PARSIFAL to Air on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET, 7/28
by Caryn Robbins
- Jun 28, 2013
Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role in a new production of Wagner's final masterpiece Parsifal, staged by acclaimed French Canadian director Francois Girard in his Met debut, on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, July 28
Jonas Kaufmann Sings Title Role in PARSIFAL on Met Debut, 7/28
by Christina Mancuso
- Jun 28, 2013
Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role in a new production of Wagner's final masterpiece Parsifal, staged by acclaimed French Canadian director François Girard in his Met debut, on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, July 28 at 12 noon on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera in two parts: Friday, August 16 at 9 p.m. and Friday, August 23 at 9 p.m.)
Canadian Opera Co. Wraps 2012-13 Season with 90% Attendance
by Devin MacDonald
- Jun 17, 2013
The Canadian Opera Company has closed another successful opera season by recording an average attendance of 90% for 2012/2013. A total of 114,133 patrons attended the 61 performances of the company's seven mainstage productions this season in the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts: Verdi's Il Trovatore, Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus, Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Mozart's La clemenza di Tito, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Richard Strauss's Salome and Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites.
BWW Reviews: 'And the Winners Were...' A Report Card for the Metropolitan Opera's 2012-2013 Season
by Richard Sasanow
- May 17, 2013
The regular season just ended for the Metropolitan Opera--all that's left is a series of HD rebroadcasts on Lincoln Center Plaza and a couple of low profile concerts in New York City parks--and it's time for a look back at what kind of season it was. With seven new productions and 21 other operas in rep during a season that ran from the end of September to mid-May, the Met was nothing if not far-reaching in its repertoire. And that's the way it should be. But how did its ambitions work out?
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Opens Canadian Opera Company's Spring Season, Now thru 5/24
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 17, 2013
Opening the Canadian Opera Company's 2012/2013 spring season is Gaetano Donizetti's bel cantomasterpiece, Lucia di Lammermoor, starring American soprano Anna Christy in a production created especially for her by director David Alden at English National Opera. American conductor Stephen Lord, named one of the '25 Most Powerful Names in U.S. Opera' by Opera News, leads the COC Orchestra and Chorus through Donizetti's cascading romantic melodies. Last presented by the COC in 2004, Lucia di Lammermoor returns for nine performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on April 17, 20, 26, 30, May 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24, 2013, and is sung in Italian with English SURTITLES.
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Simon Keenlyside Stars in PBS's THE TEMPEST, Premiering Today
by TV News Desk
- Mar 17, 2013
British composer Thomas Ades conducts the Met premiere of his contemporary Masterpiece THE TEMPEST, an English-language opera based on Shakespeare's final play. The Met's fantastical new production by Robert Lepage airs on Great Performances at the Met today, March 17 at 12 noon on PBS (check local listings). Get a sneak peek below!
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Simon Keenlyside Stars in PBS's THE TEMPEST, Premiering 3/17
by Caryn Robbins
- Mar 13, 2013
British composer Thomas Ades conducts the Met premiere of his contemporary Masterpiece THE TEMPEST, an English-language opera based on Shakespeare's final play. The Met's fantastical new production by Robert Lepage airs on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, March 17 at 12 noon on PBS (check local listings). Get a sneak peek below!
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Opens Canadian Opera Company's Spring Season, 4/17-5/24
by Emily Stubbs
- Mar 5, 2013
Opening the Canadian Opera Company's 2012/2013 spring season is Gaetano Donizetti's bel cantomasterpiece, Lucia di Lammermoor, starring American soprano Anna Christy in a production created especially for her by director David Alden at English National Opera. American conductor Stephen Lord, named one of the "25 Most Powerful Names in U.S. Opera" by Opera News, leads the COC Orchestra and Chorus through Donizetti's cascading romantic melodies. Last presented by the COC in 2004, Lucia di Lammermoor returns for nine performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on April 17, 20, 26, 30, May 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24, 2013, and is sung in Italian with English SURTITLES.
Robert Lepage's Staging of THE TEMPEST at The Met to Air on PBS, 3/17
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 14, 2013
British composer Thomas Ades conducts the Met premiere of his contemporary Masterpiece The Tempest, an English-language opera based on Shakespeare's final play.The Met's fantastical new production by Robert Lepage airs on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, March 17 at 12 noon on PBS (check local listings).
The Metropolitan Opera Opens UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Today, 11/8
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 8, 2012
Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will lead his first Met performances of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, in a new production by renowned opera director David Alden, beginning tonight, November 8. The staging is the first of two new Verdi productions in the current Met season, which includes seven operas by the great composer in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth.
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