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New York’s Met Opera debuts ‘Ainadamar’ about Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca and his muse
On the first day of rehearsal for “Ainadamar” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Brazilian director and choreographer ...
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‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ Review: Exuberant Spanish Singing at the Metropolitan Opera
It is the Met’s first opera by a Latin American composer and only its third Spanish-language offering (the previous ones were in 1916 and 1926). The resurrected New York City Opera imported a ...
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Paris Opera to close its houses for years of renovation work
As a result, the two Parisian opera houses will be closed from mid-2027 and mid-2030, respectively. The historic opera house of the Paris Opera, the Palais Garnier, is to close its doors from ...
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‘Ainadamar’ Review: Fascism and Flamenco at the Met Opera
Operagoers who think that Bizet’s “Carmen” is Spanish should be sure to catch Osvaldo Golijov’s “Ainadamar,” which had its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Tuesday and runs through Nov. 9.