As the houselights dim at the Metropolitan Opera, the Julie Taymor–directed The Magic Flute transports viewers into a buoyant and kaleidoscopic fairy-tale dreamworld. This abridged, English-language ...
From Dec. 6, 2025, through May 30, 2026, the Saturday Matinee Broadcast Season from the Metropolitan Opera is chalk full of ...
For more than five years, the Metropolitan Opera has broadcast performances in movie theaters. Now the New York opera company is turning its attention to tablets. Met Opera on Demand is a new ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Standouts included the soprano Lise Davidsen and the Berlin Philharmonic, a new opera by Missy Mazzoli and bits of old ones by Schubert. By Zachary ...
A violent and crass triple stab of brass killed the gaiety. A man in black marched through the pews. As light licked his jowls, the police chief Scarpia, played by Bryn Terfel, revealed himself to the ...
Fantastical and magical. Outrageous and gorgeous. The world class art of opera is back on your radio! Join CPR Classical and listeners worldwide Saturdays at 11 a.m. M.T. for performances from the ...
Polish tenor Piotr Beczała has garnered fine reviews for his title role in Umberto Giordano’s opera Andrea Chénier at the ...
Joyce DiDonato stars in Dead Man Walking, which kicks off the season on Saturday, October 21 The upcoming season also includes audience favorites Roméo et Juliette and Madama Butterfly, as well as a ...
Though there might not be any in-person arias for opera lovers to enjoy, there will be a chance to see some of the iconic past performances from New York's Metropolitan Opera on the big screen at the ...
Angel Blue makes her highly anticipated Met role debut as Aida, the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium of Michael Mayer’s ...
Critics praised the natural way she used her voice to inject character into her roles. She had, one wrote, a sound “perfect for Verdi and Puccini.” By Adam Nossiter Gilda Cruz-Romo, a singer whose ...