Tag: Opera

  • Petrit Halilaj’s Opera of Kosovan Memory and Myth

    Art Review Through his fantastical vignettes, Halilaj suggests curiosity about others as a way to neutralize the forces that lead to difference-based violence. Installation view of Petrit Halilaj: An Opera Out of Time at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (© Petrit Halilaj, 2025 / mennour, Paris, ChertLüdde, Berlin and kurimanzutto, New York and Mexico City; photo Staatliche read more

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  • Financially Strapped Met Opera May Sell its Prized Marc Chagall Paintings (But Keep Them in Place)

    New York’s Metropolitan Opera is facing a serious financial crunch, and may sell two beloved Marc Chagall murals to help fill the gap—but if it does, it will leave them in place. Sotheby’s valued the artworks at a total of $55 million, reports the New York Times. Unveiled in 1966, The Sources of Music and read more

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