New York, NY (February 19, 2026)—The Metropolitan Opera announced its 2026–27 season, featuring five new and 12 repertory productions, a special 60th-anniversary gala, and performances…
Bellini’s final opera, I puritani (1835), premiered shortly before the composer’s untimely death by accidental poisoning. It is one of the highpoints in the romantic…
The Metropolitan Opera announced today its first-ever Met Orchestra Asia Tour this summer, June 19–30, immediately following its annual June residency at Carnegie Hall.
New York, NY (March 21, 2023)—The 20 opera singers who have won regional auditions across the United States, Canada, and Mexico will compete in the semifinal…
“We’re going low-tech,” Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb said in an introduction to the company’s At-Home Gala broadcast on the internet on Saturday afternoon…
New York, NY (May 7, 2019)—The Metropolitan Opera has named soprano Lisette Oropesa as the winner of the 14th annual Beverly Sills Artist Award. The…
The Richard Tucker Music Foundation announced today that Lisette Oropesa has been named as the winner of the 2019 Richard Tucker Award. The soprano already…
