Broadway Goes For Baroque in MasterVoices’ Dido and Aeneas

United StatesUnited States LaChiusa & Purcell: MasterVoices, Doug Varone and Dancers, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Ted Sperling (conductor), New York City Center, 4.28.2016 (RP)

Victoria Clark flanked by Anna Christy, left, and Sarah Mesko. Master Voices presents "Dido and Aeneas", New York City Center, April 28, 2016. Photo credit: Erin Baiano
Victoria Clark flanked by Anna Christy, left, and Sarah Mesko. Master Voices presents “Dido and Aeneas”, New York City Center, April 28, 2016. Photo credit: Erin Baiano

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A Right Royal Performance from Sondra Radvanovsky in Roberto Devereux

United StatesUnited States Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/Maurizio Benini (Conductor), Broadcast live to the Komedia Cinema, Brighton, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 16.4.2016. (RB)

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Sondra Radvanovsky (Queen Elizabeth) & Matthew Polenzani (Robert Devereux)
(c) The Met/Ken Howard

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Passion, Lyricism, Tension and Drama in Met’s Live in HD Madama Butterfly

United StatesUnited States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Karel Mark Chichon (conductor). Broadcast live to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2.4.2016. (JPr)

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Kristīne Opolais as Cio-Cio-San and Roberto Alagna as Pinkerton
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

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When Schoenberg and Stravinsky Converge

United StatesUnited States Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg: Hila Baggio (soprano), Shirit Lee Weis (stage direction), Maya Meidar Moran (costume and design), Israeli Chamber Project, Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum, New York City. 22.3.2016. (BH)

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Israeli Chamber Project and soprano Hila Baggio in Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire
(Photo by Yoav Etiel, from the Israel performances)

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The Met’s World War II Manon Lescaut Loses the Plot

United StatesUnited States Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Broadcast live to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 5.2.16. (JPr)

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The Met’s Manon Lescaut – Kristine Opolais (Manon) & Roberto Alagna (des Grieux)
(c) Ken Howard

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