Sir David McVicar's witty and efferverscent production of Handel's most popular opera, GIULIO CESARE, arrives at the Met with Natalie Dessay and David Daniels in the leading roles and Harry Bicket on ...

If there were any doubt that Natalie Dessay belonged in the realm of operatic superstars, her acclaimed performance in the Metropolitan Opera's "Lucia di Lamermoor" put it to rest last year. Dessay's ...

Natalie Dessay’s theatrical skills are hard to miss. If you were one of the lucky moviegoers who caught the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of “La Fille du Regiment” earlier this season in theaters, you ...

FILE - In this Friday, March 30, 2012 file photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, Natalie Dessay plays Violetta in a dress rehearsal of Verdi's "La Traviata," at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

On my free night last week, I went to see “Giulio Cesare.” Because why stay home and catch up with “Smash” when I could be spending four and a half hours at the Met? I’ll refer to my colleague James ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Her character Antonia literally sings herself to death in Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann," but in real life Natalie Dessay says her own upcoming break from opera is not so ...

A year after undergoing surgery on her vocal cords for the second time, the French soprano Natalie Dessay is singing the role of Juliette opposite Ramón Vargas in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the ...

When soprano Natalie Dessay showed up for rehearsals for the 2011 production of “La Traviata” at the annual Aix-en-Provence Festival in France, she encountered a rather unwelcome presence -- a ...

"Becoming Traviata" peeks in on rehearsals as director Jean-François Sivadier prepared soprano Natalie Dessay to play brokenhearted prostitute Violetta in Verdi's opera. Though Dessay flexes ...

Natalie Dessay will return to the Metropolitan Opera in the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor for a run of performances beginning February 24. Lucia is one of Dessay's most acclaimed ...