Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said a security guard was absent from his post when two people climbed onstage at a ...

The Met eschews an edition sanctioned by Strauss that eliminates one intermission by joining the second and third acts, which ...

English National Opera’s staging of Britten’s 1947 opera Albert Herring - Alastair Muir Seething beneath the comic surface of Britten’s witty 1947 opera Albert Herring is social criticism of the ...

What makes a truly great classical album? It’s not just flawless technique or pristine sound – though the finest recordings have both in abundance. The greatest classical albums are those in which ...

“In turning the idea of the superhero over in my mind, I came to realize that I am less interested in the grand gestures of the good, the courageous, the exemplary, than in the day-to-day heroism of ...

They used to say the opera was as much about being seen as the thing you’re seeing. Sen. Chuck Schumer found that out the hard way on Sunday when he was booed for not yet endorsing Zohran Mamdani, who ...

Like many contemporary operas, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” by Mason Bates, a commissioned work that opened the Metropolitan Opera season on Sunday evening, walks the line between ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Miles Mykkanen grew up wanting to sing and dance on Broadway, but he was turned down by the musical theater programs he applied to for college. So he had to “settle” for studying opera ...

Earlier this month the Metropolitan Opera, America’s largest performing-arts institution, which opens its 2025-26 season on Sunday, announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi ...

The Metropolitan Opera will travel to Saudi Arabia to perform under an agreement with the Saudi Music Commission — ANGELA WEISS The Metropolitan Opera in New York announced Wednesday an agreement to ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s credit rating has been downgraded for the second time this year, a sign of deepening financial problems at the nation’s largest performing arts organization. Citing ...

Tamara Wilson as Brünnhilde in dress rehearsal of Santa Fe Opera production of Wagner's 'Die Walküre' at the Crosby Theatre in Santa Fe, N.M. in July 2025. Curtis Brown / Santa Fe Opera SANTA FE, N.M.