The Metropolitan Opera has been making headlines lately — for all the wrong reasons. It’s not that the country’s oldest ...

Charles Edwards’s deceptively traditional, exceptionally sung production of Bellini’s “I Puritani” makes space for its stars. By Joshua Barone The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s “I ...

This multi-character adaptation of George Brant's acclaimed play is a production that wrestles with the ethical quandaries and psychological toll of 21st-century warfare. Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily ...

Young, aspiring opera singers from across the United States will soon have a chance to perform at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in Columbia. The competition is the world's most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Metropolitan Opera House is laying off staff, cutting salaries and its program, and even considering selling historic pieces ...

Dressed in a flight suit, mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo portrays a fighter pilot named Jess, who unexpectedly falls in love, gets pregnant and has to drop out of the military. It's the story of ...

Derrick Goff, onetime vocal coach at the Metropolitan Opera: “I grew up surrounded by church music, choirs, piano playing. I started taking languages. There’s vocal music in other countries, operas, ...

Representatives of Sybil B. Harrington, a Texas oil heiress who died in 1998, are suing the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, to recover $5-million of Mrs. Harrington’s donations that they say were ...

PORT ANGELES — We’re in Paris. Violetta Valéry, a courtesan who’s led a restless life, meets a fellow named Alfredo Germont. They’re at a party together, and she soon learns that he’s been fascinated ...

Sure, Tom Turkey looms large this month, but other highlights include a magic show with Muppets, Patti Smith and “Horses,” and wrestling drag queens. By Erik Piepenburg The Metropolitan Opera’s ...

Soprano Lisette Oropesa discusses taking on the role of Violetta in Verdi’s timeless masterpiece La Traviata. 2025–26 season. Videography by Neville Braithwaite. Following the larger-scale dramas of ...