Classic Arts Features
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Classic Arts Features
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By Dan Meyer | 08/14/2019From Master Class to Farinelli and the King, there have been many plays with opera tie-ins. -
Classic Arts Features
By David Gewirtzman | 08/12/2019The opera and ballet fans' guide to where they can view live broadcasts.
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By Bonnie Marie Sauer | 08/06/2019The global exposition helped drive government support for the performing arts venue.
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By Genesis Johnson | 08/01/2019What 2017 Tony-nominated revival is based on a 1904 opera? Which musical adaptation earned Anika Noni Rose a 2019 Lucille Lortel Award?
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From the Archives
By Sheryl Flatow | 08/01/2019Prince spoke to Playbill in 1986 about returning to the Leonard Bernstein musical with an "opera house version."
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Classic Arts Features
By Dan Meyer | 07/29/2019From Porgy and Bess to Sweeney Todd, there’s no shortage of musicals that segue from the musical theatre stage to the opera house.
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Classic Arts Features
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Kicks Off With a Tribute to a Pioneering Series on Black Culture and ArtBy Melissa Haizlip | 07/23/2019Almost 50 years after it was premiered, Lincoln Center looks back to the groundbreaking Soul at the Center July 24.
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Classic Arts Features
By Genesis Johnson | 07/17/2019From a Tennessee Williams classic to Arthur Miller’s bewitching morality tale, some major works from the theatre canon have gone on to inspire opera composers.
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Classic Arts Features
By Kaitlyn Zafonte | 07/16/2019It’s free, it’s in the fresh air, and there’s a world of music to hear.
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Classic Arts Features
By Genesis Johnson | 07/11/2019From Bohème to Bernstein, these classic works each saw their names in lights.
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By David Cote | 07/10/2019The production deploys a silent film aesthetic and runs July 17–20.
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By Mario Mercado | 06/27/2019The ABT Incubator, which started last fall, aims to cultivate new choreographers with fresh ideas.
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Classic Arts Features
By Eileen Willis | 06/24/2019The season opens with an evening of 1920s big-band swing and runs June 25–July 13.
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Classic Arts Features
By Tim Munro | 06/20/2019Psycho and Casablanca will be performed by the orchestra June 22 and 23.
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Classic Arts Features
By Philadelphia Orchestra Staff | 06/20/2019Academy Award nominees Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan join an all-star cast from the worlds of opera and Broadway for this symphonic staging of Bernstein's operetta June 20–22.
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Video
By Ruthie Fierberg | 06/13/2019Follow the dancers of the famed company around the studio in this excerpt of Robert Battle’s “Juba.”
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Classic Arts Features
By Jen Peters | 06/11/2019The company performs at Lincoln Center and presents the Ailey Spirit Gala, featuring the rising stars of tomorrow, June 12–16.
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Classic Arts Features
By Monica Parks | 06/10/2019Copland, Rachmaninoff, and some "Very Young Composers" are on the program for the concerts, performed in all five boroughs June 11–16.
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By Diane Nottle | 06/07/2019Director Rimas Tuminas’ production of Lermontov’s verse drama, featuring acclaimed Russian actors, is presented by the Cherry Orchard Festival at New York City Center from June 13 to 16.
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By Robert Johnson | 06/07/2019Choreographer Boris Eifman's latest ballet is inspired by ballroom dancing and runs June 7–9.
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By Elana Estrin | 06/07/2019The orchestra closes its season with the premiere of David Lang's prisoner of the state, an opera that makes theatrical use of the musicians.
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Classic Arts Features
By Scott H. Thompson | 06/06/2019An array of world-class musicians will perform beginning June 11 through the end of August.
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Classic Arts News
By Gabriel Agosto, John Curtis | 06/04/2019Many New York performing arts venues and organizations—including the Met Opera and Carnegie Hall—offer rush and inexpensive ticket policies.
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Classic Arts Features
By Damian Fowler | 06/03/2019The production incorporates dialogue from Christopher Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage, and runs June 4, 5, 7, and 8.
