Metropolitan Opera launches weekly Free Student Streams
Program begins with stream of Mozart’s The Magic Flute New York, NY (April 3, 2020)—On April 6, the Metropolitan Opera launches Free Student Streams, a new program…
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Met Orchestra to tour internationally in June 2021, for the first time in almost 20 years
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin to lead orchestra with stops in London, Paris, and Baden-Baden New York, NY (February 24, 2020)—The Metropolitan Opera today announces…
Canadian Joel Allison amongst 23 semifinalists in Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions
Metropolitan Opera announces 23 semifinalists in its National Council Auditions Semifinalists move on to a closed competition on Monday, February 24 for the chance to…
Marcello Giordani, tenor, 1963-2019
Italian media Siricusa News (Syracuse News in Sicily, Italy) reports the death of Italian tenor Marcello Giordani suddenly this afternoon at 56 years old due…
François Girard: From Film to Opera
I’m there to serve an idea, serve the music, not so much to transmit my own views or personal concerns […] You have to ask…
Pavarotti: Genius Is Forever: Entertaining, even for experts
Pavarotti: Genius Is Forever, a documentary directed by Ron Howard, opens on June 6. La Scena Musicale got exclusive access to the two-hour film before…
New Productions at Metropolitan Opera for 2019-20
New Productions of Porgy and Bess, Der Fliegende Holländer, and Wozzeck, and Met Premieres of Agrippina and Akhnaten Headline the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019–20 Season Yannick…
Wagner’s epic Der Ring des Nibelungen returns to the Met, March 9–May 11, 2019
New York, NY (January 29, 2019)—The Metropolitan Opera will present Richard Wagner’s four-part masterwork Der Ring des Nibelungen in performances March 9–May 11, 2019. This…
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…
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…
