Opera
Rufus Wainwright, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli and others choose opera’s most passionate, golden voices. Source
Anna Netrebko sang a recital live from Vienna as the opera company and its unions remain in a standoff. Source
Steven LaBrie is a freelance baritone in New York. Jarrett Ott has a full-time job singing in Germany. As the coronavirus spread, that made all the difference. Source
A host of livestreamed concerts, the sounds of silence, time-hopping quartets and at-home divas were among the highlights. Source
Protests over police brutality inspired the composer Joseph C. Phillips Jr. to write “The Grey Land,” a mono-opera. Source
Alexander Neef has taken on one of the most prestigious jobs in culture amid a pandemic, labor strikes and internal unrest. Source
Listen to the soaring voices of Maria Callas, Jessye Norman, Leontyne Price, Renée Fleming and others. Source
The company seems to be using a long break as a reboot, with more vital, representative programming coming soon. Source
Delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, Stefan Herheim’s “Ring” cycle, rumored for a future Met Opera season, gets underway in Berlin. Source
The nation’s largest performing arts organization, shut by the coronavirus pandemic, sends a chilling signal that American cultural life is still far from resuming. Source
