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Opera and ballet world hit back at Timothee Chalamet

The Metropolitan Opera and London's Royal Ballet and Opera have hit out at Timothee Chalamet after he declared "no one cares" about their arts in an offhand remark last month.

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Met Opera slashes season to lowest in 60 years amid financial strain

The Metropolitan Opera cut back its 2026-27 season due to a tight budget, even as ticket sales improved slightly

The Independent UK

The Met Opera May Sell Its Iconic Paintings. Is it a Good Investment?

Buying the Marc Chagall murals would come with a big stipulation attached.

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Opera is not dying – but it needs a second act for the streaming era

Every few years, you’ll hear a familiar refrain: “Opera is dying.”

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Lisette Oropesa shines in Met's 'I Puritani' and earns praise from Peter Gelb

Lisette Oropesa impresses Metropolitan Opera's Peter Gelb with her talent and intellect

The Independent UK

Rolando Villazón directs opera at the world's top houses while still singing

Tenor Rolando Villazón has made his Metropolitan Opera directing debut with Bellini's “La Sonnambula.”

The Independent UK

Met Opera attendance dropped in spring as tourism fell, coinciding with immigration crackdown

Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped slightly following the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that coincided with a decrease in tourists to New York

The Independent UK

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Jeanine Tesori becomes first woman composer to open Met Opera season with reworked `Grounded'

Jeanine Tesori becomes the first woman composer to open a season in the Metropolitan Opera’s 141-year history when a revised “Grounded” starring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo is featured at Monday night’s gala

The Independent UK

North Carolina radio station plans to reject broadcasts of 'inappropriate' Met operas

WCPE says that six contemporary operas being presented this season by the Metropolitan Opera — including ones dealing with violence, race and LGBTQ issues — are "unsuitable" for broadcast.

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Q&A: Met Opera Director Shares 'Overlap' Between Tennis And Music

Yannick Nézet-Séguin will serve as the U.S. Open men’s final’s “opening act” in front of 25,000 fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

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Met Opera marks 1st year of Ukraine war with concert

The Metropolitan Opera marked the 1st year of Russia's war on Ukraine with “A Concert of Remembrance and Hope" that included Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo wearing a skirt with a tally mark for each day of the war

The Independent UK

Met Opera scraps set from Russia, builds own for `Lohengrin'

At a cost of more than $1 million, the Metropolitan Opera has built duplicate sets for Francois Girard’s upcoming staging of “Lohengrin” instead of using the Russian set

The Independent UK

Pretty Yende, a South African opera star with a voice that shatters glass ceilings

It’s been announced that South African opera star Pretty Yende will sing at King Charles III’s coronation on 6 May in Westminster Abbey, London. The 37-year-old soprano was elated.

The Conversation

Met cuts season to 18 operas, matching fewest in 4 decades

The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is cutting its schedule to 18 productions next season, matching pandemic-curtailed 2019-20 for the fewest since 14 in the strike-shortened 1980-81 season

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Listen Live: For Ukraine: A Concert of Remembrance and Hope from The Met

The Metropolitan Opera presents For Ukraine: A Concert of Remembrance and Hope, a special concert and live radio broadcast being heard throughout the United States and internationally. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, and Silvestrov’s “Prayer for Ukraine” in a performance given for the people…

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Met Opera announces concert to mark anniversary of Ukraine invasion

NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera in New York is marking the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a concert celebrating the country’s “resilience and hope.”

The Independent UK

Met Opera concert to mark anniversary of Ukraine invasion

The Metropolitan Opera will mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a concert on Feb. 24 to remember victims of the war

The Independent UK

French tenor belatedly, triumphantly makes his Met debut

Fresh off a triumphant debut, French tenor Benjamin Bernheim seems likely to become a familiar presence at the Metropolitan Opera

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Star Soprano Renee Fleming Returns to Met Opera with 'The Hours'

A powerhouse trio of American song will interpret the voice of Virginia Woolf on New York's prestigious Metropolitan Opera stage, as the highly anticipated run of "The Hours" makes its world premiere Tuesday. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and Oscar-nominated film explores how threads of English writer Woolf's "Mrs.

The Guardian - US

‘It feels like something different’: turning The Hours into an opera

The acclaimed book and Oscar-winning movie, about three women grappling with despair, is making an unusual leap to the stage in New York

Tribune News Service

Family grieves opera stagehand dragged to death after getting caught in NYC subway doors

NEW YORK — The hopes and dreams of a young Metropolitan Opera stagehand disappeared in an instant beneath a No. 1 train.

The Independent UK

Met Opera, NY Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall drop mask mandate

The Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall are dropping their audience mask requirement starting Oct. 24, ending policies in place since they reopened last year

The Independent UK

Met Opera starts streaming of live performances to homes

The Metropolitan Opera is expanding its live telecasts to direct-to-home streaming in areas that don’t have movie theater transmissions, among them Brazil and Italy

The Independent UK

Met Opera to open season with dark, murderous ‘Medea’

The Metropolitan Opera opens its new season Tuesday with its first production of “Medea,” a version of the classic Greek tale of a sorceress who murders her children after her lover chooses another woman

The Guardian - UK

Feted opera singer with links to Putin garners boos – and cheers

Mixed reaction in Vienna to Anna Netrebko symbolic of Russian soprano’s performing life since Ukraine invasion

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