Mortier to take over New York City Opera
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Gerard Mortier will take over as general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera, putting him in prime position to mount an avant-garde challenge to the Metropolitan Opera across Lincoln Center Plaza.
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Philippe de Montebello, who has led the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 30 years, announced Tuesday that he planned to retire at the end of the year.
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When the New York State Theater closes next year for renovations, the homeless New York City Opera will probably put on four stripped-down productions at other locations.
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The New York City Opera will likely produce four pared-down operas while its Lincoln Center theater is renovated next season, down from the company's typical 12 productions, officials said.
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To honor its retiring general manager, Joseph Volpe, the Metropolitan Opera threw itself one of those once-in-a-decade galas, a 5 1/2-hour marathon featuring a parade of today&#039;s reigning stars &amp;#151; along with a few from the recent past.
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Margaret Juntwait, a classical music host at WNYC-FM radio, has been picked as the new announcer for the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday afternoon broadcasts.
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NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera will transmit six live performances to movie theaters and will broadcast more than 100 live performances over the Internet or on digital radio in a groundbreaking attempt to expand its audience, the company announced Wednesday.
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The New York Philharmonic has chosen a native son &#151; 40-year-old Alan Gilbert &#151; to become its music director. He will lead an ensemble that includes his mother.
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A 69-year-old former oil tanker moored in the companyâs container port in Red Hook, Brooklyn, has been transformed into the set for an opera, âIl Tabarro,â by Puccini.
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Conductor Lorin Maazel will return to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in nearly 45 years when he conducts Wagner's "Die Walkuere" next season.
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Peter Gelb, the president of the Sony Classical recording label, was chosen Friday to succeed Joseph Volpe as the Metropolitan Opera's general manager.
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After the buildup to the opening night of the season, you can expect a certain falloff. But the second night of the Metropolitan Operaâs season on Tuesday was terrific.
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The Metropolitan Opera is getting back into the DVD business.
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Vivica Genaux, an international star, particularly in the early-music world, is making her return to New York opera.
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The New York City Opera will likely produce four pared-down operas, down from the company's typical 12 productions, while its Lincoln Center theater is renovated next season, officials said.
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The Metropolitan Opera has narrowed its list of candidates for general manager, and it includes the tenor PlÃ¡cido Domingo, two Met officials said.
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Bernard Kerik, a former beat cop in New York&#39;s Times Square, will take over the Department of Homeland Security, according to news reports Thursday.