Metropolitan Opera
‘Porgy And Bess,’ ‘Akhnaten’ To Lead Met Opera’s 2019-2020 Season
After almost three decades,“Porgy and Bess” is coming back to the Upper West Side.
At The Met, A Kleptomaniac To Dye For
“Marnie” was one of the Hitchcock’s tales of vulnerable beauties psychologically dominated to varying extents by dashing men.
Michael Chabon’s ‘Kavalier & Clay’ May Become An Opera At The Met
Move over, “Ring Cycle,” there’s a new opera epic in the works.
James Levine Fired By Metropolitan Opera Over Sex Harassment Claims
New York’s Metropolitan Opera said on Monday that it had fired its longtime conductor and musical director James Levine.
Should James Levine’s Alleged Sexual Abuse Make Us Reconsider His Music?
How should those who distribute and consume art deal with the artistic legacy of someone accused of sexual harassment and assault?
Met Suspends Conductor James Levine After 3 Men Accuse Him Of Sexual Harassment
The accusations go back to 1968, when according to Chris Brown, Levine abused him at a music school. Brown was 17; Levine 25.
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Among Winners Of Prestigious Metropolitan Opera Competition
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, a 23-year-old countertenor and recent Princeton graduate, was named one of six winners of this year’s Metropolitan National Council Auditions.
The Crowd at the Met Just Got a Whole Lot Younger
The Metropolitan Opera welcomed its first Jewish school group to a dress rehearsal of “The Barber of Seville.” And even though the kids had a lot on their minds, turns out they enjoyed the experience (mostly).
Aside From That, Mrs. Klinghoffer, How Did You Like the Opera?
‘The Death of Klinghoffer’ has been called just about everything, from masterpiece to blood libel. There is one thing it hasn’t been called: unabashedly Christian.
'Klinghoffer' Protesters United Against 'Anti-Semitic' Opera
About a thousand people joined together Monday night to express their dismay at the Met’s production of “The Death of Klinghoffer.” But not all of them agreed about exactly why they were there.