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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Juilliard Receives $5 Million to Create Career Services Center by Michael Cooper

A $5 million gift will help Juilliard students prepare for their professional careers.

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

John Luther Adams Wins a Lifetime Achievement Award by Michael Cooper

The $50,000 William Schuman Award recognizes “the lifetime achievement of an American composer."

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Adventurous Offerings in San Francisco Opera Season by Michael Cooper

San Francisco Opera’s 2015-16 season will be the last under its transformative general director, David Gockley, who plans to retire.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

In Performance: Danielle de Niese Sings ‘Ave Maria’ by Michael Cooper

The soprano Danielle de Niese sings the Bach-Gounod setting of "Ave Maria," which she will perform on Christmas Eve at St. Patrick's Cathedral.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

New Productions of Mozart and Handel Operas Planned for 2015 Aix Festival by Michael Cooper

New productions of Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” and Handel’s “Alcina” will be among the highlights of this summer’s Aix-en-Provence Festival, the festival announce…

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Tribute to Julius Rudel Aims to Aid City Opera Revival by Michael Cooper

An all-star tribute to Julius Rudel, the music director who helped build New York City Opera and led it during its glory years, is set for March.

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Donation to Ukrainian Opera House Puts Netrebko in a Political Spotlight by Michael Cooper and Sophia Kishkovsky

The soprano Anna Netrebko made a donation to an opera house in Donetsk, a city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, but said it was not a political act.

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In Performance: Kate Soper and Erin Lesser by Michael Cooper

A performance of “Go Away,” from Ms. Soper’s 2011 piece "Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say."

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

New Lucerne Opera House Is Back on Track, but Hurdles Remain by Michael Cooper

Thanks to a legal settlement, plans to build an opera house and performance space in Switzerland have been reinvigorated.

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Yoncheva to Replace Poplavskaya in Met’s ‘La Traviata’ by Michael Cooper

The young Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva is replacing Marina Poplavskaya in the role of Violetta, an unusual high-profile switch.

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Friday, October 10, 2014

Gotham Chamber Opera and Graham Dance Company to Stage ‘Tempest’ Songs at Met Museum by Michael Cooper

Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” has long attracted composers seeking to turn it into something rich and strange, and Gotham Chamber Opera announced Friday that it would team up with the Ma…

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Monday, October 6, 2014

Opera Saratoga Season to Grow by Michael Cooper

The three-week season will be the first one programmed by Lawrence Edelson, who became the artistic and general manager in January.

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Carnegie Hall to Offer Free Live Webcasts of Four Concerts by Michael Cooper

Carnegie Hall will offer free live webcasts of its concert presentations for the first time later this year, it plans to announce on Thursday — streaming four big classical music concerts …

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Three Ballet Theater Principals to Retire by Michael Cooper

Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent and Xiomara Reyes will retire near the end of American Ballet Theater’s 2015 season.

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Monday, September 29, 2014

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s President Quits by Michael Cooper

Stanley Romanstein resigned his position as president and chief executive of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, which is in the midst of a labor lockout.

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Tickets on Sale for ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Dress Rehearsal by Michael Cooper

Presenters of the Bach "St. Matthew Passion" at Lincoln Center's White Light Festival have come up with an unusual way to expand their audience — and sell more tickets: they are opening th…

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance Sets New Season by Michael Cooper

The next season, running from March 11 through March 29, will feature old and new works by Mr. Taylor, as well as works by Doris Humphrey and Shen Wei.

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

James Morris and Michael Volle to Join Met’s ‘Meistersinger’ by Michael Cooper

The two singers will fill in for Johan Reuter as Hans Sachs in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg."

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Bertrand de Billy Cancels Vienna State Opera Appearances by Michael Cooper

The French conductor Bertrand de Billy announced that he was canceling his upcoming performances because of differences with the company’s management.

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Metropolitan Opera Changes $25 Tickets Program by Michael Cooper

The Metropolitan Opera is modifying its program that offers $25 tickets in some of the priciest sections of the opera house by moving it onto the web this season, rather than having patrons …

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Friday, September 5, 2014

Domingo Extends Contract as General Director of Los Angeles Opera by Michael Cooper

Plácido Domingo has extended his contact as the general director of the Los Angeles Opera through the 2018-19 season, the company announced Friday.

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Metropolitan Opera Reaches Settlement With Last Unions by Michael Cooper

The agreements pave the way for the Met to open its season on Sept. 22 without delays.

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Monday, August 11, 2014

New Deadline for Met Opera Negotiations: Sunday by Michael Cooper

The Metropolitan Opera’s general manager, Peter Gelb, has threatened to lock out workers at the opera house if they do not agree to concessions.

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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Some Comedy and a Revival From Gotham Chamber Opera by Michael Cooper

The Gotham Chamber Opera will offer two productions this fall.

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A Week of Carlo Bergonzi on Met Opera Radio by Michael Cooper

Met Opera Radio will have a weeklong retrospective on Carlo Bergonzi, the great Italian tenor who died on July 25.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Met Opera Foresees a Rise in Annual Deficit by Michael Cooper

The Metropolitan Opera, which is in the midst of tense labor negotiations that are threatening the coming season, said in a financial disclosure filing last week that its deficit in the fisc…

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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Gotham Chamber Opera Hands Out Music Award by Michael Cooper

David Hertzberg has been named the first winner of the Catherine Doctorow Prize for Music.

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City Ballet Plans a Fashionable Fall Gala by Michael Cooper

The company is to present three world premieres at the Sept. 23 gala, with choreographers sharing top billing with couturiers.

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Monday, June 30, 2014

Isabella Boylston Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theater by Michael Cooper

Ms. Boylston has danced in “Giselle,” “La Bayadère,” and “Swan Lake” this season, earning a number of good reviews.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Metropolitan Opera Offices Vandalized, Police and Company Say by Michael Cooper and J. David Goodman

The unusually eventful post-season at the Metropolitan Opera continued on Wednesday morning when some administrative offices inside the opera house were vandalized with spray paint, the poli…

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Paul Taylor Sells Four Rauschenbergs at Sotheby’s by Michael Cooper

The choreographer Paul Taylor sold four of his Robert Rauschenberg pieces on Wednesday and Thursday to help pay for the new center of modern dance he is creating.

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards