Peter Gelb (standing) at a gala honoring Daisy Soros, seated with her son Jeffrey. Photo: Jenny Gorman/Met Opera “It was not a difficult decision,” Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb says ...

The planned partnership between the Metropolitan Opera and the Saudi Arabian government is off, Met officials announced on Thursday. The Met cited the "current economic situation in Saudi Arabia" as ...

Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence,” one of the most important new operas of this century, finally made it to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday in a superb performance. I have now seen it four times, ...

Acoustically that seems to have been a challenge for those I know who were present at the Met, the orchestra supposedly overwhelming the singers, but not in the sound for the screening. And the ...

Internationally acclaimed tenor Michael Spyres will appear at the Metropolitan Opera this season. He will perform in “Tristan und Isolde,” a highly anticipated production that is nearing a sold-out ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

Timothée Chalamet is sparking a supreme debate about classical theater. The Marty Supreme star faced scrutiny from several opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, after his recent comments ...

Timothée Chalamet beefing with the Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera and Royal Ballet was not on anyone’s 2026 bingo card. Chalamet, 30, raised eyebrows after making an off-handed comment about the ...

"I don't want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore,'" Chalamet said Charlotte Phillipp is a ...

Timothée Chalamet drew criticism for suggesting that ballet and opera are disciplines that "no one cares about." The Metropolitan Opera posted a video highlighting the talents of the opera community ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

The proposed sale comes after a long list of measures enacted to stabilize the opera. The Metropolitan Opera’s financial precarity mounted during the pandemic, and since then, the institution has had ...