Arts Feb 10 Opera singer Denyce Graves takes her final bow on stage By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Jenna Bloom
Arts Aug 06 Watch 7:46 Composer reimagines his Harvey Milk opera while rebuilding life after traumatic injury Harvey Milk’s name returned to headlines after the defense secretary ordered the name of the slain gay rights advocate, who served in the Navy, removed from a naval ship. But Milk’s legacy lives on in other ways, including in an… By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson
Arts Jul 10 Watch 9:20 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 Watch 4:58 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 Watch 6:48 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
Nov 22 Watch 6:46 Adaptation of 'The Hours' becomes opera event of the year By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport 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… Continue watching
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. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 8:00 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. Continue watching
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… Continue watching
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. Continue reading