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Arts Aug 06

Composer reimagines his Harvey Milk opera while rebuilding life after traumatic injury

By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson

Arts Jul 10

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Opera uses AI to give people with non-verbal disabilities a voice

At an Omaha, Nebraska, festival this summer, new work explores the intersection of art, disability and technology, asking questions like "who has a voice?" and "who gets to be heard?" Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports on this unusual undertaking…

By Jeffrey Brown, Simon Epstein

Arts Jun 29

Opera star Pretty Yende poses for portraits in the Vienna State Opera
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Soprano Pretty Yende’s journey from rural South Africa to the top of the opera world

Growing up in South Africa, internationally celebrated opera singer Pretty Yende hadn’t even heard of opera until she was almost out of high school. Now, she’s hailed as one of her generation’s most accomplished coloratura sopranos. Ciaran Jenkins of Independent…

By Ciaran Jenkins, Holly Snelling, Independent Television News

Arts Nov 08

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Opera Philadelphia pushes forward amid financial uncertainty

In the wake of the pandemic and other changes, arts organizations are struggling. Opera, one of the most expensive of all art forms, is especially feeling the pinch and looking for new ways to move forward in its music, business…

By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet

Arts Nov 22

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Adaptation of ‘The Hours’ becomes opera event of the year

One day in the lives of three women, from three different times and places, brought together onstage through the magic of opera. “The Hours” is a new work opening on one of the world's biggest stages: the Metropolitan Opera in…

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport

Aug 18

Placido Domingo’s name comes up in Argentina sex sect probe

By Almudena Calatrava, Daniel Politi, Leonardo la Valle, Associated Press

Opera star Placido Domingo's name has appeared in an investigation of a sect-like group in Argentina that also had U.S. offices and whose leaders have been charged with numerous crimes, including sexual exploitation.

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Sep 27

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Black experience, culture finds its way to the Met stage as opera vows more diversity

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet

History is being made Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera — one of the country’s most important cultural organizations — and for several of the artists involved. Jeffrey Brown has a preview for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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Sep 05

Watch 7:57
Inside the effort to make music that heals

By Mike Cerre

The power of music to heal—or at the least, promote well-being—is acknowledged in many cultures. But only in the past two decades have the medical and scientific communities joined together in an effort to prove its efficacy — and explore…

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Sep 23

The Met Opera will be silent this season. Its 1st Black composer will open its return

By Ronald Blum, Associated Press

The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history. Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” will be the company’s first presentation by a Black composer.

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Mar 17

The show must go on! If you’re isolated at home, watch these performances

By Rebecca Newman

From Joe’s Pub in New York City to the Vienna State Opera, audiences can livestream a myriad of shows from across the globe without jeopardizing anyone’s health during this unusual moment of social isolation.

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