New Year, New Carmen: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 9:12am on January 1, 2024☆⚑

Photos: Get a 1st Look at Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera by Natan Zamansky

Carrie Cracknell's new production opens December 31.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18pm on December 29, 2023☆⚑

Mostly Messiah: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 9:06am on December 18, 2023☆⚑

The Magic Flute, The Nutcracker, and More: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 9:24am on December 4, 2023☆⚑

Yannick Nézet-Séguin With The Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, and More: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 9:24am on November 27, 2023☆⚑

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker and More: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 9:02am on November 20, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Florencia en el Amazonas at the Metropolitan Opera? by Natan Zamansky

Mary Zimmerman's production of Daniel Catán's opera opened November 16.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:18pm on November 17, 2023☆⚑

Get a 1st Look at Florencia en el Amazonas at Met Opera, Opening November 16 by Natan Zamansky

Mary Zimmerman is at the helm of Daniel Catán's opera.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06am on November 16, 2023☆⚑

'Somewhere That's Green': What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 9:12am on November 13, 2023☆⚑

Metropolitan Opera to Celebrate Stephen Schwartz with Gala Concert by Natan Zamansky

Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster, and more will perform at the special benefit evening.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32pm on November 7, 2023☆⚑

X, The Y, and Carlo Rizzi: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 9:36am on November 6, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Did Critics Think of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at the Metropolitan Opera? by Natan Zamansky

Robert O'Hara's production of the opera by Anthony Davis opened November 3.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36pm on November 5, 2023☆⚑

Get a 1st Look at X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at the Metropolitan Opera by Natan Zamansky

Robert O'Hara's production of the opera by Anthony Davis opens November 3.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24am on November 2, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Grounded at Washington National Opera? by Natan Zamansky

Jeanine Tesori's new opera had its world premiere October 28.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07am on October 30, 2023☆⚑

Patience, Prokofiev and More: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 9:33am on October 23, 2023☆⚑

Met Opera to Present Marathon Reading of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as Told to Alex Haley by Natan Zamansky

The event comes ahead of the Met premiere of Anthony Davis' opera X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:43pm on October 18, 2023☆⚑

Midsummer, Maschera, and More: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 9:33am on October 16, 2023☆⚑

Get a 1st Listen to Jeanine Tesori's New Opera Grounded by Natan Zamansky

The Met Opera commission has its world premiere at Washington National Opera later this month under the direction of Michael Mayer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:03pm on October 13, 2023☆⚑

Glass and Reich Premieres: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07am on October 2, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Dead Man Walking at the Metropolitan Opera? by Natan Zamansky

The NYC institution kicked off its 2023-24 season with the house premiere of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's opera September 26.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:25pm on September 27, 2023☆⚑

SUNY College of Optometry to Present 100th Anniversary Performance of Rhapsody in Blue by Natan Zamansky

The performance of the famed Gershwin work will take place in the same location as its 1924 premiere.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:07pm on September 26, 2023☆⚑

Dead Man Walking on 10th Avenue, and Slaughter On 10th Avenue on 9th: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25am on September 25, 2023☆⚑

Get a 1st Look at Dead Man Walking at Met Opera by Natan Zamansky

The opera by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally opens the Met's 2023-24 season September 26.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43pm on September 21, 2023☆⚑

Met Opera Chorus Master Donald Palumbo to Step Down by Natan Zamansky

Palumbo will depart at the end of the current season, after nearly two decades with the institution.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:37pm on September 19, 2023☆⚑

Jewels, Nightingales, Rodeos, and More: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

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SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25am on September 18, 2023☆⚑