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Sopranos Angel Blue and Pretty Yende and tenors Javier Camarena and Matthew Polenzani ring in the New Year.

The Metropolitan Opera Goes Intimate for an Online New Year’s Eve Gala

Metropolitan Opera delivers intimate online performance to mark 2021.
By James Jorden
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts this week's streaming video performances from the Metropolitan Opera.

Met Opera’s New Streams Highlight the Work of Musical Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin

The Metropolitan Opera presents a series of works by musical director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in its latest round of streaming performances.
By James Jorden
Diva Tosca (Sony Yoncheva) survives, but the opera 'Tosca' is DOA at the Met.

Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Tosca’ Makes Murder, Rape and Suicide a Snooze

The effect was deadly, but not in the way Puccini had in mind.
By James Jorden
YuMi conducting under the watchful eye of Andrea Colombini.

This Robot Conducting an Orchestra Mimics Human Movements but Lacks Human Soul

By John Bonazzo
New York City Opera production of Aleko.

Same Old, Same Old from New York City Opera

By James Jorden
Bard Music Festival Program.

Ambitious Opera ‘The Turandot Project’ Is Worth the Travel Up the Hudson

By James Jorden
Madame Butterfly.

Oft-Overlooked Diva Ana Maria Martinez Shines in ‘Madama Butterfly’

By James Jorden
Tosca, performed by New York City Opera Renaissance. (Photo by Sarah Shatz)

Why, Tosca? Really. This Performance Made Us Question Everything

By James Jorden
Tosca PHOTO: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

A Fresh ‘Pirates’ and a Reliable ‘Tosca’ Highlight New York’s Fall Opera Offerings

By James Jorden
Hei-Kyung Hong, soprano, in Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc, in the Venetian Theater at Caramoor in Katonah New York on July 23, 2015. (Photo: Courtesy of Gabe Palacio)

Songs of the Guillotine

By James Jorden
Kristine Opolais as Cio-Cio-San and James Valenti as Pinkerton in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

This ‘Butterfly’ Has Wings: Kristine Opolais is Met’s Best Cio-Cio-San Since Diana Soviero

By James Jorden
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