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Lara Downes and the Philadelphia Orchestra © Allie Ippolito

The Philadelphia Orchestra discovers Florence Price once again

By Cameron Kelsall, 29 May 2025

Lara Downes and Yannick Nézet-Séguin offer the subscription debut of Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement, followed by the ultimate crowd pleaser, Beethoven's Ninth.

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***11

Philadelphia

29 May 2025

The Philadelphia Orchestra discovers Florence Price once again

By Cameron Kelsall

Joshua Guerrero (Luigi), Leah Hawkins (Giorgetta) and Daniel Luis de Vicente (Michele) © Monika Rittershaus | Dutch National Opera

Amsterdam

A Puccini hat-trick: Barrie Kosky directs Il trittico at Dutch National Opera

By Eleanor Knight, 03 May 2024

Barrie Kosky brings his trio of Puccini productions to a close with another triptych: Il trittico in a triumphant staging.

*****

*****

Amsterdam

03 May 2024

A Puccini hat-trick: Barrie Kosky directs Il trittico in Amsterdam

By Eleanor Knight

Will Liverman (Malcolm) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

New York City

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X reaches the Met Opera at a crucial time

By Kurt Gottschalk, 07 November 2023

Anthony Davis’ groundbreaking opera, with a jazz band in the middle of the orchestra and a book that focuses more on crises than victories, proves hard to see as an heroic tale.

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New York City

07 Nov 2023

Malcolm X reaches the Met Opera at a crucial time

By Kurt Gottschalk

New York City

Tchaikovsky’s tale of dark obsession sparkles with notable Met debuts

By Ako Imamura, 29 November 2019

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.

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New York City

29 Nov 2019

Tchaikovsky’s tale of dark obsession sparkles with notable Met debuts

By Ako Imamura

Washington

Opera in Jazz: Terence Blanchard's Champion in Washington DC

By Hilary Stroh, 04 March 2017

Washington National Opera continues its cycle of social justice operas.

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Washington

04 Mar 2017

Opera in Jazz: Terence Blanchard's Champion

By Hilary Stroh

Munich

Vorhang auf, Maske runter: 7 Deaths of Maria Callas an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

By Norman Schwarze, 01 September 2020

Nach pandemiebedingter Pause hat sich die Bayerische Staatsoper mit einem cineastischen Opernprojekt von Marina Abramović zurückgemeldet.

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Munich

01 Sep 2020

Vorhang auf, Maske runter: 7 Deaths of Maria Callas in München

By Norman Schwarze