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Met Opera 2024-25 Crítica: Ainadamar
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Met Opera 2024-25 Crítica: Ainadamar

“Eso. Fue. Glorioso,” exclamó una voz anónima detrás mío al momento que el telón cayó la noche del estreno. Sin duda, la combinación de Ainadamar de grandes voces, conmemoración histórica, y explosivo baile flamenco es como nada que alguna vez he visto.

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Met Opera 2024-25 Review: Ainadamar
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Met Opera 2024-25 Review: Ainadamar

“That. Was. Glorious,” an anonymous voice behind me gushed when the curtain dropped. Indeed, Ainadamar’s genre-fusing combination of great voices, historical elegy, and explosive flamenco dancing is unlike anything I’ve ever seen.

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An Interview With Elena Villalón
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An Interview With Elena Villalón

Fresh off her critically praised Met Opera debut in Orfeo ed Euridice last spring, Cuban-American soprano Elena Villalón now takes on Osvaldo Golijov’s exhilarating Ainadamar. She kindly took the time to answer some questions in between rehearsals.

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Met Opera 2023-24 Review: Orfeo ed Euridice
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Met Opera 2023-24 Review: Orfeo ed Euridice

The Orpheus myth has probably had more operas made out of it than any other story, but Glück’s baroque masterpiece Orfeo ed Euridice, the most famous of the Orphic operas, is one of the very few with a happy ending.

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Met Debuts Left This Season
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Met Debuts Left This Season

The Met’s 2023-24 season is coming to an end in just over six weeks, but there are still some artists readying to make their debuts. These are the two sopranos and a conductor that Met audiences will meet very soon.

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Highlights of the Met’s 2024-25 Season
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Highlights of the Met’s 2024-25 Season

On February 23, the Met Opera announced their 2024-25 season. Notably for nitpicky me, I’m excited for almost everything. It was difficult to choose, but here are the five shows I’m most looking forward to.

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