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Leontyne Price with her mother and father at her debut at the Met
(Alfred Eisenstaedt. 1961)
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Joyce di Donato & Juan Diego Florez in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Metropolitan Opera 2013-2014
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The Metropolitan Opera -Eugene Oregin
- Semifinalists move on to a closed competition on Monday, February 24 for the chance to advance to the Grand Finals
- Finalists will then compete at the public Grand Finals Concert on the Met stage, accompanied by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and conductor Bertrand de Billy, on Sunday, March 1
- Winners will receive individual cash prizes of $15,000 and invaluable exposure in the opera world
The 23…
- Evgeny Nikitin stars in the title role and Anja Kampe makes a notable Met debut as Senta
- François Girard returns to the Met for the first time since his acclaimed production of Wagner’s Parsifal
- Der Fliegende Holländer will be transmitted live to movie theaters around the world on Saturday, March 14, as part of The Met: Live in HD series
- A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Dutch National…
Sat, 09 Nov 2013 00:42:46
Marian Anderson broke the color barrier at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955 when she starred in Verdi’s Un Ballo en Maschera. A new live recording of her performance has just been released. To hear her sing phrases like “Il tetto mio penetra,” in her big Act 1 aria, is to hear a voice that Arturo Toscanini said comes around only once in a century.
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