Read the synopsis and program guide from the Metropolitan Opera. From the Met: "The fourth collaboration of Richard Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal was in many ways their most ambitious: ...

I can’t remember an opera where there were so few walkouts during such a lengthy, esoteric evening. (Not counting Wagner’s RING, of course.) The story--which the Met describes as a “heavily ...

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its Dec. 6 performance of “Il Trovatore.” The company said, “For tonight’s performance of Verdi’s ‘Il Trovatore,’ the role of Manrico will be ...

The Metropolitan Opera House in Iowa Falls first opened in 1899. The building was intended to look like a miniature version of the famous “Met” in New York City. While that building (also known as the ...

The Royal Ballet and Opera and The Metropolitan Opera are joining forces for their cinema seasons. The collaboration will increase each company’s reach to hundreds more cinemas in new markets. RBO’s ...

The long-awaited revival of Herbert Wernicke’s production, which premiered in 2001 and has not appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House since the 2013-2014 season, bears out this difficulty.