Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) was in many ways the most successful operatic composer of his era. A rival to Rossini in the 1820s, he went on to become synonymous with the extravagant splendours of ...

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When soprano Diana Damrau took center stage in the glittering Mar-a-Lago ballroom Thursday, she aptly remarked that it was an appropriate venue for her two opening arias from The Marriage of Figaro.

Once considered a giant of 19th century opera, Giacomo Meyerbeer has been relegated over the century to the second tier of composers, admired for his craftsmanship but faulted for lacking that ...

For more than seven decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

The stage was set for what was billed as the hottest ticket of this operatic season. One could feel the energy in the air as the eager crowd arrived minutes before the doors to the auditorium were to ...

Plácido Domingo and Diana Damrau are sensational in the Met Opera’s “La Traviata.” Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Though “La Traviata” means “the lost one,” Thursday’s Met performance of the Verdi ...

German soprano Diana Damrau is known for her vivid and luminous portrayals of many opera roles, including Violetta in La Traviata, the Countess and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, and the Queen of the ...

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted splendidly as his tenure as the company’s music director began with a new, traditional staging of Verdi’s classic. By Anthony Tommasini For his debut as the company’s ...

The acclaimed German soprano Diana Damrau met her future husband, French bass-baritone Nicolas Testé, in a Munich church 13 years ago while performing Jean Francaix’s oratorio “L’Apocalypse Selon.” ...

Soprano Diana Damrau has been performing on the world’s leading opera and concert stages for two decades. Her vast repertoire spans title roles in Anna Bolena (Opera House Zurich, Vienna State Opera), ...