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NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been quite a year for conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, forming an orchestra from scratch, leading it on a 12-city tour, and then as soon as it disbanded going straight to the Metropolitan Opera to prepare for an opening-week debut.

The company started its season performing “Medea,” “Idomeneo” and “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” three of opera’s most distinctive scores, with care and passion.

JUST ANNOUNCED! See Don Carlo at Metropolitan Opera, HADESTOWN on Broadway, and a special LIVE conversation with two of the most extraordinary culinary artists of our time: Ina Garten and Nigella Lawson! Make a donation during All Classical Portland’s 2022 Fall Fundraiser, and you’ll be entered to win this very special Classical and Culinary Tour...

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” - (PG; 2 hours, 4 minutes)- From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes this much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon reunites the beloved cast as they go on a grand journey to the South of France to...

Is there another Shakespearean drama filled with as many quotable quotes as “Hamlet” (even when they’re used out of context and given a foreign meaning)? But “To be or not to be” is surely the most referenced and, certainly, in the new operatic HAMLET currently at the Met by Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn, in Neil Armfield’s thoughtful, urgent production, it's given the best showcase. Indeed, it helps shed a different light on the hero of the story.

/PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Opera presented the North American premiere of Australian composer Brett Deans Hamlet, a bold adaptation...

/PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Opera presented the North American premiere of Australian composer Brett Deans Hamlet, a bold adaptation...

Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn's new English language adaptation makes its North American debut.

Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn’s adaptation of the classic play is both traditional and innovative, elegant and passionate.

Brett Dean's Hamlet will run May 13-June 9.