Bolshoi, Met in opera tie-up for first time
Moscow
RUSSIA'S Bolshoi theatre and New York's Metropolitan Opera on Monday announced plans to work together for the first time, co-producing three operas all starring Russian soprano Anna Netrebko.
The New York opera house's general manager Peter Gelb and Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin announced the plans at a joint news conference in the Moscow theatre. The theatres will co-produce three operas - Verdi's Aida, Strauss's Salome and Wagner's Lohengrin - to be staged both in Moscow and in New York between 2019 and 2022.
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