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Exciting debut elevates Met Opera The Queen of Spades
Galina Cheplakova steps in for Sonya Yoncheva in the penultimate performance of this revival, winning over the audience with vocal clarity and dramatic commitment.
A musically sumptuous, dramatically staid Die Walküre in Atlanta
The second installment in The Atlanta Opera's first-ever Ring Cycle benefits from the committed performances of veteran Wagnerians like Christine Goerke and Greer Grimsley.
A vision of Death Row: Heggie’s Dead Man Walking opens the Met season
The Metropolitan Opera makes good on its promise to present more contemporary work, opening the season with Jake Heggie's gut wrenching tale of rage and redemption.
Tchaikovsky’s tale of dark obsession sparkles with notable Met debuts
The young soprano Lise Davidsen scored a successful debut at the Met, with impressive support by conductor Vasily Petrenko, also making a debut, led a memorable revival of Pique Dame.
A gritty Siegfried at San Francisco Opera
Both the technical effects and the singing impress in San Francisco Opera's dark Siegfried.
Valkyries parachute into San Francisco
San Francisco Opera's Die Walküre overcame a disappointing first act, winning the audience over with excellent singing and playing and impressive stage effects.