The strong-willed singer, returning in “Tosca,” was long one of the Metropolitan Opera’s star sopranos. But in the past decade, her appearances have been rare.
Tag: Opera
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Renée Fleming Adds a New Role to Her Repertoire: Pat Nixon
The superstar soprano discusses her debut in John Adams’s “Nixon in China” at the Paris Opera. For starters, she spends the second act with a dragon.
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American Directors Bring Fresh Visions to Europe’s Opera Stages
Young music theater makers are benefiting from the continent’s huge operatic resources while developing their own distinctive voices.
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A Tenor’s Secrets to ‘Lohengrin’: Golf and a Blunt Spouse
Piotr Beczala, known as a charismatic singer of Italian operas, is challenging notions of what a Wagner voice should sound like.