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Met Opera to double cast Verdi and Puccini, as well as shift contemporary works from Saturdays

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 the company’s finances

The Independent UK

Can new works revitalize opera?

Composers are always making new operas, but leaders in the opera world stress the need for emotional immediacy

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Anna Netrebko's Gender Discrimination Claims Narrowed In Met Lawsuit

Anna Netrebko's lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera focuses on gender discrimination claims after her removal from future engagements post-Russia's inva...

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Judge narrows Anna Netrebko lawsuit against Met Opera to gender discrimination

Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera has been narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a federal judge, who agreed to dismiss the star soprano’s allegations of defamation, breach of contract and discrimination because of national origin

The Independent UK

Yuval Sharon to direct Met Opera's new stagings of Wagner's Ring Cycle and `Tristan und Isolde'

Yuval Sharon, an American known for innovative productions, will direct the Metropolitan Opera’s next stagings of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and “Tristan und Isolde,” both starring soprano Lise Davidsen and conducted by music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin

The Independent UK

Met Opera in New York sold 72% of tickets this season, up from 66% and highest since pandemic

The Metropolitan Opera sold 72% of available tickets this season, up from 66% in 2022-23

The Independent UK

Director Damiano Michieletto invigorates opera with stagings that astonish some, appall others

Damiano Michieletto has been prominent on European stages for two decades, known for contemporary reconsiderations that at times cause controversy

The Independent UK

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Rising Star Aigul Akhmetshina Takes on Carmen at the Met

Witness the extraordinary journey of Aigul Akhmetshina, the ordinary girl from Russia's heartland, as she takes on the role of Carmen at the Met Opera.

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Young Russian mezzo bids for breakout stardom in Met's new 'Carmen'

Aigul Akhmetshina says she’s a fighter — and she’s had to be to make it to the Metropolitan Opera, where she leads a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” opening on New Year’s Eve

The Independent UK

In break with the past, Met opera is devoting a third of its productions to recent work

The Metropolitan Opera is broadening its repertoire this season by performing more recent operas alongside classics like “La Boheme.”

The Independent UK

Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen taking on new challenges on two continents

Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen is embarking on her most ambitious season yet

The Independent UK

Opera world split as director reinventions dominate Europe while US, Italy more muted

The opera world is split in two: Some European productions reinvent works in ways composers never imagined, and traditional stagings favored in the U.S. are condemned by cognoscenti

The Independent UK

Russian opera star sues US company after dropping her for refusing to criticise Putin’s war in Ukraine

Soprano Anna Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Opera’s biggest box office draws, has sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations

The Independent UK

Star soprano Anna Netrebko sues Met Opera over its decision to cut ties over Russia-Ukraine war

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin is remaking the Metropolitan Opera from the bottom up

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Met Opera box office has slight uptick in 2nd season after pandemic

The Metropolitan Opera saw a slight uptick in ticket sales in its second season following the coronavirus pandemic

Chicago Sun-Times

Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Germany’s Bayreuth Festival, dies at 86

Grace Bumbry was part of generation of acclaimed Black opera singers that included Leontyne Price, Shirley Verrett, George Shirley, Reri Grist and Martina Arroyo.

The Independent UK

Don Giovanni `unredeemable' in Ivo van Hove's US opera debut

Belgian director Ivo van Hove is making his U.S. opera debut with a dark take on “Don Giovanni” at the Metropolitan Opera

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The Independent UK

Met premieres Blanchard's `Champion,' an `opera in jazz'

Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” proved a sell-out hit at the Metropolitan Opera in 2021

The Independent UK

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

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

The Independent UK

Met uncertain about producing Richard Jones' Ring Cycle

The Met Opera will not start a new production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in 2025 and is not sure whether it will move ahead with plans to present a staging of the tetralogy by director Richard Jones

The Independent UK

A 'downtown' choreographer brings her craft to the opera

You could call choreographer Annie-B Parson a “downtown” choreographer

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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