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Classic Arts Features
By Chava Pearl Lansky | 06/03/2019The American Ballet Theatre presents Cathy Marston's ballet as a part of its Women's Movement series beginning June 4.
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By Ryan McPhee | 05/30/2019Kimberly Reed, Laura Kaminsky, and Mark Campbell's As One, at New York City Opera, uses two singers to bring a fictional trans woman to life.
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By Charles Isherwood | 05/28/2019The groundbreaking classic from the '70s is a featured part of the American Ballet Theatre's Tharp Trio performances beginning May 30.
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By Clive Barnes | 05/28/2019George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to New York City Ballet May 28 to June 2.
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Classic Arts Features
By John Rockwell | 05/22/2019Jaap van Zweden and the orchestra conclude a first season together with the Music of Conscience from May 22.
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Interview
By Mark Peikert | 05/15/2019Howard talks about bringing the opera superstar's story to cinemas this June.
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Classic Arts Features
By Scott H. Thompson | 05/15/2019The maestro of the Hammond B-3 organ makes his debut with the jazz orchestra in Rose Theater on May 17–18.
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By Gail Wein | 05/15/2019The May 19 program features Liszt's Dante Symphony as well as Rossini's Stabat Mater.
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Classic Arts Features
By Carrie Gaiser Casey | 05/13/2019Ratmansky's innovative staging of Harlequinade kicks off the company's spring season May 13.
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Interview
By Barry Singer | 05/12/2019The 82-year-old maestro reveals his process creating a Shakespearean score—plus a preview before the recording is released this fall.
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Classic Arts Features
By Robert Sandla | 05/09/2019The gala evening celebrates LuPone's enduring relationship with the Philharmonic on May 16.
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By Tom Turner | 05/09/2019The beloved dancer is retiring from the company after 15 years. His final performances with the ballet run May 9–12.
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Interview
By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/06/2019Choreographer Sarah O’Gleby reveals how she staged Robbins’ dance to a T and crafted some choreography of her own.
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Classic Arts Features
By Suzanne Calvin | 05/03/2019The singers—Michael Fabiano, Bryan Hymel, Matthew Polenzani—will perform at The Dallas Opera's One Night Only Gala May 11.
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Classic Arts Features
By Jay Goodwin | 05/02/2019The classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom opens May 3.
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By Terry Trucco | 04/30/2019The company will present the new pieces at the Spring Gala May 2.
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Classic Arts Features
By Mark Peikert | 04/24/2019David Farley contributes sets and costumes to the world premiere at Houston Grand Opera, which runs April 26–May 10.
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Classic Arts Features
By Charles Isherwood | 04/23/2019Former NYCB dancers Jonathan Stafford and Wendy Whelan discuss their plans for the future as the new season kicks off April 23.
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Classic Arts Features
By Steve Holt | 04/19/2019The Australian maestra talks about building collaborations and the mysteries of Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel.
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By Mary Jo Heath | 04/18/2019The Swiss conductor is back at the Met Opera to lead this season's Ring cycle.
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Classic Arts Features
By Djassi DaCosta Johnson | 04/11/2019The company's performances—dedicated to the late Arthur Mitchell, the co-founder of DTH—continue through April 13.
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Classic Arts Features
By Christopher Browner | 04/11/2019Michael Mayer's new production of the Verdi masterpiece, starring tenor Stephen Costello as Alfredo and Plácido Domingo and Artur Rucińsk sharing the role of Germont, continues through April 27.
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Classic Arts Features
By Jay Goodwin | 04/02/2019These outstanding singers join the cast via the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
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Classic Arts Features
By Lauren Wingenroth | 04/02/2019Osipova's Pure Dance is a handpicked program of classical and contemporary works through April 7.
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Classic Arts Features
By Jay Goodwin | 03/26/2019The dramatic soprano reflects on the challenges of this epic role and how she plans to handle a Ring week, with three complete cycles running through May 11.
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Classic Arts Features
By Susan Reiter | 03/22/2019Highlights include Harlequin and Pantalone choreographed by Bill Irwin March 28–30.
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