Warm Up: Isabel Leonard Seeks a Quiet Place
Described by W Magazine as "opera's it-girl," mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard has added numerous roles to her repertoire over the last few years—including that of mother to son Teo (her husband is also a...
View ArticleRossini's The Barber of Seville
This week's broadcast from the Met features Gioacchino Rossini's comic masterpiece Il Barbiere di Seviglia (The Barber of Seville).The production stars Rodion Pogossov as Figaro, the wily barber who...
View ArticleMezzo-Soprano Isabel Leonard Wins Richard Tucker Award
Isabel Leonard, a mezzo-soprano from New York City, has won this year’s Richard Tucker Award, given annually to a promising American opera singer. The award, which was created by the Richard Tucker...
View ArticlePoulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites
During this time as the Metropolitan Opera’s director of productions (from 1974 to 1981) John Dexter directed an acclaimed production of Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites, which was notable for its...
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Review: James Levine Makes Solid Return in Met's Cosi fan tutte
James Levine seems at his best when he has his work cut out for him with some nice up-hill journey promising great artistic rewards. Of course his Metropolitan Opera admirers are just happy to have him...
View ArticleWebcast: Isabel Leonard and Friends in The Greene Space
For the past 35 years, the annual Richard Tucker Award has been granted to an American singer poised on the edge of a major national and international career, with a list of winners that reads like a...
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Review: After Turmoil, Metropolitan Opera Opens Season with Spirited Figaro
The Metropolitan Opera's opening night couldn't help but arrive with an air of victory – though with a slightly weary undertone on a few fronts – not just after its summer of labor-union cliffhangers,...
View ArticleRossini's The Barber of Seville
The Metropolitan Opera broadcasts return Saturday at 12 pm with Rossini's comic classic The Barber of Seville. Featured in Bartlett Sher’s production, the performance stars the charismatic baritone...
View ArticleWatch: 2015 Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winners
The most recent winners of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition — baritone Benjamin Dickerson and pianist Alden Gatt — showed off their skills and shared their experiences from the competition at The...
View ArticleFabio Luisi Conducts 'Le Nozze di Figaro'
Tune in at 1 pm Saturday as Fabio Luisi conducts Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro live from the Metropolitan Opera, featuring Mikhail Petrenko in the title role. Anita Hartig plays his cunning wife-to-be,...
View ArticleMarilyn Horne Song Competition Winners
This week’s Showcase features baritone Benjamin Dickerson and pianist Alden Gatt, the most recent laureates of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, in concert at The Jerome L. Greene Space this past...
View ArticleRossini's 'Cinderella' from Lyric Opera of Chicago
Tune in Saturday at 1 pm to hear leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard and acclaimed tenor Lawrence Brownlee star in Rossini's Cinderella from the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The opera hews close to the...
View ArticleMusicians Need to Unwind, Too! Here’s a Handful Making the Most of Summer
While sharing our vacation pics from this summer, we stopped and thought, “wait — what are have a few of our favorite musicians been up to for the past few months?” Thus began a dive into many an...
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Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites: Growth and Sacrifice in a Reign of Terror
Poulenc’s 1953 opera Dialogues des Carmélites is this season’s final Met Opera broadcast. The John Dexter production features mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as Sister Blanche, who undergoes a social and...
View ArticleListen: The National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America Performs...
On August 3, 2019 WQXR and Carnegie Hall presented a live broadcast with the young musicians of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), performing a program of music by...
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Massenet’s Cinderella: Let's Have a Ball
Listen Saturday, January 1st, at 1pm.Program notes courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.Click here for the upcoming Metropolitan Opera broadcast schedule.The Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee...
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Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Infidelity Foiled
Listen Saturday, January 15th, at 1pm.Program notes courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.Click here for the upcoming Metropolitan Opera broadcast schedule.The Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee...
View ArticleEncore: Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winners
This broadcast originally aired on May 25, 2016.This week’s showcase features baritone Benjamin Dickerson and pianist Alden Gatt, the 2015 laureates of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, in concert at...
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