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A New American Classic from The Metropolitan Opera

December 6, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

The Hours: A New Spin on Just How Good American Opera Can Be For those of us who go often to the opera, we long ago learned that an evening at the Met brings much joy in the pure art of singing. Indeed, nowadays, here at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, a serious effort is being …

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Filed Under: Journal, Music, Personal History Tagged With: Cunningham (Michael), DiDonato (Joyce), Fleming (Renée), McDermott (Phelim), Nézet-Séguin (Yannick), O'Hara (Kelli), Pierce (Greg), Puts (Kevin), Woolf (Virginia)

Living in New York: “Akhnaten” Revival at The Met

May 24, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

Although we had Akhnaten at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in November, 2019, I didn’t get to share my thoughts about it when it came to us then. So here is some of what Guy has been thinking about Akhnaten, which opened last Thursday and runs through Friday, June 10 (the final performance of Akhnaten for this season and …

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Filed Under: History, Music, Personal History Tagged With: Akhnaten (opera), Costanzo (Anthony Roth), Gandini Juggling, Glass (Philip), James (Zachary), Jugglers (in opera), Kamensek (Karen), Lárusdóttir (Disella), McDermott (Phelim)

Met Opera’s Akhnaten comes to PBS

March 27, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

There were far too many highlights of the Met’s recently truncated season – performed and planned – to write about here. And all my readers know that I’m a committed opera fan, so I was sorry not to be able to share my thoughts about one of the most important productions I’ve ever experienced at …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: Akhnaten (opera), Bridges (J'nai), Costanzo (Anthony Roth), Egypt, Gandini (Sean), Glass (Philip), Jugglers (in opera), Kamensek (Karen), McDermott (Phelim), Metropolitan Opera Organization

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