This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows Ryan McKinny as Joseph De Rocher, left, and Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean in Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking," which opens the Metropolitan Opera season on Sept. 26. (Karen Almond/Met Opera via AP) AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS THIRD PARTY PHOTO SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON FACTS DEPICTED IN IMAGE; MUST BE USED WITHIN 14 DAYS FROM TRANSMISSION; NO ARCHIVING; NO LICENSING; MANDATORY CREDIT

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By AP News Published Sep 11, 2023 09:05 am NEW YORK (AP) — A Ukrainian composer has been commissioned to write an opera about mothers from that country going into Russia to rescue their forcibly detained children. The Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater said Monday that 42-year-old Maxim Kolomiiets will compose the work to a libretto by George Brant, whose 'Grounded' with composer Jeanine Tesori premieres at the Washington National Opera on Oct. 28 and travels to the Met in the autumn of 2024.

https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/world/3225064/met-opera-lincoln-center-theater-commission-work-about-detained-ukrainian-children.html

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Russian soprano Anna Netrebko bows to the audience at the end of La Scala opera house's gala season opener, Giacomo Puccini's opera 'Tosca' at the Milan La Scala theater, Italy, on Dec. 7, 2019. Soprano Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Opera's biggest box-office draws, sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations related to the institution's decision to drop her following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) Soprano Anna Netrbko , once among the Metropolitan Opera's biggest box-office draws, sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb on Friday, Aug.

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/512789/russian-star-soprano-anna-netrebko-sues-met-opera-after-it-dropped-her-following-russia-ukraine-war

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Rolando Villazón as Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Met's abridged, family-friendly version of Mozart's musical fairy tale returns for the holiday season, with Maestro Duncan Ward making his company debut conducting Julie Taymor's irresistible production. Duncan Ward conducts Joélle Harvey (Pamina), Aleksandra Olczyk (Queen of the Night), Ben Bliss (Tamino), and Joshua Hopkins (Papageno).

https://www.wfmt.com/2022/12/24/mozarts-the-magic-flute-abridged-english-language-version-3/

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Ubisoft's Roller Champions will reportedly be canceled soon despite launching in May this year. Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb has stated on the Xbox Era podcast that 'Roller Champions is gonna be canceled after Season 3.' The third-person free-to-play 3v3 multiplayer game was first announced at E3 2019 and is developed by Ubisoft Montreal. A Roller Champions cancellation would not be too surprising Grubb claims that Roller Champions' pending cancellation is 'breaking news' and that he received the message the day before the podcast aired.

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2022/07/25/roller-champions-canceled-ubisoft-montreal-cancellation-report/

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This image provided by Met Opera shows Sonya Yoncheva in the title role of Giordano's "Fedora." (Ken Howard/Met Opera via AP) AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS THIRD PARTY PHOTO SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON FACTS DEPICTED IN IMAGE; MUST BE USED WITHIN 14 DAYS FROM TRANSMISSION; NO ARCHIVING; NO LICENSING; MANDATORY CREDIT

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Michael Spyres as Idomeneo and Ying Fang as Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo (Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera) A performance from Fall 2022: The opera that announced the young Mozart 's genius to the world returns to the Met stage, with acclaimed maestro Manfred Honeck making a notable company debut on the podium. A distinguished cast of leading Mozarteans comes together to bring the moving drama and dazzling arias to life, with tenor Michael Spyres in the title role of the ancient Cretan king, alongside mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey as the noble prince Idamante and soprano Ying Fang as his conflicted beloved, Ilia.

https://www.wfmt.com/2023/04/22/mozarts-idomeneo/

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NEW YORK (AP) - The Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of three major labor deals needed for the New York company to resume performances in September...

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Rachel BrosnahanFILE - Rachel Brosnahan wears a Time's Up ribbon as she poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actress in a television series, musical or comedy for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" at the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 6, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Five years after making its public debut, the #MeToo-era's Time's Up organization is ceasing operations and shifting funds to its legal defense fund, according to the group's board chair in an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, Jan.

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FILE - People appear in Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house at Lincoln Center in New York on March 12, 2020. The Met Opera will not start a new production of Wagner's Ring Cycle in 2025 and is not sure whether it will move ahead with plans to present a staging of the tetralogy by director Richard Jones. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) MARCH 12, 2020 FILE PHOTO

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Gen Z are the first generation to start their careers in a post-Me Too era. But how much the anti-harassment movement really shifted workplace culture is still up for debate. Like many women, I remember watching the Me Too movement mushroom as I scrolled through Facebook and Twitter in October 2017. While the hashtag #MeToo was first used in 2006 by black feminist activist Tarana Burke , who wanted to tackle sexual violence within her own community, it gained momentum following a viral tweet by actress Alyssa Milano after Harvey Weinstein's crimes were exposed.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230307-did-me-too-change-the-workplace-for-gen-z

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