http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/opera Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/polish-orchestra-plays_n_1553169.html 2012-05-29T12:42:29Z 2012-05-29T12:53:59Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WARSAW, Poland &mdash; A Polish opera house has performed Mozart's Requiem &ndash; a funeral piece &ndash; in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/chamber-opera">Chamber Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/mozart">Mozart</a>, <a href="/tag/poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/tag/budget-cuts">Budget Cuts</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/polish-opera-protest">Polish Opera Protest</a>, <a href="/tag/funding">Funding</a>, <a href="/tag/orchestra">Orchestra</a>, <a href="/tag/bogdan-zdrojewski">Bogdan Zdrojewski</a>, <a href="/tag/warsaw-opera">Warsaw Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/culture-minister">Culture Minister</a>, <a href="/tag/requiem">Requiem</a>, <a href="/tag/opera-budget-cuts">Opera Budget Cuts</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/facebook-opera_n_1551978.html 2012-05-29T08:26:00Z 2012-05-29T06:26:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By Joachim Dagenborg and Balazs Koranyi OSLO (Reuters) - Facebook is under pressure to make money from the increasing number of users w... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/opera-facebook">Opera Facebook</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-opera">Facebook Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/reuters">Reuters</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-to-buy-opera">Facebook to Buy Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-buying-opera">Facebook Buying Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-buy-opera">Facebook Buy Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/mobole">Mobole</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/26/berlin-staatsoper-reopeni_n_1547646.html 2012-05-26T09:30:41Z 2012-05-26T09:37:48Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ BERLIN &mdash; Officials say Berlin's Staatsoper opera house will not reopen until 2015 after a new problem arose at the building site in the German c... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/berlin-staatsoper">Berlin Staatsoper</a>, <a href="/tag/staatsoper-reopening">Staatsoper Reopening</a>, <a href="/tag/staatsoper-closed">Staatsoper Closed</a>, <a href="/tag/berlin-opera">Berlin Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/staatsoper-construction">Staatsoper Construction</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/germany-opera">Germany Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/staatsoper-renovation">Staatsoper Renovation</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/nina-stemme-triumphs-in-s_n_1545826.html 2012-05-25T11:43:00Z 2012-05-25T11:43:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK &mdash; Someone forgot to tell Nina Stemme that the opera season here is supposed to be over. Thank goodness!<br /> <br /> The Swedish soprano brought a ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/opera-star">Opera Star</a>, <a href="/tag/theater">Theater</a>, <a href="/tag/nina-stemme">Nina Stemme</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york">New York</a>, <a href="/tag/carnegie-hall">Carnegie Hall</a>, <a href="/tag/opera-review">Opera Review</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/salome">Salome</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susanne-mentzer/blood-opera-hazards_b_1533208.html 2012-05-22T09:32:10Z 2012-05-22T09:31:54Z Susanne Mentzer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susanne-mentzer/ While singing he kept signaling with his eyes for me to look at my knees. There I saw my bloody knee soaking my white stockings. Apparently while crawling on the deck (stage floor) I ripped it open on a nail. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/american-guild-of-musical-artists">American Guild of Musical Artists</a>, <a href="/tag/count-almaviva">Count Almaviva</a>, <a href="/tag/le-nozze-di-figaro">Le Nozze Di Figaro</a>, <a href="/tag/opera-theatre-of-st-louis">Opera Theatre of St. Louis</a>, <a href="/tag/cherubino">Cherubino</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/20/spoleto-festival-2012-philip-glass_n_1530749.html 2012-05-20T08:12:32Z 2012-05-20T08:12:32Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ CHARLESTON, S.C. &mdash; The Spoleto Festival USA opens its 36th season Friday and among the planned performances is an opera by American composer Phi... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/philip-glass-kepler">Philip Glass Kepler</a>, <a href="/tag/spoleto-festival-2012">Spoleto Festival 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/spoleto-festival-philip-glass-opera">Spoleto Festival Philip Glass Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/kepler-opera-premiere">Kepler Opera Premiere</a>, <a href="/tag/spoleto-festival-philip-glass">Spoleto Festival Philip Glass</a>, <a href="/tag/philip-glass-opera-premiere">Philip Glass Opera Premiere</a>, <a href="/tag/kepler">Kepler</a>, <a href="/tag/kepler-opera">Kepler Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/spoleto-festival">Spoleto Festival</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/how-high-or-low-can-you-g_n_1528635.html 2012-05-18T17:06:36Z 2012-05-18T17:24:53Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ If you're anything like us, at some point in your life you've been overcome with an uncontrollable urge to sing the highest or lowest note you can. If... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/how-high-or-low-can-you-go">How High or Low Can You Go</a>, <a href="/tag/how-high-can-you-go">How High Can You Go</a>, <a href="/tag/jennifer-rivera">Jennifer Rivera</a>, <a href="/tag/high-note">High Note</a>, <a href="/tag/musical-theater">Musical Theater</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/high">High</a>, <a href="/tag/low-note">Low Note</a>, <a href="/tag/how-low-can-you-go">How Low Can You Go</a>, <a href="/tag/low">Low</a>, <a href="/tag/music">Music</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/carmel-dean">Carmel Dean</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/dietrich-fischer-dieskau-dead_n_1527968.html 2012-05-18T13:52:58Z 2012-05-18T13:52:58Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ BERLIN &mdash; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the renowned German baritone who performed for more than five decades on stages in Berlin, Vienna, London and... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/dietrich-fischer-dieskau">Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau</a>, <a href="/tag/baritone-opera-singer-dead">Baritone Opera Singer Dead</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/dietrich-fischer-dieskau-dies">Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Dies</a>, <a href="/tag/dietrich-fischer-dieskau-dead">Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Dead</a>, <a href="/tag/dietrich-fischer-dieskau-death">Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Death</a>, <a href="/tag/dietrich-fischer-dieskau-opera">Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Opera</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/pavarotti-manager-dead_n_1525809.html 2012-05-17T18:06:25Z 2012-05-17T18:10:47Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK &mdash; Herbert Breslin, the hard-driving manager who helped propel Luciano Pavarotti to international fame during the 36 years they worked t... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/france">France</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/herbert-breslin">Herbert Breslin</a>, <a href="/tag/herbert-breslin-heart-attack">Herbert Breslin Heart Attack</a>, <a href="/tag/pavarottis-manager">Pavarotti&#039;s Manager</a>, <a href="/tag/luciano-pavarotti">Luciano Pavarotti</a>, <a href="/tag/herbert-breslin-death">Herbert Breslin Death</a>, <a href="/tag/herbert-breslin-dead">Herbert Breslin Dead</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-rivera/opera-kissing_b_1524284.html 2012-05-17T13:27:24Z 2012-05-17T13:31:14Z Jennifer Rivera http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-rivera/ I always prefer to get the kissing out of the way right away so that the awkwardness dissolves by opening night. Plus, it's better to not be surprised by the fact that your tenor is actually an open mouthed wet kisser, or that your soprano is a closed lip face presser. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/kissing">Kissing</a>, <a href="/tag/lysistrata">Lysistrata</a>, <a href="/tag/love-scenes">Love Scenes</a>, <a href="/tag/music">Music</a>, <a href="/tag/opera-kissing">Opera Kissing</a>, <a href="/tag/kissing-on-stage">Kissing on Stage</a>, <a href="/tag/sex-scenes">Sex Scenes</a>, <a href="/tag/stage-kissing">Stage Kissing</a>, <a href="/tag/opera-kisses">Opera Kisses</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/new-york-city-opera-season-orpheus_n_1524034.html 2012-05-17T09:59:08Z 2012-05-17T10:40:34Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK -- No longer a major institution and now a shrunken, vagabond company, New York City Opera is ending its first season since departing Lincoln... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/orpheus">Orpheus</a>, <a href="/tag/nyc-opera">NYC Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-city-opera">New York City Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/georg-philipp-telemann">Georg Philipp Telemann</a>, <a href="/tag/georg-philipp-telemann-orpheus">Georg Philipp Telemann Orpheus</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-city-opera-orpheus">New York City Opera Orpheus</a>, <a href="/tag/telemann-orpheus">Telemann Orpheus</a>, <a href="/tag/city-opera">City Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/nyc-opera-orpheus">Nyc Opera Orpheus</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-witman/casanova-don-giovanni_b_1519241.html 2012-05-16T09:57:47Z 2012-05-16T09:57:49Z Kim Witman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-witman/ Casanova was a friend of Lorenzo da Ponte, the man who wrote the words to Mozart's <em>Don Giovanni</em>. Casanova, Lorenza da Ponte, and Don Giovanni. A frighteningly powerful intersection of virility, machismo and hubris. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/casanova">Casanova</a>, <a href="/tag/lorenzo-da-ponte">Lorenzo Da Ponte</a>, <a href="/tag/wolf-trap-opera-company">Wolf Trap Opera Company</a>, <a href="/tag/don-giovanni">Don Giovanni</a>, <a href="/tag/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a>, <a href="/tag/mozart">Mozart</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susanne-mentzer/mother-opera-singer-voice-memory_b_1518681.html 2012-05-15T17:23:08Z 2012-05-15T19:24:53Z Susanne Mentzer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susanne-mentzer/ Since Mother's Day I have been reflecting on my singing career and motherhood. Prior to Sunday my memories where more of my late mother, who herself was born with a gorgeous operatic voice. