Callas would have turned 100 on Dec. 2. She and her flash of a career remain beacons of artistic integrity and profundity.
Tag: Metropolitan Opera
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The Met Opera Puts On a Malcolm X Marathon
Ahead of its new production of Anthony Davis’s “X,” the house hosted a starry, 18-hour reading of Malcolm X’s autobiography.
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The Met Commissions an Opera About Abducted Ukrainian Children
The work, by the Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets and the American playwright George Brant, is inspired by the accounts of mothers whose children were taken during the war.
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The Soprano Ailyn Pérez Doesn’t Feel Like a Beginner Anymore
Long a rising star, she is getting a new Metropolitan Opera production built around her, and it’s the house’s first Spanish-language show.
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It’s the End of an Era at the Metropolitan Opera
As the 2022-23 season ends, the country’s largest performing arts institution looks ahead to a future of fewer titles.