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To Boo or Not to Boo? Royal Opera Music Chief Defends Vocal Crowds

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Madama Butterfly

Pappano says there is no place like an opera house when the audience explodes with pleasure, although that is more common abroad because many attendees in London are keen to get home.

“I have a theory about this. British audiences … a lot of people have to travel long distances when they leave the opera house. It is not like Vienna, where it is a small area and the applause went on for half an hour. This would never happen in this place … it is short and very intense here.”

Sir Antonio Pappano says: ‘There are other ways to express yourself – don’t clap.’

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Anna Netrebko on Her Creative Process

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Anna Netrebko

How do you prepare yourself to be creative? What’s your ritual?

Every day I try to live as if it’s my last.

What place do you find most conducive to working?

I travel a lot. I can adapt to almost any situation.

What one element is absolutely necessary for your process?

I don’t like people who stop me if I decide to do something.

What time of day do you prefer for working?

I’m definitely better in the morning.

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News: Renée Fleming Is Not Retiring From Opera

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Renée Fleming

The opera firmament was shaken yesterday when a New York Times article, headlined “The Diva Departs: Renée Fleming’s Farewell to Opera,” landed online.

The lengthy piece gave the impression that Fleming, a beloved star of classical music and one of the most successful sopranos of her generation, was ready to call it quits as far as opera was concerned. Her ostensible final performance would come on May 13 in Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier at New York’s Metropolitan Opera.

The key word here is “may.” Truth be told, Fleming has no plans to quit opera at all.

“I never said that I was stepping away from the opera stage for good. Never, never, never did I say that to anybody,” Fleming insisted in a phone conversation from her home in New York City earlier today.

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