HD presentations and classic telecasts streamed on its website during the Covid-19 closure.
Wheeler Opera House Announces Full Roster Of Events Coming To Winter Season In Aspen
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 23, 2019
The Wheeler Opera House is pleased to announce the full roster of its jam-packed winter season, featuring theatrical events, concerts, comedy and films for the entire family to enjoy. Tickets go on sale Monday, November 25 at noon at the Wheeler Box Office (970.920.5770/ aspenshowtix.com). The Wheeler Opera House is located at 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen, CO.
Plan Your December Holiday Season Shows At Spruce Peak Arts Now!
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2019
Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center is thrilled to announce an incredible entertainment line-up for December Holiday Season! From family-fun winter films that celebrate ski and snowboard culture to a salute to Nat King Cole to opera and ballet, you'll find there's something for everyone in the family!
Metropolitan Opera Announces a Cast Change For MADAMA BUTTERFLY
by Stephi Wild - Nov 12, 2019
Tenor Bruce Sledge will sing Pinkerton in all upcoming November performances of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, replacing Andrea Carè. Sledge made his role debut last Saturday in the Met's Live in HD cinema transmission of the opera, seen by nearly 200,000 people around the world.
Ridgefield to Screen the Met's MADAMA BUTTERFLY
by Julie Musbach - Oct 10, 2019
Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the devoted geisha who gives everything for the American naval officer Pinkerton, sung by Andrea Carè. Elizabeth DeShong is her devoted companion Suzuki, and Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot adds a new role to his Met repertory as Sharpless, a role that he has previously sung at Marseilles Opera.
VIDEO: Get A First Look At The Met's MADAMA BUTTERFLY
by Alan Henry - Oct 9, 2019
BroadwayWorld has a first look at the Met's MADAMA BUTTERFLY! Leading sopranos Hui He and Ana María Martínez share the heartbreaking title role of the doomed geisha, with tenors Piero Pretti and Andrea Carè as the American naval officer who abandons her. Paulo Szot and Markus Brück share the role of Sharpless, and Elizabeth DeShong is Suzuki, alternating with Maria Zifchak. Pier Giorgio Morandi is on the podium for Anthony Minghella's sweeping production, a perennial audience favorite.
TURANDOT, MANON, And MADAMA BUTTERFLY Screen At The Players From The Met: Live In HD
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 8, 2019
The first three offerings from the Met: Live in HD in the Peterborough Players Arts on Screen season are an opera lover's dream. Two Puccini masterworks and a timeless Massenet classic screen at the Players this October and early November. Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera and shown on the big screen at the Players in stunning HD, the programs also include exclusive, behind-the-scenes material that create a one-of-a-kind viewing experience.
Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY Will Be Screened at the Warner
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2019
The 2019-2020 season of The Met: Live in HD will continue at the Warner Theatre on Saturday, November 9 with Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY at 12:55 pm in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre. The 2019-2020 season is sponsored by Viron Rondo Osteria. A complimentary 45 minute pre-opera lecture by Dr. Marguerite Mullée will be offered in the Studio Theatre Lobby two hours before the broadcast, sponsored by Land Rover Hartford.
Plan Your Perfect Winter Holiday In Stowe
by Julie Musbach - Sep 25, 2019
Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center announces an incredible entertainment line-up for the 2019 Winter Holiday Week of December 21st - 28th! You'll find something perfect for everyone in your family!
Metropolitan Opera Guild's 85th Annual Diamond Jubilee To Honor Martina Arroyo & Teresa Stratas
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 7, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera Guild today announced that the honorees of its “Diamond Jubilee” celebration will be luminaries Martina Arroyo and Teresa Stratas. The Guild's 85th Annual Luncheon will take place on Wednesday, November 20th at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Special remarks by Stephanie Blythe and musical tributes by Ailyn Pérez and Matthew Polenzani will be performed during the event.
The Met Opera's 2019-2020 Live In HD Season On Sale At The Majestic Theater July 17
by Stephi Wild - Jul 11, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera's 2019-2020 Live in HD season of satellite transmissions to movie theaters worldwide begins Oct. 12 with the late Franco Zeffirelli's sumptuous production of Puccini's "Turandot." The series brings live Met performances to movie theaters and performing arts centers in more than 70 countries on six continents, including Gettysburg College's Majestic Theater. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, July 17 at noon.
LA GIOCONDA Comes to La Monnaie
by Stephi Wild - Jan 7, 2019
Amilcare Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda (no link whatsoever with the painting in the Louvre) is one of those works too rarely represented despite its obvious qualities. Once the most successful opera between Verdi's Aida (1871) and Otello (1887), it is now considered a work stylistically so heterogeneous and both vocally and scenically so demanding that few opera houses try their hand at it. La Monnaie takes on the challenge and invites conductor Paolo Carignani and stage director Olivier Py to revive the whole grand opera behind 'The Dance of the Hours'.