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Metropolitan Opera presents semi-staged `Turandot' after stage malfunction
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera was forced to stage a semi-staged performance of Puccini's “Turandot” on Wednesday night after a stage elevator jammed. Met general manager Peter Gelb made an announcement from the stage before the show. “I’m sorry to...
Financially struggling Met Opera's 18 productions next season matches the fewest since 1980-81
The financially struggling Metropolitan Opera will present 18 productions in 2024-25, matching the current season and pandemic-curtailed 2019-20 for the fewest since 14 in strike-shortened 1980-81. Met general manager Peter Gelb kept up his pivot to contemporary works, starting the...
LA Opera scraps planned world premiere of Mason Bates' 'Kavalier and Clay' adaptation over finances
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Opera has scrapped plans for the world premiere of Mason Bates' “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” this fall because of finances. The work will instead open with a student cast at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. Bates'...
