An unemployed conspiracy theorist faces off against a federal agent inside a museum of Toby jugs in this ruefully humorous work at Pittsburgh Opera. ByHeidi WalesonFeb. 24, 2020 2:28 pm ET Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Opera has embraced the multitheater concept, mounting several productions each season away from the city’s traditional 2,800-seat opera house in the Benedum Center. …
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Metropolitan Opera | Così fan tutte — Read on http://www.metopera.org/season/2019-20-season/cosi-fan-tutte/
Hear Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique capture the unbridled power and intensity of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, as well as his Fourth, a gentler symphony that features a finale that greatly invokes the spirit of its legendary composer. Get tickets. — Read on http://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2020/02/21/orchestre-revolutionnaire-et-romantique-0800pm
2019-20 Season: Brahms, Strauss, and Tania León — Read on nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/1920/brahms-strauss-and-tania-leon
In ‘The Mother of Us All,’ Susan B. Anthony leads the charge for women’s suffrage; in ‘Freedom Ride,’ a young black woman decides whether to openly fight segregation in interstate travel ByHeidi Waleson Feb. 12, 2020 3:21 pm ET New York Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein’s opera “The Mother of Us All” (1947) is a natural …
Stile Antico – Music Before 1800 — Read on mb1800.org/concert/stile-antico-2/
A new opera about the bus rides that changed the world. Directed by Tazewell Thompson. World Premiere commisioned by COT. February 8 – 16, 2020. — Read on http://www.chicagooperatheater.org/current-season/freedomride/
The myth of Orpheus told with mixed results in Los Angeles; political satire transported to a modern setting in New York. ByHeidi Waleson Feb. 7, 2020 3:41 pm ET The myth of Orpheus is the essence of opera: Singing is so powerful that it can bring back the dead. But in Matthew Aucoin and Sarah …
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Metropolitan Opera | Agrippina — Read on http://www.metopera.org/season/2019-20-season/agrippina/
Lincoln Center’s Great Performers — Read on http://www.lincolncenter.org/great-performers/show/susan-graham-mezzo-soprano
