Performances in N.Y.C. Memorable performances included a pair of Strauss operas, a suave villain, a star soprano in “Fidelio” and a new conductor in “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Credit...Metropolitan Opera ...

The Metropolitan Opera's revival of Tchaikovsky’s *The Queen of Spades*, which opened on Friday, May 23, 2025, offered a visually opulent and musically ambitious evening, though not without its ...

We learn much of what we know about Antony and Cleopatra in Shakespeare’s eponymous play through something of a non-entity. Enobarbus tells us that “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her ...

The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Bellini's La Sonnambula marks the beginning of the 19th season of The Met: Live in HD on Saturday, October 18, at 1PM ET, with soprano Nadine Sierra making ...

For the new Metropolitan Opera production of Vincenzo Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” (1831), which opened on Monday, tenor-turned-director Rolando Villazón came up with a concept that dealt thoughtfully ...

Make time for Exciting 2026 virtual and in-person programs with Hospital for Special Surgery! on the East Meadow Patch ...

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 ...