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Legendary tenor kept secret stashes of pasta to snack on while performing
Forget “Rigoletto.” Show me the rigatoni.
NYC's Metropolitan Opera puts trigger warning on 'problematic' masterpiece in latest bow to woke culture
The opera "is rife with contradictions, distortions, and racial stereotypes," reads a program note promising "a discussion of the opera’s cultural insensitivities."
The Met's new opera is the latest take on the life of civil rights icon Malcolm X
The Met just premiered the opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.”
The Democratic Party's at war with itself — and the West
Joe Biden’s party is at war with itself.
Radio station bans new Met operas over "non-biblical" and LGBTQ material
WCPE, a listener-funded classical music station that serves the Raleigh-Durham area, is protesting the Met’s decision to showcase recently written works by composers from a wide variety of racial and...
Renowned conductor allegedly punches singer at concert for exiting wrong side of the stage
The 80-year-old conductor and friend of King Charles has come under fire for smacking around a 20-something singer after a show.
Russian star sues Met Opera for $360K for dropping her after Ukraine invasion
Anna Netrebko, who voiced her support for Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion, said the Met Opera's decision to cut ties with her has left her with ”severe mental anguish and...
Opera 'Carmen' will be remade as a film — inside the dance-fueled changes
“Took me six years to write this. Drama told through music — like ‘West Side Story.’ I reinvented her. More freedom. She’s not just an object of desire.”
Opera legend who took on the Metropolitan lists NYC home for $1.44M
Lucine Amara, known for roles in "Carmen" and fighting the Met over age discrimination, is parting ways with an Upper West Side co-op.
How Aretha Franklin saved the Grammys
It had already been one hell of a night before the Queen of Soul stepped in.
Famed opera star faces new accusations of misconduct
She related how Domingo allegedly asked to touch her after a rehearsal.
Russia to entertain front-line soldiers with opera singers, circus performers
Kremlin officials announced a "front-line CREATIVE bridge" of singers and performers on Telegram Wednesday as forces ramped up attacks on civilian infrastructure across Ukraine.
Andrea Bocelli is on tour. Tickets are available. We found them.
Andrea Bocelli has 19 concerts remaining on his 2022-23 tour calendar.
David Hyde Pierce is set for the stage and dinner
“I’m nervous. Used to acting but onstage tonight, one night only, at Carnegie? I’m reading excerpts, rehearsed yesterday with the orchestra but I don’t really know whatthehell I’m doing.”
Royal Opera House bans audience member for heckling child actor
The child's onstage debut was plagued with disruptive behavior from an audience member.
How two British opera fans saved Jewish refugees from Hitler’s camps
A new book by Post reporter Isabel Vincent tells how two British opera fans saved Jewish musicians from the Third Reich.
US soprano offended by blackface pulls out of Italy opera
Soprano Angel Blue says she won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in a different work on the same stage.
CUNY student petitions to cancel Emmett Till opera written by white female playwright
Petition author Mya Bishop alleged the opera frames the tragedy through the eyes of a "fictional progressive white woman," a teacher in the production.
Anna Netrebko, Russian soprano with ties to Putin, out at Metropolitan Opera
“It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera. Anna is one of the greatest singers in Met history, but with Putin killing innocent victims in Ukraine,...
'AbFab' diva Joanna Lumley on new Netflix rom-com 'Falling for Figaro'
The "Absolutely Fabulous" icon stars in Netflix's "Falling for Figaro" as a retired opera singer "living in a sulky fit of rage that she was no longer a great star,"...