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JOHN ADAMS - THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER. LIVE: AMSTERDAM 03.06.2023 (FULL OPERA)
JOHN ADAMS - THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER. LIVE: AMSTERDAM 03.06.2023 (FULL OPERA) YouTube video by Orphée Dormant

DoK! A fresh concert version. youtu.be/n07_Q3cZxqM?...

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She Risked Her Voice to Become a Mother Podcast Episode · The Daily · April 5 · 39m

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1984: The Opera by Lorin Maazel
1984: The Opera by Lorin Maazel YouTube video by MaestroMaazel

Yowza! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDN2...

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Carlisle Floyd's Of Mice and Men | March, 15, 2026 | Artists of Houston Grand Opera's Butler Studio
Carlisle Floyd's Of Mice and Men | March, 15, 2026 | Artists of Houston Grand Opera's Butler Studio YouTube video by Houston Grand Opera

It's not quite #brandnewopera but it's online now thanks to Houston Grand Opera's Butler Studio, Des Moines Metro Opera, & Lyric Opera of Kansas City. So great to revisit Steinbeck (whom they have somehow forgotten to credit at the time of this posting 🤔) while becoming more acquainted with Floyd.

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Ten years since Fallujah premiered with Long Beach Opera. #opera #newopera #fallujah Great singers, and an orchestra with drum kit, electric guitar and oud. A delve into a Middle East war’s effects on mothers and families on any side …

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Mary Motorhead & Trade | Australian Arts Review Paul Selar takes a look at Australian Contemporary Opera Co's double bill of Mary Motorhead & Trade - currently playing in the Beckett Theatre – Malthouse Theatre until 13 March 2026.

Proving the power of contemporary opera to move and unsettle audiences, Mary Motorhead & Trade, presented by @acoco_go, stand as compelling examples of modern storytelling intensified through musical and vocal soundscapes. My thoughts at #ArtsReview: artsreview.com.au/mary-motorhe...

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The Whom announcing, “Tonight's program will be selections from our new opera, "Thomas."

The Whom announcing, “Tonight's program will be selections from our new opera, "Thomas."

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The ‘Gigantic, Fecal Baby’ Inside Every Populist Ruler

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🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – New York 🇺🇸

The Metropolitan Opera will lay off 22 employees in New York City as part of cost-cutting measures tied to financial shortfalls. The opera company is also reducing executive pay and postponing productions as it works to stabilize finances.

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Fallujah: The Opera | Explore Films
Fallujah: The Opera | Explore Films YouTube video by Explore Documentary Films

Fallujah, the opera provides a glimpse inside real hearts and minds before and after one of Iraq War’s biggest battles. From Canadian composer Tobin Stokes and award-winning Iraqi American playwright Heather Raffo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPZ9...

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Thanks for the review! I’m trying to find a ticket for Wed!

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The NOA's new chamber opera finals last night were seriously problematic. All three operas/scenes were full of toxic masculinity and women as victims/healers of the men. Apparently the judges neither see these issues nor reject them. This is not the way forward for contemporary opera.

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A Bold Alliance Ends as Innovative Opera Director Bows Out in Detroit

A Bold Alliance Ends as Innovative Opera Director Bows Out in Detroit
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Natasha, by Toshio Hosokawa, is streaming for free on OperaVision’s YouTube channel and from their website: www.operavision.eu. It is stunning. #newopera #brandnewopera #operavision

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Operamania Wednesday evening at The great Hall witnessed a seminal event in the history of opera; Operamania.  Our beloved art form; courtesy of the indefatigable Opera Revue, mashed up with pro-wrestling; in…

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Opinion | The Quest for Perfection Is Stunting Our Society

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Glyndebourne presents the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s The Railway Children. | Colin's Column

New opera version of "The Railway Children" is a #coldwar #thriller www.colinscolumn.com/glyndebourne...

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Need a contemporary aria for audition season? Look no further than our collection of great Canadian repertoire on Canadian Opera Resource! Purchase all of these scores and more for immediate download at canadianoperaresource.com.

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The Met Opera Turns to Saudi Arabia to Help Solve Its Financial Woes

The Met Opera Turns to Saudi Arabia to Help Solve Its Financial Woes www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/a...

Mr. Gelb said his support for cultural exchange with Saudi Arabia was different.

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Coming this fall? Super!

