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Review: The Met's New Werther Succeeds in Haunting Ways

Were it written today, Werther would undoubtedly be a stalker opera instead of a tender love story of a poet who would rather die than be without the woman he loves. Less-than-wonderful performances of...

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A Kiss for 'QXR

It’s quite a surprise, seeing these faces on the WQXR website, isn’t it? But it’s no accident, although our connection is to only one of the members of the rock band KISS, which is among the 2014...

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Review: DiDonato Marvels in Rossini's 'La Donna del Lago'

The central challenge of an operatic star vehicle is knowing what else is needed — and how important that is.At times during Rossini's La Donna del Lago at its Monday medium-voltage Metropolitan Opera...

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Carnegie Hall's Weill Retires as Chairman, Succeeded by Perelman

Carnegie Hall’s Board of Trustees has elected investor Ronald Perelman as its chairman to succeed Sanford Weill, the board announced Thursday. Weill is retiring from the position after 24 years at the...

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Opera Review: Alban Berg's 'Lulu' at the Met

Most great opera heroines have at least some emblematic moment and for the title role in "Lulu," it's the casual admission, "I poisoned your mother." And nobody thinks worse of her. That kind of...

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Remembering The Met's Richard Horowitz

Anyone who goes backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House has seen black-bordered announcements tacked on bulletin boards announcing the passing of someone who worked at the Met or was associated with...

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Giuseppe Verdi's 'Rigoletto'

Join us on Saturday at 1 pm as the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts Michael Mayer’s electrifying production of  Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto, set in 1960 in a Las Vegas casino. The title role is played by...

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The Metropolitan Opera Season Halftime Show

Tune in at 10pm on Tuesday, Dec. 29, as host and Metropolitan Opera soprano Debbie Voigt opens a treasury of live performance excerpts from the Met season so far.Soprano Deborah Voigt.(Dario Acosta)The...

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James Levine Conducts Richard Wagner's 'Tannhäuser'

Tune in at 1 pm Saturday to WQXR for the Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of Richard Wagner's 'Tannhäuser'. James Levine is conducting.Wagnerian tenor, Johan Botha stars in the title role as Tannhäuser....

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Analysis: The Metropolitan Opera’s 2016-2017 Season

Each year, when the Metropolitan Opera announces its new season, I like to analyze the announcement and find as many positive things as possible in what is on offer. The Met famously has had some rough...

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The Fabric of Memory: Preserving Met Opera History

I am often asked who is the Belmont for whom the Belmont Room on the Metropolitan Opera’s Grand Tier is named. This is where donors at a certain level to the Opera Guild go for coffee and conversation...

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Verdi Nods to Shakespeare with 'Otello'

Tune in at 1 pm Saturday to hear Verdi's Otello from the Metropolitan Opera on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. The Bartlett Sher production, which premiered earlier this...

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A Robert Shaw Centennial Celebration at Carnegie Hall

When Carnegie Hall celebrated its own 100th anniversary in 1990-1991, the organization tapped the dean of American choral conductors, Robert Shaw, to gather singers from across the United States and...

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin Named Met's Next Music Director

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the precocious music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has been selected to succeed James Levine as the next music director of the Metropolitan Opera, the company announced...

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A Wish List for Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Metropolitan Opera

The announcement that Yannick Nézet-Séguin would replace James Levine as music director of the Metropolitan Opera was no surprise. The timing was rather quick in that Levine announced on April 14 that...

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From Sayão to Saudade: Brazil's Contributions to Opera

In 2012, I published an article in this space about opera and the Olympics. While watching some of the splendid athletic achievements in Rio this past week, I thought to myself that Brazil, a large and...

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NYC Cultural Figures on Their Must-See Events of the Season

We asked cultural leaders around New York what concerts, operas and other musical events they are looking forward to this fall. Here are their answers:Masazumi ChayaAssociate Artistic Director, Alvin...

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Remembering the Old Metropolitan Opera House

The last Monday in September is, customarily, the opening night of the season at the Metropolitan Opera house. It is always a great occasion and this season begins with a new production of Wagner’s...

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50 Years at the New Metropolitan Opera House

In my most recent article I described why it was necessary to build a new Metropolitan Opera house at Lincoln Center and why, unfortunately, the old Met was destroyed in the process.In 1966-67, I was a...

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Leonard Bernstein Makes His Carnegie Hall Debut With A Moment's Notice

On this day, Nov. 14, in 1943, Leonard Bernstein was pulled out of bed and told that he would be conducting the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall for the very first time — that same day. The...

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Kaija Saariaho's 'L’Amour de Loin'

Tune in 1 pm on Saturday to hear Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s opera L’Amour de Loin. Originally commissioned by the Salzburg Festival where it was first seen in 2000, L’Amour de Loin has its...

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Wagner's ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’ Is Your Met Opera Broadcast

This Saturday at 1 pm, the Metropolitan Opera is airing Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman). It was Richard Wagner’s fourth full length opera, and his first considered masterpiece. This...

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The Met Gala Celebrates Its Opera House

The Metropolitan Opera does galas very well. It covered itself in glory again on May 7 as it celebrated 50 years at Lincoln Center in the 3,786-seat theater it built to stage productions benefiting...

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Listen to the 2017 Richard Tucker Gala Live From Carnegie Hall

In December 2017, we brought you the Richard Tucker Gala live from Carnegie Hall. Several of the opera world's biggest voices — including the most recent Richard Tucker Award winner, Nadine Sierra —...

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Back in the Day: Artifacts through the Ages

As we mark WQXR's 75th anniversary, we're feeling pretty curious about our history. Commence the plundering of the archives! We've unearthed a ton of great artifacts to share, some we didn't even know...

