Observer

The Met’s Crowd-Pleasing ‘Andrea Chénier’ Is Marred By Miscast Lovers

The opera house’s current revival, its first in nearly a dozen years, features an attractive, HD-ready cast that only ...
Colorado Public Radio

The Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts return for the 2025-26 season!

From Dec. 6, 2025, through May 30, 2026, the Saturday Matinee Broadcast Season from the Metropolitan Opera is chalk full of ...
New York Post

Metropolitan Opera’s Peter Gelb blames Trump for sales slump — but needs to look in the mirror

Blaming the president is a popular pastime these days, but one of America’s cultural leaders has come up with something really novel in the genre. “Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped ...
The New York Times

At the Met Opera House, the Control Room Brings ‘Kavalier & Clay’ to Life

Performances in N.Y.C. At the Metropolitan Opera, a cramped studio at the back of the hall is a command tower, controlling the show’s elaborate video and effects. At the Metropolitan Opera, a cramped ...
Observer

In the Met’s Many Revivals, Sometimes Second Casts Finish First

Peter Kálmán, Alexey Zhilikhovsky and Aigul Akhmetshina as Bartolo, Figaro and Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Photo: Jonathan Tichler/Met Opera The closure of opera houses caused by the COVID-19 ...
The New York Times

How the Metropolitan Opera Feeds Its Over-the-Top Appetites

When the curtain goes down onstage, it goes up at the Met’s restaurant, bars and staff cafeteria. When the curtain goes down onstage, it goes up at the Met’s restaurant, bars and staff cafeteria. The ...