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Metropolitan Opera Season Preview: Now Hear This
08 May 2008
With one Met premiere, one work not heard here in more than a century, and others last performed decades ago, the 2008–09 season allows top singers to show new sides of their artistry.

City Center: West Coast Whiz!
05 May 2008
Columnist Liz Smith recently chatted with New York City Center Board member Douglas S. Cramer, who will be honored at City Center’s 2008 Gala with the Fiorello LaGuardia Award for distinguished service to New York City and to New York City Center.

Photo Journal: Damrau Dazzles in Mozart's ...Serail at the Met
02 May 2008 -- Rounding out its spring season, the Met is presenting Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (aka Abduction from the Seraglio) in a staging that features the high-flying soprano of Diana Damrau.

New York City Opera: Women’s Work
30 Apr 2008 -- This season’s annual VOX showcase for American composers begs the question: "In musical composition, is biology destiny?" VOX 2008 takes place May 10 and 11. Admission is free.

Photo Journal: Houston Grand Opera Launches Five-Year Britten Series with Billy Budd
26 Apr 2008 -- Houston Grand Opera continues its 53rd Season with a new production of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd. Performances began at the Wortham Theater Center on April 25.

Photo Journal: Donizetti's Fille - with Dessay and Flórez - at the Met
22 Apr 2008 -- The greatly anticipated new staging of Gaetano Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment landed at the Metropolitan Opera April 21 with a starry roster headed by two of the world's leading vocal acrobats.

Philip Glass: The Message in the Music
20 Apr 2008 -- Philip Glass’s Satyagraha had its Met premiere this month. The 71-year-old composer, a veteran of 20 operas, tells the Met’s Elena Park what moved him to address Gandhi’s formative years in South Africa—and how his ideas still resonate today.

Damrau, Flórez and Dessay: Vocal Ease
18 Apr 2008 -- For the stars of two vocal showpieces opening this month at the Metropolitan Opera, quicksilver singing and breathtaking coloratura are all in a day’s work.

Carnegie Hall: Hearing Voices- Jessye Norman and Bryn Terfel
16 Apr 2008 -- Nick Romeo interviews soprano Jessye Norman and baritone Bryn Terfel, both of whom will be appearing on the Carnegie Hall stage in the coming weeks.

Photo Journal: Zeffirelli Honored During La Bohème Performance
14 Apr 2008 -- Franco Zeffirelli - legendary director/ designer/ producer of opera, theatre, film and television - was recently honored onstage at the Met.

Metropolitan Opera: The Force of Truth
11 Apr 2008 -- Nearly three decades after the premiere of Satyagraha, Philip Glass’s seminal work from 1979 is re-imagined in a powerful new staging that conveys the timelessness of Gandhi’s message. Performances begin at the Met April 11.

Photo Journal: A Starry Candide Grows at New York City Opera
10 Apr 2008 -- For its annual "cross-over" production, New York City Opera is happily presenting the legendary Harold Prince interpretation of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, with performances beginning April 8 at the New York State Theater.