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We were the first black group to play the Metropolitan Opera House
My dad’s love for the theater was stronger than anything else ... Even within the past month he went with my mom to see the Metropolitan Opera simulcast of ‘Rigoletto’ at a movie theater. And growing up in Manhattan I remember him taking me to see ‘42nd Street’ on Broadway and allowing me to dance in the aisles. He encouraged all displays of enthusiasm.
Oh, my God. A real horse. A live horse just walked onstage at the Metropolitan Opera. What?More quotes »
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Museum exhibitions come to movie theaters
-- From the people who brought live Metropolitan Opera performances to a movie theater near you comes the next big-screen cultural attraction: museum art exhibits from around the world.It begins Thursday with a retrospective devoted to the portraits by Edouard Read more »
Around the web
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Metropolitan Opera Folds Its Ballet Troupe
to disband its resident ballet company, whose roots date back to the opera's founding in 1883. The 8 remaining dancers of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, down from 16 in 2011, have accepted buyout packages and left the company." The New York Times 05/21/13 13 m ago from ArtsJournal Read more »
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Return of the Maestro
series of medical debacles, Mr. Levine was back to lead the ensemble he has been associated with for over forty years, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. As they filed into the auditorium on Sunday, concertgoers were greeted by an unusual sight in the center from http://www.nysun.com/ Read more »
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Music Review: James Levine Returns to the Podium at Carnegie Hall
Sunday. On Sunday afternoon Mr. Levine, one of the greatest living American conductors and a musician who has defined the Metropolitan Opera for more than 40 years , cruised onto the stage of Carnegie Hall in a motorized wheelchair and conducted the Met Orchestra from The New York Times Read more »
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Conductor James Levine returns from 2-year absence
YORK (AP) — Conductor James Levine has returned from an absence of more than two years to lead the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in a concert at Carnegie Hall. The 69-year-old Levine was left partially paralyzed by a fall in August 2011 and is regaining use from KREM.com Read more »
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After Health Issues, Influential Conductor Back At Met Opera
Host Scott Simon speaks with New York Times classical music critic Anthony Tommasini about conductor James Levine's return to the Metropolitan Opera after a series of health problems kept him away for two years. from NPR Read more »
