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"Have You Seen It?": Profiling the Met's Production of The Nose
19 Mar 2010
The Met is currently presenting its first ever staging of Shostakovich’s The Nose. During rehearsals, Tom Samiljan spoke to director/designer William Kentridge and star Paulo Szot about the particular challenges behind this rarely-seen piece.

Opera Spotlight: Quinn Kelsey
16 Mar 2010
Quinn Kelsey makes his New York role debut as Sharpless in New York City Opera's Madama Butterfly beginning March 19 at the Koch Theater. The American baritone talks about the character and discusses how his Hawaiian upbringing led him to the opera stage.

City Opera New Season to Offer Elixir, Séance, A Quiet Place and More
09 Mar 2010 -- New York City Opera's 2010-2011 season will focus upon and celebrate operas of the 20th century, in addition to a Donizetti classic. Productions include Stephen Schwartz's Séance on a Wet Afternoon, Strauss' Intermezzo and Bernstein's A Quiet Place.

Photo Recap: Royal Opera Wins Big with The Gambler
08 Mar 2010 -- Frank Cadenhead was on hand at the Royal Opera House for a performance of the recent acclaimed production of The Gambler. The early Prokofiev work ran through Feb. 27.

Dessay Withdraws from Met Hamlet; Petersen On Deck
04 Mar 2010 -- Natalie Dessay has withdrawn from the Met’s new production of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet due to illness. Marlis Petersen will sing the role of Ophélie at the first six performances, including the March 27 Live in HD broadcast.

Fresh Rheingold, Nixon and Comte Ory Among 2010-11 Met Offerings; Full Season Announced
22 Feb 2010 -- The Met has unveiled its 2010-11 season, which will boast seven new productions, including two company premieres and the first two parts of a new Ring cycle.

Enter the King: Mounting the Met's First Attila
18 Feb 2010 -- Verdi authority Riccardo Muti and acclaimed director Pierre Audi, in their company debuts, bring one of the composer’s rousing early operas to the Met for the very first time. Attila, about the ruthless Hun leader, opened on Feb. 23.

20 QUESTIONS WITH: Soprano Diana Damrau
10 Feb 2010 -- Contributing to this installment of our informal Q&A is the much in-demand "non-diva" Diana Damrau. The busy soprano is performing two different comedic roles at the Met this month and prepares to sing Lucia in Berlin and Konstanze in Barcelona during the coming weeks.

Distinctively Different Donizetti: Don Pasquale Sings in Dallas Feb. 19-March 7
10 Feb 2010 -- Dallas Opera continues its season with Donizetti's Don Pasquale, featuring Donato DiStefano, Adriana Kucerova and Nathan Gunn. Wayne Lee Gay discusses the composer's life and his creation of a work that sought to revive the golden age of "opera buffa."

Photo Recap: A Grand Elektra at the Festspielhaus
09 Feb 2010 -- Blood red and black. Those were the colors of Baden-Baden's recent staging of Richard Strauss' searingly intense opera, Elektra. Frank Cadenhead caught the last show of a three-performance run "bound to be historic."

Stand-Up Diva: A Chat With Diana Damrau
09 Feb 2010 -- The Met is comedy central this month for Diana Damrau, who currently stars in La Fille du Régiment and begins a three-performance run in Il Barbiere di Siviglia Feb. 26. The soprano talks about her double duty.

Kate Aldrich to Sing Final Two Met Carmen Dates, Replacing Gheorghiu
08 Feb 2010 -- Angela Gheorghiu has withdrawn from her two scheduled performances in Carmen at the Met April 28 and May 1. Kate Aldrich will step into the role.