Renée Fleming is Egyptian courtesan Thaïs in Jules Massenet’s perfumed tale of lust and salvation.

Recorded last September to mark the opening of the Met’s 125th anniversary season, showcases soprano Renee Fleming in three of her favorite roles.

Learn about our online guest editor for King Lear, Kim Maxwell.

Ian McKellen as King Lear on 25 March. Beyond, a full, interactive, ever-growing section devoted to King Lear

In this famous scene, Cyrano, hiding beneath Roxane's balcony, whispers the right words to a bumbling Christian.

The 1915 World's Fair brought 18 million visitors to San Francisco. Watch a short documentary about the momentous event.

Opera stars Dawn Upshaw and Thomas Hampson, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Broadway’s Christine Ebersole perform some of Leonard Bernstein's most beloved songs.

For a man conducting a performance nearly every day of the year, Valery Gergiev remains the calm center of the frenzied world of musicians, singers, administrators, politicians, and managers swirling around him.

Wolf Trap takes you on a journey through some of America's most breathtaking national parks, including Yosemite, Coral Reef National Monument, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, and the Mammoth Caves.