Pursuit of politics and personalities ruined the Met Opera — America’s biggest performing-arts institution

The Metropolitan Opera has been making headlines lately — for all the wrong reasons. It’s not that the country’s oldest ...
WDTN

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

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — The financially challenged ...
BroadwayWorld

The Metropolitan Opera Reveals 2025-26 Season Featuring Met Premieres and More

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. This season, the Met continues to ...
Observer

With Electrifying New Casts, the Met’s ‘Carmen’ and ‘Butterfly’ Are Worth a Second Look

Clémentine Margaine and Michael Fabiano in Bizet’s “Carmen.” Photo: Nina Wurtzel / Met Opera Carrie Cracknell’s “American border town” Carmen looked as ill-conceived as it did when it premiered on New ...
New York Post

Metropolitan Opera’s Peter Gelb blames Trump for sales slump — but needs to look in the mirror

Blaming the president is a popular pastime these days, but one of America’s cultural leaders has come up with something really novel in the genre. “Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped ...
The New York Times

Influencers Get Their Night at the Opera as the Met Courts New Fans

Performances in N.Y.C. The Metropolitan Opera has invited 70 influencers to help convince a younger, online audience that opera isn’t scary or even unaffordable. The Metropolitan Opera has invited 70 ...
Berkshire Eagle

Critic's notebook: At the Metropolitan Opera, an 'Aida' production rooted in the past says a lot about the genre's future

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series of reported commentaries on the future of opera. NEW YORK — It’s a big house. The Metropolitan Opera seats nearly 4,000 people up into its fifth ...