Photo Recap: Royal Opera Wins Big with The Gambler
08 Mar 2010 -- Frank Cadenhead was on hand at the Royal Opera House for a performance of the recent acclaimed production of The Gambler. The early Prokofiev work ran through Feb. 27.

Dessay Withdraws from Met Hamlet; Petersen On Deck
04 Mar 2010 -- Natalie Dessay has withdrawn from the Met’s new production of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet due to illness. Marlis Petersen will sing the role of Ophélie at the first six performances, including the March 27 Live in HD broadcast.

Fresh Rheingold, Nixon and Comte Ory Among 2010-11 Met Offerings; Full Season Announced
22 Feb 2010 -- The Met has unveiled its 2010-11 season, which will boast seven new productions, including two company premieres and the first two parts of a new Ring cycle.

Enter the King: Mounting the Met's First Attila
18 Feb 2010 -- Verdi authority Riccardo Muti and acclaimed director Pierre Audi, in their company debuts, bring one of the composer’s rousing early operas to the Met for the very first time. Attila, about the ruthless Hun leader, opened on Feb. 23.

20 QUESTIONS WITH: Soprano Diana Damrau
10 Feb 2010 -- Contributing to this installment of our informal Q&A is the much in-demand "non-diva" Diana Damrau. The busy soprano is performing two different comedic roles at the Met this month and prepares to sing Lucia in Berlin and Konstanze in Barcelona during the coming weeks.

Distinctively Different Donizetti: Don Pasquale Sings in Dallas Feb. 19-March 7
10 Feb 2010 -- Dallas Opera continues its season with Donizetti's Don Pasquale, featuring Donato DiStefano, Adriana Kucerova and Nathan Gunn. Wayne Lee Gay discusses the composer's life and his creation of a work that sought to revive the golden age of "opera buffa."

Photo Recap: A Grand Elektra at the Festspielhaus
09 Feb 2010 -- Blood red and black. Those were the colors of Baden-Baden's recent staging of Richard Strauss' searingly intense opera, Elektra. Frank Cadenhead caught the last show of a three-performance run "bound to be historic."

Stand-Up Diva: A Chat With Diana Damrau
09 Feb 2010 -- The Met is comedy central this month for Diana Damrau, who currently stars in La Fille du Régiment and begins a three-performance run in Il Barbiere di Siviglia Feb. 26. The soprano talks about her double duty.

Kate Aldrich to Sing Final Two Met Carmen Dates, Replacing Gheorghiu
08 Feb 2010 -- Angela Gheorghiu has withdrawn from her two scheduled performances in Carmen at the Met April 28 and May 1. Kate Aldrich will step into the role.

Russian Opera and Dance Converge on Kennedy Center Feb. 9-March 7
08 Feb 2010 -- The Kennedy Center’s Focus on Russia continues Feb. 9 with visits from Mariinsky Ballet and Opera, Bolshoi Ballet, and others. Among the highlights will be Sergeyev’s Sleeping Beauty, Prokofiev’s War and Peace and Anna Netrebko singing from Iolanta.

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