Posts Tagged ‘metropolitan’

Art Review: ‘Renaissance Portrait From Donatello to Bellini’ – Review

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

“The Renaissance Portrait From Donatello to Bellini” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows how subjects flaunted their connections.

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Art Review: ‘Renaissance Portrait From Donatello to Bellini’ – Review

Opera Singer Wendy White in Stable Condition After a Fall at the Met

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

The mezzo-soprano Wendy White fell from a platform eight feet above the stage during a performance of Gounod’s “Faust” at the Metropolitan Opera.

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Opera Singer Wendy White in Stable Condition After a Fall at the Met

Questions over Dowler voicemails

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Milly Dowler’s voicemails were “most likely” deleted automatically and not by journalists, the Metropolitan Police tells the Leveson Inquiry.

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Questions over Dowler voicemails

Stevens reviews police for Labour

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Stevens is launching his review of policing at the request of the Labour party.

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Stevens reviews police for Labour

Art Review: ‘Storytelling in Japanese Art’ at the Met – Review

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

“Storytelling in Japanese Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals the narrative side of Japanese art in a lavish assortment of hand scrolls, hanging scrolls, screens and books.

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Met probed over funeral gun death

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

The Metropolitan Police is to be investigated over whether it could have prevented trouble at a funeral that resulted in the death of an innocent bystander.

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Met probed over funeral gun death

Music Review: Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Siegfried’ Is Led by Impressive Singing

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Robert Lepage’s production of Wagner’s “Siegfried” opened Thursday night at the Metropolitan Opera with strong singing, remarkable playing, and a creaking set.

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Music Review: Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Siegfried’ Is Led by Impressive Singing

Art Review: The Met’s New Islamic Galleries – Review

Friday, October 28th, 2011

After eight years of renovations, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has 15 new galleries for more than 1,200 works of Islamic culture going back more than a millennium.

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Art Review: The Met’s New Islamic Galleries – Review

Scotland Yard missing diary probe

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

The Metropolitan Police launches an inquiry to find the missing diary of Lord Stevens, its former commissioner.

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Scotland Yard missing diary probe

BNP facing accusations of fraud

Monday, October 10th, 2011

The British National Party faces investigations by the EU and the Metropolitan Police for alleged fraud and breaches of electoral law.

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BNP facing accusations of fraud

City Room: Long Island Rail Road Expects Near Normal Morning Service

Friday, September 30th, 2011

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced the resumption of “near normal” service for Friday morning’s Long Island Rail Road commute.

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City Room: Long Island Rail Road Expects Near Normal Morning Service

Dizaei to get Met Police job back

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Former Metropolitan Police commander Ali Dizaei is to be given his job back after he won an appeal against his dismissal.

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Dizaei to get Met Police job back

Art Review: Putting Names to the Greats of Indian Art

Friday, September 30th, 2011

“ ‘Wonder of the Age’: Master Painters of India, 1100-1900,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, focuses on identifying 40 artists of transcendent works.

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Art Review: Putting Names to the Greats of Indian Art

The Metropolitan Opera Performs Donizetti’s ‘Anna Bolena’

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

The soprano Anna Netrebko performed the punishing title role in Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” to open the Metropolitan Opera’s season.

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The Metropolitan Opera Performs Donizetti’s ‘Anna Bolena’

The Dilemma of James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, is in a sticky situation when it comes to the ailing James Levine, the ensemble’s music director.

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The Dilemma of James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera