Mounting the company premiere of Rossini’s “Armida” at the Metropolitan Opera this season would almost seem to be an act of defiance. It’s an opera that calls for six tenors — when even one Met-worthy ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — It took 193 years for Rossini’s “Armida” to make it to the Metropolitan Opera but only nine months for its first revival. Soprano Renee Fleming and five of the six tenors who sang ...

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Rinaldo ed il mago di Ascalona – Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly give their ...

Last Saturday I returned from my early errands to find a mid-morning message on the phone from my uncle, who by happy coincidence also lives in Ithaca, New York a few miles from my house.: “Lump Lump, ...

A recurring phrase in Rossini’s Armida, about a sorceress and her ill-fated love for a Christian soldier during the Crusades, A recurring phrase in Rossini’s Armida, about a sorceress and her ...

The final high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera this season is "Armida" by Gioacchino Rossini. The Saturday performance begins at noon at the Town Plaza Cinema in Cape Girardeau. All ...

In April of 2010 the Metropolitan Opera mounted the company premiere production of Rossini's opera Armida starring American soprano Renée Fleming in the title role. Fleming had previously triumphed at ...

"We are staging this highly challenging opera expressly for Renée Fleming, who has the extraordinarily rare artistic qualities - both vocally and dramatically - to meet the requirements of such a ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Renée Fleming will reprise her tour-de-force ...

2 Video: First Look at Michael Mayer-Directed LA TRAVIATA at The Metropolitan Opera 3 Video: First Look at THE CRUCIBLE at Washington National Opera Renée Fleming will reprise her tour-de-force ...