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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Peter Gelb

Peter Gelb stories: 2 news summaries
OPERA REVIEW

 Met Audience Boos Drab Tosca 

Critics pan new production of Puccini opera

Sep 22, 09 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York's Metropolitan Opera opened its season last night with a gala production of Puccini's Tosca, a crowd-pleasing war horse given an aggressive new staging by the Swiss director Luc Bondy. The black-tie crowd was not pleased with the stark, modern production, erupting in boos during the curtain call. Critics... More »

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Bravo! Met's First Encore in 14 Years Wins
Huge Ovation

Tenor nails 18 high Cs in new production

Apr 23, 08 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Audiences at New York's Metropolitan Opera Monday night were treated to something they hadn't heard in 14 years: an encore. In the Met's new production of Donizetti's La fille du régiment, tenor Juan Diego Flórez nailed the nine high C's of the difficult aria "Ah! Mes Amis"... More »

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opera • Metropolitan Opera • encore • Peter Gelb • Juan Diego Flórez

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