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Opera Never on a Sunday? Not at the Met!

As the Metropolitan Opera opens its 2018–19 season, I look forward to attending as many of its enticing offerings as possible. There are great operas, a diverse repertory (though one would hope for at...

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Listen: Carnegie Hall's Opening Night Gala With Michael Tilson Thomas, Renée...

Superstar vocalists Renée Fleming and Audra McDonald joined the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas for Carnegie Hall's Opening Night Gala with a program of musical theater,...

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'Marnie' at the Met: Dazzling but Distant, With or Without Tippi

Marnie is an opera about secrets behind secrets behind secrets, always promising a payoff during its journey into the void, with dazzling sounds and inviting sights along the way. By the end of the...

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A Visual History of WQXR

WQXR has a long and storied history. Our slideshow illustrates milestones from the eight decades that WQXR has been on the air in New York.WQXR has been on the air in New York for almost 80 years....

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1958: A Conversation with Van Cliburn

On May 26, 1958, WQXR program director Abram Chasins interviewed the Texan pianist Van Cliburn, just a few weeks after he won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition.The Tchaikovsky...

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1949: Stravinsky Visits WQXR with 'Orpheus'

The immediacy of hearing a composer discuss their own work, as it unfolds, is a lot like watching the "director’s cut" of a DVD. Stravinsky's "aural program note" for his then-newly-composed ballet,...

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1956: Neil Sedaka Plays Debussy and Prokofiev at WQXR

Over the course of five decades, Neil Sedaka's career has undergone several major phases, including as a teen pop star in the late 1950s, a mature crooner in the '70s and as one of the legendary '60s...

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An (Almost) New Year’s Eve Party for WQXR’s 75th

This final McGraw-Hill Companies Young Artists Showcase of 2011 celebrates WQXR’s 75th anniversary by featuring some former artists: Alec Templeton, Leopold Stokowski and a special April Fools’ Day...

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Hugo Fiorato, Founder of WQXR String Quartet, Dies at 97

The conductor and violinist Hugo Fiorato, a founding member of the WQXR String Quartet and a fixture with the New York City Ballet, died April 23 at the age of 97, The New York Times reports.In 1947,...

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Margaret Juntwait, Former WNYC Host, Voice of Metropolitan Opera, Dies at 58

Margaret Juntwait, the former WNYC Radio announcer who became the first woman to host the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday Afternoon Radio Broadcasts, died on Wednesday of complications from ovarian...

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The Importance of Paying Close Attention at the Opera

In 2019, I think we all need to pay closer attention. In terms of politics and the state of the world, it is in our own best interest to stay on top of things and act accordingly on issues we care...

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The WQXR Radio, High Fidelity on the AM Band

Long before the WQXR app, the station was marketing a very different type of newfangled technology. In the late 1930s, WQXR branded a line of home radios, complete with mahogany cabinets, AC/DC...

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Best of Carnegie Hall Live: Les Violons Play Bach's St. John Passion

WQXR is reprising some choice moments from Carnegie Hall Live, our new series co-produced with Carnegie Hall and American Public Media.This week the series concludes with Bach’s choral masterpiece the...

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Listen: New York In Concert - Highlights from Naumburg Orchestral Concerts

 Airs Thursday, June 18 at 9 pm ET.On this New York in Concert program, we’ll hear highlights drawn from the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts series in Central Park. Since 1905 the series has provided free...

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CMS Summer Concert Giveaway Rules

HOW TO ENTER: No purchase or pledge necessary. Entries may be made on the CMS Summer Concert page from 4AM on Thursday, June 10, 2021, Eastern Standard Time to 4AM Monday, June 14 Eastern Standard...

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Junction Trio: John Zorn and Beethoven in Dialogue

Wednesday, June 2, 7 pmThe Junction Trio continues the Artist Propulsion Lab concert series. The program features a piece by Ravel, rich in color and sonorities, and a performance of John Zorn’s...

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Enter to Win Gilbert Kaplan's "The Mahler Album"

Wednesday, July 7, is Gustav Mahler’s birthday and you have the chance to get even closer to the great composer and conductor.Make a donation to WQXR in any amount and you’ll be entered to win The...

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Baritone Norman Garrett on Chausson, King Arthur, and Black Classical Artistry

Beginning July 25, SummerScape at Bard presents four performances of Chausson’s King Arthur (Le roi Arthus). In this artist statement, Norman Garrett reflects upon Chausson’s music and what the...

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Win a Lego Grand Piano

Not everyone can play the piano, but anyone can build a piano! It's back-to-school season and we're giving away a great project for kids of all ages — a Lego Grand Piano with more than 3,600 pieces!...

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Classical for Relaxation Playlist

Crisp air, warm beverages, cable knit sweaters. Ensconce yourself in the coziness of the season with the help of our new Classical for Relaxation playlist. With pieces as gentle as falling leaves and...

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Artist Propulsion Lab Concert Series: Brandon Patrick George

Tuesday, November 9, 7PMLIVE in The Greene SpaceEveryone entering our venue must present proof that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please review the current policies and safeguards...

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Timeline: WQXR at 85

On Friday, Dec. 3, WQXR turns 85 and we couldn't feel or sound any better! Here's a look back at the station's rich history of bringing great classical music to New York City and beyond. You can view...

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An Abridged Classical Music Dictionary

We’ll be the first to admit that classical music has its share of jargon. Considering that much of it isn’t even in English, but Italian, German, and the occasional French, we applaud classical newbies...

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Verdi’s Don Carlo

Listen Saturday, February 18th at 1pm.Program notes courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.Click here for the upcoming Metropolitan Opera broadcast schedule.Originally recorded on November 3, 2022.David...

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