The Metropolitan Opera is staging a production of Herman Melville's masterpiece about a white whale, ‘Moby-Dick.’ ...

Dawson, born in Madison in 1894, was a opera educator and founder of the National Negro Opera Company in 1941. She led the ...

The coming season promises opera that draws on everything from Herman Melville to jazz and blues, and dance that flows from ...

Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer brings a new production of Verdi’s grand masterpiece Aida to the Met next month. Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Alexander Soddy conduct. Watch a new trailer here!

The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its 2025–26 season, the company’s 142nd year, featuring six new productions—three of which are Met premieres—and 12 revivals. Learn more and see how to purchase ...

Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick has inspired a lot of art over the decades: Two examples are Mastodon’s 2004 heavy ...

Soprano Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore, attempting to rescue her husband, Florestan (David Butt Philip), from tyranny. The cast includes bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny as Don Pizarro, bass René Pape ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Our critics choose highlights from a lineup that includes six new productions and modern works by Mason Bates, Kaija Saariaho and Gabriela Lena Frank.

The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and Puccini revivals and shift some contemporary compositions away from Saturdays at the recommendation of a consultant trying to boost ...

Among Met commissions, Carlos Simon’s opera for 2026-27 has been renamed “In the Rush” from “The Highlands” and Huang Ruo’s The Wedding Banquet” will open the 2027-28 season.

The Metropolitan Opera has announced its new season for 2025/26 with six new productions, including three Met premieres, and 12 revivals. On the new season, the Met’s Music Director, Yannick ...