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Tag: Opera
An Operatic Mess at the San Carlo Theater
The San Carlo in Naples is at the center of an offstage drama in which each of two respected figures believes he is the house’s rightful leader.
Wang Fang Criticized for Mariupol Performance
The singer Wang Fang drew criticism after she performed “Katyusha,” a Soviet-era patriotic song, at the ruins of a theater in Mariupol.
Irma Capece Minutolo, Opera Singer and Partner to Exiled King, Dies at 87
A former Naples beauty queen, she became famous as the companion to the playboy Farouk I of Egypt, then carved out a successful opera career.
5 Russian Bullets Dashed an Opera Singer’s Dreams. Then He Reclaimed His Voice.
While on a rescue mission in Ukraine, Sergiy Ivanchuk was shot in the lungs, apparently ending his chance at opera stardom. His recovery is a marvel of medicine, chance and his own spirit.
Zofia Posmysz, Who Wrote of Life in Concentration Camps, Dies at 98
Her radio play, “The Passenger in Cabin 45,” became a novel that was translated into 15 languages, a movie and an acclaimed opera.
Conductor Dies After Collapsing During Performance in Munich
Stefan Soltesz was in the middle of Richard Strauss’s “The Silent Woman” when he fell from his podium shortly before the end of the first act.
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.
Odesa Opera House Reopens Amid Putin’s War
War is not far away, but a city that has always lived for the moment proclaims that culture will help Ukraine prevail.
For This Opera Director, a Lot Is Riding on a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’
For her English National Opera debut, the company’s new artistic leader, Annilese Miskimmon, has chosen a work she hopes can bring in a new audience.