Metropolitan Opera
An Interview with Lisette Oropesa
Hello, opera lovers. I’m sorry for the extended absence! It’s been a busy stretch and I still have a lot to tell you all about. However, today, I’m back with a great interview for you! Recently, I had the pleasure of talking o the soprano Lisette Oropesa, a Metropolitan Opera mainstay who is singing the […]
Vendi, Questa e L’immagine: The New York City Opera Auction… In Review
Sorry to have been gone for so long, but the Met season was just announced, a new Opera Teen piece is up on Parterre and there’s quite a lot to talk about! First, if you haven’t been following me on twitter, them you might have missed my frantic musings about the New York City Opera […]
Battle of the Divas: The 55th Grammy Awards
Happy Grammy Sunday, opera fans! As you may know, here in the U.S., it’s Grammy night. The Grammy’s are the equivalent of the Academy Awards for music. There are live performances, musical tributes and stars young and old making their bones in the music business, and coming to reap the rewards. While the Grammy Award […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PUCCINI!
Today we celebrate great composer Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini’s 154th birthday. Puccini is probably my favorite composer and while he isn’t considered a “genius”, his music still has the power to touch everyone in every way. In the spirit of Christmas, I have included a video of the 2008 Live in HD […]
I’m Not Kidding You. This is an Interview with Peter Gelb.
Since becoming General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in 2006, Peter Gelb has changed the Met’s place in today’s culture. New productions, new operas and new singers are only some of the things Mr. Gelb has instituted during his tenure at the Met. He pioneered the Live in HD Broadcasts, started the Sirius XM Met […]
An Interview with Ildar Abdrazakov!
Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov has quickly become one of the most dramatic, compelling and talented singers of our day. He has appeared at nearly every major opera house and boasts two Grammy’s to his name. He has headlined new productions, sung opening nights and is a mainstay at the Metropolitan Opera House, where he is […]
Celebrate Christmas at the Met Opera Shop… What?!
Now for a totally random and partially insignificant announcement of the day: The Met Opera Shop has put their Christmas Items on sale just in time for Halloween… Wait, what?! Among new items are a charming yet grossly overpriced(The thing is 3 inches tall and $58. That’s more than a lot of people’s trees.)Pagliaccio ornament. […]
My Apologies
Hello Opera Fans, It is with my deepest feelings of sorriness that I tell you that I will not be able to provide my usual radio review of The Tempest premiere from the Metropolitan Opera this evening. We have a family friend’s birthday tonight being hosted at our house. I will listen to the broadcast […]
Blanche is Not an Asset to the Abbey: Dialogues des Carmelites at the Metropolitan Opera in Review
For the first time in ten years, the Met revived its iconic production of Francis Poulenc’s opera, Dialogues des Carmelites- Dialogues of the Carmelites, which opened this afternoon. At the heart of the story is the eviction of a convent of Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution. The nuns are from a wide spectrum of […]