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Former Metropolitan Opera GM Joseph Volpe Sojourns to Sarasota for the Winter, Talks Bird Watching and Beach Walking

Former Metropolitan Opera general manager, Joseph Volpe, has made an astounding career at the company. And as of late Volpe and his wife Jean, a ballet teacher and former principal soloist with the company, plan on wintering on Longboat Key and opening a new opera house in Athens, Greece.
By Ian Holubiak

  • Metropolitan Opera Offers $25 Low-Price Tickets for Performances, Takes a Rocky Start

    Many Rust Belt cities in the U.S. have been experimenting with a new theory, "low-cost high culture," and have been yielding higher net profits. While the idea is sound, major cultural institutions like the Metropolitan Opera have tried a similar experiment but haven't found the same success.
    By Ian Holubiak

  • Renée Fleming Will Make Her Broadway Debut in 'Living on Love' in April, Written by Joe DiPietro and Directed by Kathleen Marshall

    Grammy Award-winning opera singer Renée Fleming will make her Broadway debut this spring in a new play titled "Living on Love," a comedy based on none other then an opera diva, according to "The New York Times."In "Living on Love," Fleming will play opera singer Raquel De Angelis, whose conductor-husband starts to fall for a woman hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography. She retaliates by hiring her own ghostwriter but also gets romantically attached.Fleming will only sing a little in the play, some improvised a cappella.“I’ve spent my life singing tragic characters, so to be able to make people laugh is an extraordinary joy,” said Fleming.Written by Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro ("Memphis"), Living is based on the play "Peccadillo" by Garson Kanin.
    By Jaime Prisco