After the Metropolitan Opera chief Peter Gelb had forbidden his house magazine, Opera News, to review Met performances in the future (because an editorial had the cheek to comment negatively on some Met decisions) the management has done an abrupt about face, and issued the following statement: In view of the outpouring of reaction from…
The September issue of Opera News (available from August 4) reveals their chosen artists in the opera field who will receive the magazine’s annual award. The seventh annual Opera News Awards will be presented on Sunday, April 29 2012 at The Plaza in New York City, paying tribute to five artists who have made an…
Broadway stars Patti LuPone and Barbara Cook joined director Francis Ford Coppola and playwright John Guare on Sunday to present this year’s Opera News Awards. Five artists were recognized for their international musical achievements: German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, American soprano Patricia Racette, New Zealand soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel and Italian conductor…
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