‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ leaps from book to stage in Missy Mazzoli’s new opera

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows a scene from a rehearsal of “Lincoln in the Bardo,” an opera by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek, at the Metropolitan Opera in New ...
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AP PHOTOS: In a modern twist to Cantonese opera, Trump sings in Chinese and wins cheers in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (AP) — A traditional Hong Kong theater came alive with an untraditional twist: Donald Trump singing in Chinese. On Monday night, the Cantonese opera production "Trump on Show" drew crowds to ...
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Met Opera hosts 4 female conductors in landmark week. From its founding to 2016, there were only 4

NEW YORK (AP) — Oksana Lyniv, Speranza Scappucci, Marin Alsop and Xian Zhang filled their lockers in the guest conductors’ dressing room off the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra pit. Just four women had ...
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In break with the past, Met opera is devoting a third of its productions to recent work

NEW YORK (AP) — Jake Heggie recalls that after “Dead Man Walking” premiered in San Francisco in 2000, his first opera was quickly taken up by other companies, but there was “not even a whisper of ...
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Is 'Tristan' the hardest opera to stage? This director thinks so, and signed on at the Met

NEW YORK (AP) — In his book on reinventing opera, director Yuval Sharon describes “Tristan und Isolde” as “the single hardest work in the traditional repertoire to stage.” Yet here he is, about to ...