Sierra was 27, an infant by opera standards, when she sang her first Gilda at the Met. Already, she was capable of beautiful ...

The Dallas Opera's social media guru is willing to be a “goofy regular person” and pull out every trick—and wig—in the book ...

New York's famed Metropolitan Opera canceled its entire upcoming season on Wednesday and said it would remain closed until September 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a sign of the continuing ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet’s “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. “I said, ‘oh, this last ...

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows soprano Nadine Sierra, standing, rehearsing with director Rolando Villazón for his new production of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula" in New York on Sept.

Performances in N.Y.C. At the Metropolitan Opera, a cramped studio at the back of the hall is a command tower, controlling the show’s elaborate video and effects. At the Metropolitan Opera, a cramped ...

On September 21, the Metropolitan Opera opened its 140th season with a new commission, an operatic adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In 1949, choreographer Jerome Robbins phoned Leonard Bernstein with an idea for updating “Romeo and Juliet” into a ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. Michael Chabon ...

Gene Scheer condenses Michael Chabon’s novel with great economy. While this leads to some clichés in the writing, the final product is balanced and dramatically compelling. What emotional stakes ...