R&J - Cancelled

The official site announced that Angela cancelled the entire run of Romeo et Juliette at the Met. Reason? Illness. Really? Probably, as the...

Leonard Slatkin hits again. "She went off the charts"

" If we still couldn't work it out, then one of us would have had to go, but it should have happened after the dress rehearsal ,...

Missed La Boheme at the Met in 2008? It's back on screens this summer

. It's Franco Zefirelli's production that starrs Angela Gheorghiu and Ramon Vargas. Nicola Luisotti is conducting. It was first bro...

Metropolitan Opera New York - some impressions

. The Met is impressive. Both on inside and outside. It’s not that easy to get there especially if you live in Europe or in any other part o...

2 new photos from Armida premiere

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More photos from rehearsals...

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The Met. March 20th. Backstage.

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Breaking News! Angela Gheorghiu to replace Anna Netrebko as Mimi in Met Opera's La Boheme on March 20

Aren't those people really lucky? The performace is sold out. And no broadcast from Sirius :( . La Boheme starts at 1pm, New York time. ...

Virginia Zeani: "I did 71 different roles, from 1948 to 1982"

Virginia Zeani and Nicola Rossi Lemeni . This is the third and last part of the interview . Virginia Zeani tells the beautiful story of her...

Angela Gheorghiu will perform in Romeo and Juliette in 2011 at the MET

. And the rumours were true. Angela stars in Romeo and Juliette next to Piotr Beczala. And Placido Domingo is conducting. March 3rd to Mar...

Zeani: "I first sung Magda at 46"

. Thoughts on La Rondine from Mrs Zeani. And some very nice words from Roberto on how she influenced him in a certain moment of his life. ....

New feature - chart of appearances

I thought of putting in a chart all the appearances I know about for 2010. There are 4 titles for the moment: Traviata, Carmen, Simon Bocc...

Interview on TVR Cultural - part III - 22.10.2009

. This is the third and last part of the interview, broadcasted on TVR Cultural on October 22nd 2009. We all found out a lot of new things,...

Midnight thoughts on the interview on TVR Cultural

. These are not my words. I wish I were this good with writing. I only translated the article with the permission of the author. After watc...

Met Player for Free Oct 10th - Oct 16th

Try Met Player for FREE for 7 days again! . Two hundred and forty extraordinary Met performances are available to watch and listen to – on y...

Gramophone Award Winner - Best Opera Recording

Receiving 97 votes from the speciaists, “Madama Butterfly” double CD won the Gramphone 2009 Award for best recording of an opera. . Congra...

Bavrikha Luxury Village - VIDEO!

4 beautiful videos from the concert in Moscow on September 13th! O soave fanciulla from La Boheme by Puccini - Angela Gheorghiu & Mariu...

Met Player for Free!

Try Met Player for FREE for 7 days. . Two hundred and forty extraordinary Met performances are available to watch and listen to – on your c...

La Rondine on WGBH

WGBH presents its 10th annual Opera Bash, a celebration of opera on television and radio. 9:30pm on WGBH 44 – La Rondine - Saturday, Septe...

Rumours at the Met

There is a rumour. Nothing confirmed yet by the Met. But searching on the internet I found some interesting information about the future pro...