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begins. Third time’s the charm? #themetring @heldenmommy

Boston Lyric Opera

The Venetian music we didn’t hear in Venice.

at the Frick

The end of the all Isabel season at the Met.

Heartbeat Opera and Opera Lafayette.

An opera about Mozart’s collaborator Lorenzo Da Ponte dulls down that librettist’s picaresque story. Thomas Hampson as Lorenzo Da Ponte in ‘The Phoenix’ Photo: Lynn Lane By Heidi Waleson April 30, 2019 3:32 p.m. ET Houston Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte were a perfect partnership, creating “Le nozze di Figaro,” “Don Giovanni” and …

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A rare black tenor to be cast in the part, Russell Thomas imbues Otello with vocal and psychological nuance. Tamara Wilson as Desdemona and Russell Thomas as Otello in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Verdi’s ‘Otello’ PHOTO: MICHAEL COOPER ByHeidi Waleson April 29, 2019 4:34 p.m. ET Montreal In 2015, the Metropolitan Opera decided to end its …

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For the Clarion Choir

is a madhouse! Unbelievable!