The first indicator was the audience Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera, which welcomed the new year with the premiere of Michael Mayer’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida,” and greeted ...

Michael Mayer is directing the Met’s first new production of Verdi’s classic in nearly four decades, aiming for something fresh yet enduring.

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Angel Blue, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the Metropolitan Opera’s first new production of ...

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City's Lincoln Center remains a bastion of mid-century design excellence. But, like everything with a bit of age, a refresh is inevitable. The cultural ...

To commemorate the Metropolitan Opera House's 125th anniversary, the building's manager - Marina Lindsay - has been ...

That figure is Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Met. In an opinion essay published in the Times in November, Gelb argues that opera had “turned inward” in the second half of the ...

A full slate of revivals returns to the Met stage, including works by Verdi, Offenbach, Rossini, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Puccini, as well as Strauss’s rarely performed Die Frau ohne Schatten ...

Met music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts ... her only previous staged performances came last year at London’s Royal Opera House. The critics were impressed, though some felt she ...

Met music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts ... her only previous staged performances came last year at London’s Royal Opera House. The critics were impressed, though some felt she ...