Metropolitan Opera

...spin, with complex but captivating speech song of the Czech language, and doomed heroines and hard truths of love and societal norms. The Metropolitan Opera has drawn great attention with its new production of Janacek's last opera, "The...

In this article: Katya Kabanova, Leos Janacek, Karita Mattila, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Markus Stenz

...cast, conductor and production team deserved every minute of it. Jonathan Miller's sharply observant 1991 production, from the Metropolitan Opera, provided an ideal frame for this worthy roster of artists to bring to life Janacek's...

In this article: Katya Kabanova, Karita Mattila, Leos Janacek, Orchestration, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Markus Stenz

...Opera at Sammy's on the Bowery Photo: � ESTATE OF WEEGEE/ICP/GETTY/MICHAEL HOPPEN The celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera in New York on November 22, 1943, began like most other of its gala evenings. Life magazine...

In this article: Weegee, New York, Ermine, Dog, Camphor, and Itch

...of complications following a stroke. During a career spanning more than 60 years, the singer performed regularly at New York's Metropolitan Opera and London's Royal Opera House. The Royal Swedish Opera said Soderstrom had "a unique...

In this article: Elisabeth Soderstrom, Royal Swedish Opera, Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Stockholm, The Queen of Spades, Der Rosenkavalier, Eugene Onegin, and London

...perform during a dress rehearsal of Giacomo Puccini's "Suor Angelica", one of three one-act operas in "Il Trittico", at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. - Seth Wenig /AP Photo In this photo made Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, Patricia...

In this article: Giacomo Puccini, Il tabarro, Il trittico, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and NEW YORK

...operas of Leos Janacek have been emerging from the fringes of the repertory and winning deserved favor with mainstream audiences. The Metropolitan Opera recently weighed in with Patrice Chereau's celebrated production of the Czech...

In this article: Leos Janacek, Katya Kabanova, Karita Mattila, Markus Stenz, Patrice Chereau, Judith Forst, and Civic Opera House

...making operatic debuts in Salzburg, Austria, and at England's Glyndebourne Festival. When she gave her first performance at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1959, as Susanna in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," a New York Herald Tribune...

In this article: Elisabeth Soderstrom, Leos Janacek, Katya Kabanova, Richard Strauss, Stockholm, Buoyancy, and New York Herald Tribune

...frequently appearing at some of the largest opera houses in the world. She also recorded frequently. She made her debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1959 as Susanna in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" with Erich Leinsdorf...

In this article: Elisabeth Soderstrom, Johann Strauss Jr., Der Rosenkavalier, Oxnard, Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Stockholm, and California

...of the largest opera houses in the world. She also recorded frequently. Between 1959 and 1964 Soderstrom was contracted by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She returned in 1983-87. Between 1993 and 1996 she was director of the...

In this article: Elisabeth Soderstrom, Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Stockholm, Royal Swedish Opera, and New York

...through Jan. 10. Tickets are $10 to $25. 200th Street at Kazimiroff Boulevard, The Bronx; 718-817-8700. nybg.org. In 1908, the Metropolitan Opera commissioned French composer Claude Debussy to work on an ode to late author Edgar Allan...

In this article: Philippe Garrel, Claude Debussy, East Village, New York City, Suicide, The Devil in the Belfry, Food bank, and Harlem School of the Arts