NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera was forced to stage a semi-staged performance of Puccini's "Turandot" on Wednesday night after a stage elevator jammed. Met general manager Peter Gelb made ...

In 1988, the program title was changed to The Metropolitan Opera Presents, to reflect the fact that the performances were now taped prior to broadcast. Live from the Met functioned as a supplement ...

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 ...

If she has the voice of an angel, and the face of an angel, she must be an Angel. Angel Blue, that is. The American soprano, ...

By Javier C. Hernández Photographs and Video by OK McCausland When the director Michael Mayer set out to stage Verdi’s “Aida” at the Metropolitan Opera, he knew the stakes were high.

At the Metropolitan Opera with Angelina Jolie. By Javier C. Hernández I’m a reporter covering classical music, opera and dance. Even if you’re not a fan of classical music, you’ve probably ...

Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Oper One wishes that Gounod had concentrated entirely on the lovers, for they elicited the score’s very best pages. But his opera faithfully features most of ...

A finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council competition northeast region (2019), and a grant recipient of both the Wagner Society of New York (2020) as well as the Olga Forrai Foundation ...

Angel Blue, that is. The American soprano, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the Metropolitan Opera’s first new production of Verdi’s “Aida” in 36 years.