Breaking: Mortier Backs Out of City Opera
The controversy-loving impresario, who was to have taken over next September, has backed out, leaving the company’s future in a haze and its planning in disarray.
Renée Fleming Hiccups at Met Opener
How could she play a long scene opposite Thomas Hampson almost as if he weren’t there?
Posted 09/18/08 in The Cut
Operatic Showdown
Oscar de la Renta’s Opera Beef
Oscar's upset Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, and Christian Lacroix designed Renée Fleming's costumes.
Posted 08/12/08 in Vulture
Apropos of Nothing
Currently in Line: Angry Old People and Funny Young People
Clearly these Met subscribers have never attempted to purchase an iPhone.
Posted 07/07/08 in Vulture
Ranters and Ravers
French Critics, Even Snootier Than Expected, Pan Cronenberg Opera
We assumed critics would take to 'The Fly' like flies to ... you know. We were wrong.
Posted 06/11/08 in Vulture
Tube Junkie
Deborah Voigt Faces the Little Black Dress Once More
Soprano Deborah Voigt makes sport of her firing in a YouTube video.
‘Brokeback Mountain’ Opera Not Necessarily the Campiest Thing Ever
You might think that the only thing campier than a pair of singing cowboys is a couple of gay opera-singing cowboys.
Posted 05/29/08 in Vulture
Apropos of Nothing
Al Gore Ready for ‘An Inconvenient Opera’
La Scala in Milan is bringing Gore's Oscar-winning PowerPoint presentation to the screen.
Posted 05/29/08 in Vulture
Apropos of Nothing
The Met Attacked by Huge, Opera-Loving Mice!
According to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, a recent inspection of the Met turned up mouse poop.
Posted 05/23/08 in Grub Street
Openings
A First Look at Eden and Opera, Opening June 3
Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and what better way to ring it in than with — oh, yes — another rooftop bar.
Posted 05/19/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Eden Opens This Thursday, Without 1 Oak Team
The guys from 1 Oak won’t be doing the rooftop at Opera (formerly China Club) after all. Free vodka should take the hurt off.
Verdi-vs.-Shakespeare Beef Not As Hard-core As We Hoped
Don't miss Verdi's deathless aria, "O, Shakespeare, cacasenno, vi daro dei calci nei vostri antichi."
Posted 04/23/08 in Vulture
Apropos of Nothing
Want to Download Juan Diego Flórez's Met Encore?
Plus, the 'Times' reveals the planning that went into this seemingly spontaneous moment.
Juan Diego Flórez Matches Pavarotti
Flórez looks, sounds, and acts nothing at all like Pavarotti, but he did get a Luciano-size ovation.
Rufus Wainwright and His Mom Catch History at the Metropolitan Opera
Rufus Wainwright is still waiting for his encore, but not his mother!
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