Mounting the company premiere of Rossini’s “Armida” at the Metropolitan Opera this season would almost seem to be an act of defiance. It’s an opera that calls for six tenors — when even one Met-worthy ...

To prevent the capture of Jerusalem by the knights of the First Crusade, The Prince of Darkness has sent the enchantress Armida into the world to seduce the Christian heroes and turn them from their ...

In recent years, the country-house brief of exploring neglected repertoire has been diverted from Glyndebourne to Garsington and Grange Park. Was Garsington upstaged by the Met's live screening of its ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Anthony Tommasini Renée Fleming has always made very particular and personal choices of operatic roles. Over the years, the managers ...

Dvořák's last opera has been neglected for reasons that are at once hard to fathom and easily understandable. Set in Damascus as news of an approaching Frankish army puts the royal court on alert, but ...

Tyrese Byrd as Ubaldo, Botond Pál as Rinaldo, and Emily Helenbrook as the title character in Opera Neo’s “Armida.” (Photo courtesy Gary Payne Photography) What was it about the story of Armida and ...

For the last few seasons, Yves Saint Laurent and the Metropolitan Opera have enjoyed a nice, symbiotic relationship. YSL gives the Opera a new, young audience; the Opera gives YSL another layer of ...

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Sorry, this video is not currently available. Directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman and conducted by Riccardo Frizza, the production showcases Fleming’s ...

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Rinaldo ed il mago di Ascalona – Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly give their ...

What was it about the story of Armida and Rinaldo — drawn from Torquato Tasso’s 1581 poetic paean to the first Crusade, Jerusalem Delivered — that convinced 18 composers, including Vivaldi, Handel, ...