In a first for the Metropolitan Opera, Kristine Opolais made two major-role debuts in the space of 18 hours. The Latvian soprano sang leads in... Two Leads, Two Deaths In 18 Hours Two Leads, Two ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Kristine Opolais got to bed at 5 a.m. Saturday after singing her first "Madama Butterfly"' at the Metropolitan Opera and going out for dinner. Just 21/2 hours later, the 34-year-old ...

Kristine Opolais in Act 2 of ‘Manon Lescaut’ (all photos by Ken Howard, courtesy Metropolitan Opera) (click to enlarge) The Met’s new production of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, directed by Richard Eyre, ...

(AP) Kristine Opolais was such a hit at her Metropolitan Opera debut that she got bopped on the head. The 33-year-old Latvian soprano had just completed her role debut as Magda in Puccini’s La Rondine ...

NEW YORK (AP) - You'd never guess from watching her, but Kristine Opolais says that while she's singing her heart out as Madame Butterfly she asks herself: "Oh, why, for what, all this suffering?" And ...

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the New York Philharmonic performing works by Mozart and Mahler with soloists soprano Golda Schultz and pianist Francesco Piemontesi. ©2024 Chris Lee For this tawdry tale, ...

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Puccini’s one-act tragedy “Suor Angelica” ascends (or doesn’t, as the case might be) on the power of its leading lady. For the final third of the opera, its title character is almost entirely alone on ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Kristine Opolais was such a hit at her Metropolitan Opera debut that she got bopped on the head. The 33-year-old Latvian soprano had just completed her role debut as Magda in Puccini's ...