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/mother-opera-singer-voice-memory">Mother Opera Singer Voice Memory</a>, <a href="/tag/operatic-singing">Operatic Singing</a>, <a href="/tag/singing-voice">Singing Voice</a>, <a href="/tag/mother-opera-singer">Mother Opera Singer</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/12/hi-art-art-education_n_1500671.html 2012-05-12T14:31:29Z 2012-05-12T09:54:35Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Most educational programs, even those with solid art programs, portray art as a reprieve from homework and arithmetic. Frivolous and fun, art is a way... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/hi-art">Hi Art!</a>, <a href="/tag/creativity">Creativity</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-arts-education">New York Arts Education</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/cyndie-bellen-berthezene">Cyndie Bellen-Berthézène</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/tanya-bonakdur-gallery">Tanya Bonakdur Gallery</a>, <a href="/tag/art-education">Art Education</a>, <a href="/tag/arts-education">Arts Education</a>, <a href="/tag/impact-creativity">Impact Creativity</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allan-m-jalon/orpheus-new-york-city-opera-_b_1504900.html 2012-05-10T16:13:04Z 2012-05-10T16:15:33Z Allan M. Jalon http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allan-m-jalon/ <em>Orpheus</em>, considered by some Telemann's masterpiece, opens its run of four performances Saturday at the Teatro del Museo del Barrio by the New York City Opera. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/steel">Steel</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-city-opera">New York City Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/baroque">Baroque</a>, <a href="/tag/music">Music</a>, <a href="/tag/telemann">Telemann</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york">New York</a>, <a href="/tag/orpheus">Orpheus</a>, <a href="/tag/taichman">Taichman</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessie-b-ramey/pittsburgh-opera-corbett_b_1505917.html 2012-05-10T09:31:41Z 2012-05-10T09:45:56Z Jessie B. Ramey http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessie-b-ramey/ Instead of honoring Gov. Corbett with an award for his contributions to education, the Pittsburgh Opera ought to stage The Beggars Opera to recognize how public schools are going hat in hand, hoping to salvage their arts curriculum with donations. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/pittsburgh-opera-honor">Pittsburgh Opera Honor</a>, <a href="/tag/pittsburgh-opera">Pittsburgh Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/pittsburgh-opera-corbett">Pittsburgh Opera Corbett</a>, <a href="/tag/corbett">Corbett</a>, <a href="/tag/governor-corbett">Governor Corbett</a>, <a href="/tag/pittsburgh-opera-governor-corbett">Pittsburgh Opera Governor Corbett</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-j-kushner/experiments-in-opera-unde_b_1503670.html 2012-05-09T15:05:17Z 2012-05-09T15:05:09Z Daniel J. Kushner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-j-kushner/ This seemingly evasive conceit reflects a decidedly nuanced approach to the storied, well-trodden path that is Opera -- openly acknowledging more recent "experimental" precedents even while turning further back in operatic history for creative inspiration. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/aaron-siegel">Aaron Siegel</a>, <a href="/tag/jason-cady">Jason Cady</a>, <a href="/tag/avant-garde">Avant-Garde</a>, <a href="/tag/brother-brother">Brother Brother</a>, <a href="/tag/contemporary-classical">Contemporary Classical</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/tag/arts">Arts</a>, <a href="/tag/happiness-is-the-problem">Happiness Is the Problem</a>, <a href="/tag/borges-and-the-other">Borges and the Other</a>, <a href="/tag/baroque-music">Baroque Music</a>, <a href="/tag/renaissance-music">Renaissance Music</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-city">New York City</a>, <a href="/tag/matthew-welch">Matthew Welch</a>, <a href="/tag/experiments-in-opera">Experiments in Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/roulette">Roulette</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-browning/billy-budd-lincoln-center_b_1494166.html 2012-05-08T09:22:15Z 2012-05-08T09:21:45Z David Browning http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-browning/ I was thrilled to learn the Met was to revive its beautiful 1978 production of Mr. Benjamin Britten's masterpiece <em>Billy Budd,</em> based on Mr. Melville's novella of the same name. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/the-metropolitan-opera">The Metropolitan Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/benjamin-britten">Benjamin Britten</a>, <a href="/tag/billy-budd">Billy Budd</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-around-town">New York Around Town</a>, <a href="/tag/lincoln-center">Lincoln Center</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susanne-mentzer/the-time-of-my-life_b_1477900.html 2012-05-04T17:36:28Z 2012-05-04T17:36:17Z Susanne Mentzer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susanne-mentzer/ I find myself now in St. Louis rehearsing Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd for performances with the Opera Theatre of St Louis. The last time I sang with the company was in 1983. And here I am, having the time of my life. