The Met’s first production of Cherubini’s work, in the Italian version, opens the season. The soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is aware of the pressure.
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Three Divas Give Voice to ‘The Hours’ at the Met Opera
Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato discuss their preparations for the staged premiere of Kevin Puts’s work at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Live Performance Is Back. But Audiences Have Been Slow to Return.
Attendance lagged in the comeback season, as the challenges posed by the coronavirus persisted. Presenters hope it was just a blip.
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An Orchestra Supports Ukraine, and Reunites a Couple Parted by War
“I don’t have a gun, but I have my cello,” a musician says as he joins the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, which is made up of refugees who fled the war and artists who stayed behind.
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The Netrebko Question
The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is opera’s biggest star. But her career is in disarray because of her ties to Putin, and arts companies around the world are divided on whether to welcome her back.