Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall cancel performances
Many of the Met's singers and conductors travel regularly from Europe. Among the 21 canceled performances is this Saturday's matinee of a new staging of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" that was to have been televised to movie theaters around the…
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Saying farewell to some opera roles, Renée Fleming has career high notes ahead of her
Despite reports that renowned soprano Renée Fleming is taking a bow from singing, this diva is not departing. Fleming, 58, plans to perform in concerts on stages around the world, and to take roles offstage as well. Fleming joins Jeffrey…
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At The Met, Staging a Revival for Grand Opera
With opera attendance down some 34 percent over the last six years, New York's storied Metropolitan Opera is asking how it can help keep a cherished art form not only alive, but thriving.
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Tenor Pavarotti Dies at Age 71
World-renowned opera singer Luciano Pavarotti died in Italy at age 71 Thursday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The NewsHour takes a look at the tenor's lifetime of work and talks with a music critic about his legacy.
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