High-definition live transmissions beamed from New York’s Metropolitan Opera and other major houses to movie theaters across the country are becoming the new normal for enjoying the genre.
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The opera “Nixon in China” boasts wonderful historical and theatrical scenes and images: among them, “Chairman [Mao] Dances,” Richard M. Nixon arriving in Beijing aboard Air Force One, dwarfing the memory of “Miss Saigon’s” helicopter, and “The Red Detachment of Women” ballet choreographed by Mark Morris.John Adams’ fascinating, groundbreaking work from 1987 is taking a quarter century to be seen in The City where it was born.
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While 2011 is still young, it’s already been a banner year for Dmitri Hvorostovsky.The great Siberian bass-baritone has been in New York, singing the title role of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the Metropolitan Opera. Critics and audiences alike have been lavish with praise; the New York Times called him “a magnificent Simon.”
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