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Met Opera's New Production of Bizet's CARMEN Opens New Years Eve

A new production of Bizet's Carmen, directed by Richard Eyre and starring El?na Garan?a in the title role and Roberto Alagna as Don José, premieres at a New Year's Eve gala performance. Garan?a makes ... (more...)

Met Opera's New Production of Bizet's CARMEN Opens New Years Eve

A new production of Bizet's Carmen, directed by Richard Eyre and starring El?na Garan?a in the title role and Roberto Alagna as Don José, premieres at a New Year's Eve gala performance. Garan?a makes ... (more...)

HANSEL AND GRETEL Returns As Met Opera's Holiday Presentation For Families, Begins 12/14

Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel returns to the Met beginning December 14 as this year's special holiday presentation. (more...)

The Met Opera's 2009-10 Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast Season Kicks Off 12/12 With Puccini's IL TRITTICO

The 79th consecutive season of the Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts launches on December 12, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. EST with a live performance of Puccini's Il Trittico, starring Patri... (more...)

The Met Opera's 2009-10 Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast Season Kicks Off 12/12 With Puccini's IL TRITTICO

The 79th consecutive season of the Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts launches on December 12, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. EST with a live performance of Puccini's Il Trittico, starring Patri... (more...)

Met Opera's LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN Begins 12/3, Conducted By James Levine and Directed by Bartlett Sher

The Met's new production of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, premieres on December 3. (more...)

HANSEL AND GRETEL Returns As Met Opera's Holiday Presentation For Families, Begins 12/14

Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel returns to the Met beginning December 14 as this year's special holiday presentation. (more...)

Met Opera's 2009-10 Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast Season Kicks Off 12/12 With IL TRITTICO

The 79th consecutive season of the Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts launches on December 12, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. EST with a live performance of Puccini's Il Trittico, starring Patri... (more...)

Met Opera's LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN Begins 12/3, Conducted By James Levine and Directed by Bartlett Sher

The Met's new production of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, premieres on December 3. (more...)

Seattle Opera Presents Verdi's LA TRAVIATA October 17-31

On October 17, Verdi's universally loved La Traviata returns to Seattle Opera for the first time in 13 years. The company will present nine performances, with two spectacular casts, through October 31... (more...)

Patricia Racette To Sing Leading Soprano In Each Of The Three One-Act Operas in Puccini’s Trilogy IL TRITTICO

Patricia Racette is the first soprano since Teresa Stratas 20 years ago to sing all three leading soprano roles in Puccini's Il Trittico at the Met. Comprised of three one-act operas, Il Tabarro, Suor... (more...)

Seattle Opera Presents Verdi's LA TRAVIATA October 17-31

On October 17, Verdi's universally loved La Traviata returns to Seattle Opera for the first time in 13 years. The company will present nine performances, with two spectacular casts, through October 31... (more...)

Met Presents Leos Janacek's Final Opera, FROM THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD, 11/12

Leo Janacek's final opera, From the House of the Dead, has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on November 12 in a new production by celebrated director Patrice Chereau, making his U.S. opera debut. (more...)

Puccini's TURANDOT Returns To The Stage 10/28, Broadcast Live Via The Met: Live In HD On 11/7

Franco Zeffirelli's glittering production of Puccini's Turandot returns on October 28 with Maria Guleghina in the title role and Marcello Giordani as Calàf, both singing these demanding roles for the ... (more...)

The Met's LA DAMNATION DE FAUST Returns To The Stage 10/23

Robert Lepage's imaginative production of Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust, which premiered last season to sold out houses, returns to the Met on October 23. Three stars sing their roles for the first ... (more...)

Seattle Opera Presents Verdi's LA TRAVIATA October 17-31

On October 17, Verdi's universally loved La Traviata returns to Seattle Opera for the first time in 13 years. The company will present nine performances, with two spectacular casts, through October 31... (more...)

Bartlett Sher's Acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia Returns To The Met

Bartlett Sher?s hit production of Rossini?s comic masterpiece, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (?The Barber of Seville?), returns to the Met stage on October 3. Joyce DiDonato stars in the role of Rosina, wit... (more...)

Free tickets to the Metropolitan Opera's Opening Night Relay of Puccini's Tosca to Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza To Be Distributed 9/20

The Metropolitan Opera's Opening Night Gala performance of Puccini's Tosca, which kicks off the Met season on Monday, September 21, at 6:30 p.m., will be transmitted onto multiple screens in Times Squ... (more...)

Violeta Urmana, Dolora Zajick, and Johan Botha Star in The MET's Revival of Verdi's Aida, Runs Thru 4/3

Verdi's grand Egyptian pageant, Aida, returns to the Met stage with soprano Violeta Urmana singing the title role for the first time with the company and mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick as Amneris, one of... (more...)

Andrea Bocelli Joins the NY Philharmonic At Carnegie Hall 9/8, 9/9. 9/11

An Evening with Andrea Bocelli and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Asher Fisch, will take place at Carnegie Hall, Tuesday, September 8, Wednesday, September 9, and Friday, September 11, 2009, ... (more...)

MET Opera Offers Free Weekend To View Audio & Visual Performances Beginning 5/1

The Metropolitan Opera will offer a free weekend of unlimited access to Met Player, the subscription service that makes much of the company's extensive video and audio catalog of full-length performan... (more...)

ALT Commissioned THE GOLDEN TICKET, Opera Based on Dahl's 'Chocolate Factory', Holds Special NYC Reading 4/4

Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of ALT, has announced that the company has commissioned The Golden Ticket, a new opera based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In his ann... (more...)

Alagna, Cura Star In RUSTICANA And PAGLIACCI At The MET 3/19

Two star tenors, Roberto Alagna and Jos? Cura, take on the challenge of singing the lead roles in both Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci when the classic double-bill returns ... (more...)

ALT Commissioned THE GOLDEN TICKET, Opera Based on Dahl's 'Chocolate Factory', Holds Special NYC Reading 4/4

Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of ALT, has announced that the company has commissioned The Golden Ticket, a new opera based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In his ann... (more...)

NYC Opera Presents 'ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA' 1/15

New York City Opera is proud to present the company premiere of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra in concert on January 15 and 16, 2009 at 8 PM in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium. Soprano Lauren F... (more...)