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/broadway-musicals">Broadway Musicals</a>, <a href="/tag/classical-music">Classical Music</a>, <a href="/tag/musicals">Musicals</a>, <a href="/tag/opera-theatre-of-st-louis">Opera Theatre of St. Louis</a>, <a href="/tag/over-50">Over 50</a>, <a href="/tag/aging-baby-boomers">Aging Baby Boomers</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-rivera/shouldnt-you-be-fatter_b_1474908.html 2012-05-03T15:51:10Z 2012-05-03T15:52:01Z Jennifer Rivera http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-rivera/ Because everybody assumes that opera singers are fat, and because it's still okay to openly mock and disregard overweight people in our society, there is really no reason to even imagine what it means to actually be an opera singer. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/chris-mann">Chris Mann</a>, <a href="/tag/weight-concern">Weight Concern</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/the-voice">The Voice</a>, <a href="/tag/adele">Adele</a>, <a href="/tag/arts">Arts</a>, <a href="/tag/music-school">Music School</a>, <a href="/tag/obesity">Obesity</a>, <a href="/tag/culture">Culture</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/30/opera-news-awards-2012-peter-sellars_n_1463861.html 2012-04-30T07:10:15Z 2012-04-30T07:15:58Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK &mdash; Director Peter Sellars has won a special award along with four of the world's best singers.<br /> <br /> On Sunday, the prestigious Opera News Aw... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/peter-sellars">Peter Sellars</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-sellars-opera-news-awards">Peter Sellars Opera News Awards</a>, <a href="/tag/dmitri-hvorostovsky">Dmitri Hvorostovsky</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/opera-news-awards-2012">Opera News Awards 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/anja-silja">Anja Silja</a>, <a href="/tag/karita-mattila">Karita Mattila</a>, <a href="/tag/opera-news-awards">Opera News Awards</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-mattei">Peter Mattei</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-witman/don-giovanni-production_b_1448682.html 2012-04-25T12:48:17Z 2012-04-25T12:48:34Z Kim Witman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-witman/ It seems that when we look at Don Giovanni, what we see are our own cultural obsessions peering back at us. In the late 20th century, we began to see Giovanni increasingly as a man in existential crisis. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/wolf-trap">Wolf Trap</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/wolf-trap-opera-company">Wolf Trap Opera Company</a>, <a href="/tag/mozart">Mozart</a>, <a href="/tag/don-giovanni">Don Giovanni</a>, <a href="/tag/don-juan">Don Juan</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-browning/how-do-you-get-to-carnegi_b_1452399.html 2012-04-25T11:51:14Z 2012-04-25T12:39:43Z David Browning http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-browning/ This was the Carnegie Hall debut for soprano Jennifer Rowley and tenor Noah Baetge, likely for mezzo Leann Sandel-Pantaleo and bass Harold Wilson as well. The fact that all four had issues in keeping with the conductor would seem to indict the conductor rather than any of them. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/verdi">Verdi</a>, <a href="/tag/verdi-requiem">Verdi Requiem</a>, <a href="/tag/carnegie-hall">Carnegie Hall</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/houston-opera-don-carlos_n_1446389.html 2012-04-23T13:38:16Z 2012-04-23T13:47:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ HOUSTON -- One of the grandest of grand operas, Verdi's "Don Carlos" is rarely performed with every note of music the composer wrote for its 1867 prem... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/verdi">Verdi</a>, <a href="/tag/verdi-don-carlos">Verdi Don Carlos</a>, <a href="/tag/don-carlos-houston-opera">Don Carlos Houston Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/don-carlos">Don Carlos</a>, <a href="/tag/houston-opera">Houston Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/houston-grand-opera">Houston Grand Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/friedrich-schiller">Friedrich Schiller</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/22/la-traviata-natalie-dessay_n_1443657.html 2012-04-22T09:40:18Z 2012-04-22T09:47:02Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK -- Natalie Dessay needed a relief soprano at the Metropolitan Opera.<br /> <br /> After struggling through the first act of Verdi's "La Traviata" on Satu... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/la-traviata-understudy">La Traviata Understudy</a>, <a href="/tag/la-traviata-hei-kyung-hong">La Traviata Hei-Kyung Hong</a>, <a href="/tag/natalie-dessay">Natalie Dessay</a>, <a href="/tag/opera">Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/la-traviata-natalie-dessay">La Traviata Natalie Dessay</a>, <a href="/tag/met-opera">Met Opera</a>, <a href="/tag/hei-kyung-hong">Hei-Kyung Hong</a>, <a href="/tag/la-traviata">La Traviata</a>, <a href="/culture">Culture News</a></p>