Topic: Peter Gelb
Met opera expands to 1,500 theaters in 46 countries with live high-definition performancesThe Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series is so popular at theaters worldwide that the New York company is expanding the telecasts to 1,500 theaters in 46 ...
Nico Muhly commissioned by Met and ENO to write Internet-themed opera Talk about modern opera."Internet crimes are so fascinating because they're so specific to my generation," Muhly said Thursday during a telephone interview from London." Muhly, a Vermont native, is ...
Tosca" opened the Metropolitan Opera's season, Bondy is still on the defensive, and so is Met director Peter Gelb--as they should be. Gelb's subtext, of course, is his attempt to attract new audiences with new works.. Trouble is, neither Bondy ...
NYC's Metropolitan Opera scales back 2009-2010 season because of worsening economyThe Metropolitan Opera announced eight new productions Tuesday for its 2009-2010 season including a rarely heard Verdi work with costumes by Italian fashion legend Miuccia Prada but said it was dropping ...
Met Opera to cut `The Ghosts of Versailles' to cut costsThe Metropolitan Opera is giving up " "Cutting costs in the wake of the economic downturn, the Met is dropping next season's highly anticipated revival of John Corigliano's "The Ghosts of ...
Opera director Robert Lepage prepared for Wagner's Ring Cycle in Las VegasTo prepare for his Metropolitan Opera debut, Robert Lepage went to Las Vegas.The Canadian director perfected " "Lepage's production of Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust" opens Friday night ...
It is unclear whether Giacomo Puccini would have been weeping or cheering in his grave. Alongside the giant image of his character BF Pinkerton proclaiming that "a Yankee travels the world, he drops anchor wherever and whenever he pleases" a recruitment video ...
Rufus Wainwright's plangent, melancholic pop songs, pulsating with emotion and drama, might be said to have an operatic perfume about them. Daniel Kramer, responsible for English National Opera's recent production of Birtwistle's Punch and Judy, will direct, and Janis ...
Even from afar, Met Opera's first opening night broadcast is a formal affairLike generations of opera buffs before him, Richard Houdek plans to don black tie for the Metropolitan Opera's opening night. Even though he'll be 120 miles away ...
This season, superstar soprano Renee Fleming claims the city as her own, rocking the Met and appearing on the side of a bus near you. During Peter Gelb's first two seasons as general manager of the Met, Fleming's presence seemed ...