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Is 'Tristan' the toughest opera to stage? This director thinks so, and signed on on the Met
NEW YORK (AP) — In his ebook on reinventing opera, director Yuval Sharon describes “Tristan und Isolde” as “the single hardest work in the...
'Monster's Paradise,' lampooning US President Donald Trump, has world premiere at Hamburg Opera
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Tobias Kratzer spoke in disbelief forward of the world premiere of “Monster's Paradise” by Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek, which...
Detroit Opera orchestra to set George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic hits to classical music
DETROIT (AP) — “I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing”...
Ralph Fiennes, star of stage and display, makes opera debut in Paris directing `Eugene Onegin'
PARIS (AP) — Ralph Fiennes ' imaginative and prescient of “Eugene Onegin” was cinematic. A 3-time Academy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner,...
In operatic dispute, Met Opera director and designers order names stripped from 'Carmen'
NEW YORK (AP) — In a dispute of operatic proportions, the manufacturing group of Bizet’s “Carmen” on the Metropolitan Opera ordered their names stripped...