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A 'Dune' sequel and 'Mad Max' prequel; Springsteen, Olivia Rodrigo and Nicki Minaj; 'Dragon's Dogma II'; an AI ballet -- here's what's hot in 2024.

A 'Dune' sequel and 'Mad Max' prequel; Springsteen, Olivia Rodrigo and Nicki Minaj; 'Dragon's Dogma II'; an AI ballet -- here's what's hot in 2024.

‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ has its final screening at Spazju Kreattiv Cinema on December 30

MANHATTAN (PIX11) — It’s a history-making moment on stage. The first Spanish-language opera in almost a century is now performing at the Met.   The lead of the production playing at the Met is now a world-famous opera singer with Mexican roots. Ailyn Perez hopes the groundbreaking show will have deep meaning for the Hispanic […]

Just as the Met’s debut of Mexican composer Daniel Catan’s FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS (FLORENCE IN THE AMAZON) began the other day, a member of the audience yelled out “Viva la ópera en español!” (“Long live opera in Spanish!”). And that was before a single note of the composer’s lyric, highly accessible and heavy-on-the-Puccini score was played.

NEW YORK — For the first time in nearly a century, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City will stage a performance in Spanish on Thursday, as the company works to expand its appeal to wider audiences.“Florencia en el Amazonas” is a magical realist telling of an opera diva’s journey to South America to find her long lost lover, a butterfly hunter who disappeared in the jungle.

For the first time in nearly a century, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City will stage a performance in Spanish on Thursday, as the company works to expand its appeal to wider audiences.In 1926, the Met staged "La vida breve" by Manuel de Falla, 10 years after it produced "Goyescas," from the Spanish composer Enrique Granados. 

For the first time in nearly a century, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City will stage a performance in Spanish on Thursday, as the company works to expand its appeal to wider audiences.

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The Metropolitan Opera is broadening its repertoire this season by performing more recent operas alongside classics like “La Boheme.” This fall the company will stage “Dead Man Walking,” “X: The