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Unsuk Chin’s new opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes was meant to be a must-see — so what went wrong? News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

Unsuk Chin’s new opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes was meant to be a must-see — so what went wrong?

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Complications in Sue - Complications in Sue One librettist, one actor, four singers, and ten composers join forces to make opera in a brand-new way. In his first opera libretto, Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright Michael R. Jackson (A S...

Opera Philadelphia 2025–26 season just went on sale, and again *every* seat in the house is available for as low as $11. Bought my tickets for 'Complications in Sue,' the new opera by 'A Strange Loop' playwright Michael R. Jackson with 10 brilliant composers. www.operaphila.org/whats-on/252...

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a digital poster at the Metropolitan Opera House box office that shows Gerald Finley as Mark Antony dipping back Julia Bullock as Cleopatra. it announces ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA OPENS TONIGHT

a digital poster at the Metropolitan Opera House box office that shows Gerald Finley as Mark Antony dipping back Julia Bullock as Cleopatra. it announces ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA OPENS TONIGHT

A mirror selfie of a plus size woman with red hair wearing a dress patterned with van Gogh’s Starry Night

A mirror selfie of a plus size woman with red hair wearing a dress patterned with van Gogh’s Starry Night

The Metropolitan Opera
2024-25 SEASON
The Metropolitan Opera premiere of
JOHN ADAMS'S
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
This performance is being broadcast live on the SiriusXM app and streamed at metopera.org.
CONDUCTOR
John Adams
IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE
CLEOPATRA
Julia Bullock
CHARMIAN
Taylor Raven DEBUT
ANTONY
Gerald Finley
EROS
Brenton Ryan
ENOBARBUS
Alfred Walker*
CAESAR
Paul Appleby*
AGRIPPA
Jarrett Ott DEBUT
LEPIDUS
Kevin Short
OCTAVIA
Elizabeth DeShong
SCARUS
Michael Adams
IRAS
Eve Gigliotti

Monday, May 12, 2025, 7:30-10:55PM

The Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 SEASON The Metropolitan Opera premiere of JOHN ADAMS'S ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA This performance is being broadcast live on the SiriusXM app and streamed at metopera.org. CONDUCTOR John Adams IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE CLEOPATRA Julia Bullock CHARMIAN Taylor Raven DEBUT ANTONY Gerald Finley EROS Brenton Ryan ENOBARBUS Alfred Walker* CAESAR Paul Appleby* AGRIPPA Jarrett Ott DEBUT LEPIDUS Kevin Short OCTAVIA Elizabeth DeShong SCARUS Michael Adams IRAS Eve Gigliotti Monday, May 12, 2025, 7:30-10:55PM

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ozymegdias:  oh my GOD this shit rips
twiliteisntlit: what a way to word that, lol
ozymegdias: genuinely had to stop myself from shouting that at Adams as soon as the lights came back up
twiliteisntlit: you've gone full tilt opera, good lord
ozymegdias: listen this was always a latent threat

messenger screenshot: ozymegdias: oh my GOD this shit rips twiliteisntlit: what a way to word that, lol ozymegdias: genuinely had to stop myself from shouting that at Adams as soon as the lights came back up twiliteisntlit: you've gone full tilt opera, good lord ozymegdias: listen this was always a latent threat

[dril voice] modernist opera. I live for this

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Fedora Prize 2025: Irish composer Michael Gallen wins €100,000 award for new opera The Curing Line, which is due to premiere at Kilkenny Arts Festival in 2026, has scooped one of the world’s largest opera awards

So delighted to see this. Excellent bunch of people.

Fedora Prize 2025: Irish composer Michael Gallen wins €100,000 award for new opera

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I heard Sarah this evening. Um, wow!

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Detroit Opera Steps Into Trump’s Cross Hairs With ‘Central Park Five’ The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera features Donald J. Trump, whose 1989 full-page newspaper ad sought to demonize the young men wrongly accused of rape.

“The Central Park Five,” an opera about the Black and Latino boys wrongly convicted of raping a Central Park jogger, opens next month at the Detroit Opera House. We spoke with the company about the perils of mounting a production that waves a red cape at Donald Trump's reactive presidency.

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Congrats! That’s quick writing!

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#newopera

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#newopera

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Check out the new opera feed I'm attempting to curate using the skyfeed builder. It's a bit like herding cats. Meow. Search "brand new opera' in your feeds tab (the # ).

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