Metropolitan Opera: Free Tickets for Furloughed Federal Workers
New York, NY (January 18, 2019) – The Metropolitan Opera announced today that it will offer free tickets for each of its productions to federal…
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first appearances as Met Music Director
Yannick Nézet-Séguin makes his first appearances as Met Music Director with a new production of La Traviata Diana Damrau sings Violetta, opposite Juan Diego Flórez as Alfredo and Quinn Kelsey as…
Met Opera and Union Groups Reach Ground-Breaking Agreement to Allow Sunday Matinee Performances
New York, NY (September 14, 2018) – For the first time in the history of the Met, Sunday matinees will become part of the weekly performance…
Canadian Musicians Abroad
Alain Trudel In Toledo Conductor Alain Trudel will begin his first season at the helm of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra in Ohio. For his arrival…
A New Production of Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila Opens The Metropolitan Opera’s 2018-19 Season on September 24
New York, NY (September 6, 2018)—The Metropolitan Opera will open its 134th season on Monday, September 24, with a new production of Saint-Saëns’s biblical tragedy…
Last Supper: Thomas Adès Serves Up After-Dinner Mayhem in The Exterminating Angel
REVIEW: of Thomas Adès’s new opera The Exterminating Angel, viewed in live HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, November 18, 2017. Guess who’s coming dinner…
Canadian Soprano Kirsten MacKinnon One of Six Winners of 2017 Met Opera Auditions
New York, NY (March 19, 2017) – After a months-long series of competitions at the district, regional, and national levels, a panel of expert judges…
Unveil of the 2017-2018 Program of the Metropolitan Opera on New York : Yannick Nézet-Séguin Will Lead Two Operas
CANADA Unveil of the 2017-2018 program of the Metropolitan Opera on New York : Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead two operas. [New York Times] [Le Devoir] Interview with…
Best of mySCENA: Amin Maalouf on his collaboration with Kaija Saariaho
The opera L’Amour de loin – or Love from Afar – premiered to conspicuous plaudits in Salzburg in 2000, and has enjoyed numerous productions around the globe. It also…
Amin Maalouf: Up-Close with the Man from “Afar”
INTERVIEW: with Amin Maalouf (Kaija Saariaho’s librettist-collaborator on L’Amour de loin and other works) The opera L’Amour de loin – or Love from Afar –…
