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This freerunner scaled Sydney Opera House and the views are incredible

No one had been allowed to freerun around the Sydney Opera House before, but this parkour expert was given free rein.

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Monte Carlo Opera hires Russian soprano after anti-war statement

The singer was previously dropped by the Metropolitan Opera in New York over her stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine but she has since apologised for being unclear.

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Opera singers gather in Lviv for rendition of the national anthem

The city has remained relatively safe during the war and sheltered many internally displaced Ukrainian refugees.

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Cancelled culture: who's putting Russia in a cultural blackout?

As the world watches the disaster unfolding in Ukraine culture has become a 21st century frontier, let's look at who's cancelling culture for Russia.

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Hundreds sing outside Russian ambassador`s residence and Russian embassy in Reykjavik

Hundreds gathered outside the Russian embassy in Reykjavík this morning, to sing in support of Ukraine. The haunting music outside was met with silence from within.

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Anna Netrebko off the Met Opera programme for silence on Putin

The famous soprano had already decided to take a break but the Met took a stance after lack of public distancing from the Russian leadership.

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Ukrainian and Russian opera stars in emotional embrace after a show

As they hugged, in a symbolic gesture of peace and friendship, the stars were applauded by the audience, and shouts of "peace, peace, peace."

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Verdi's 'Don Carlos' opens at Met Opera using original French libretto

“Don Carlos” is Verdi’s longest opera at more than five hours uncut, with intermissions.

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Madrid's COVID-hit 'La Boheme' replaces both casts in just 24 hours

The opera encountered staggering complications when members of both cast rotations tested positive, forcing them to get creative.

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Euroviews. Culture 2021 Year in Review - Julia Bullock: Performance and progress

Soprano, speaker and curator Julia Bullock discusses her thoughts and feelings about 2021, and its impact on performers and progressiveness.

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Ludovic Tezier shines in Verdi's dark epic ''Simon Boccanegra"

Musica meets French baritone Ludovic Tézier, the lead role in Verdi's dark drama Simon Boccanegra at the Zurich Opera House.

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Classical crossover superstar Carlos Marín of Il Divo dies at 53

The Spanish operatic singer passed away at an English hospital after falling ill with complications from COVID-19.

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Paris Opera - attracting a younger audience

The new Music Director of the Paris Opera is aiming to attract a younger audience to opera with a little help from accessible tickets and wicked plots

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The Scottish Play the Italian way: La Scala season opens with Verdi

Star soprano Anna Netrebko gave her Lady Macbeth in Milan.

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Exuberant and minimalistic - a thrilling “Rigoletto” with tenor Benjamin Bernheim

Verdi’s vibrant masterpiece Rigoletto is currently being staged at the Liceu in Barcelona. Musica caught up with French tenor Benjamin Bernheim.

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Breakdancing opera singer makes Met Opera debut

Jakub Józef Orliński will be featured in the new opera "Eurydice" by young composer Matthew Aucoin which is set to premiere Tuesday, Nov. 23.

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Wagner's epic 'Die Meistersinger' electrifies the Met

The Metropolitan Opera in New York stages the longest opera in the repertoire and also marks the triumphant return of Maestro Antonio Pappano to its podium for the first time in nearly 25 years.

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Operalia's rising stars take the Bolshoi by storm

Musica meets the rising stars of opera at 28th edition of Operalia, held this year for the first time at Moscow's iconic Bolshoi theatre.

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Bernard Haitink, 'unshowy' dutch conductor, dies aged 92

Haitink was nominated for nine Grammy Awards and won two, for 2003 opera recording with the Royal Opera for Janácek’s “Jenufa” and for 2008 orchestral performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 4.

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Jonas Kaufmann mesmerises Athens in a stunning setting

For more than 20 years, tenor Jonas Kaufmann has been singing at opera houses all over the world. Now he has made his debut at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens.