Arts Nov 22 Adaptation of ‘The Hours’ becomes opera event of the year By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts Mar 17 James Levine, former Met Opera conductor who faced allegations of sexual misconduct, dead at age 77 NEW YORK (AP) — Conductor James Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for more than four decades before being eased aside when his health declined and then was fired for sexual improprieties, has died. He was 77. Levine died… By Associated Press
Arts Sep 23 The Met Opera will be silent this season. Its 1st Black composer will open its return The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history. Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” will be the company’s first presentation by a Black composer. By Ronald Blum, Associated Press
Arts Mar 12 Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall cancel performances Many of the Met's singers and conductors travel regularly from Europe. Among the 21 canceled performances is this Saturday's matinee of a new staging of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" that was to have been televised to movie theaters around the… By Associated Press
Arts May 10 Watch 7:12 Saying farewell to some opera roles, Renée Fleming has career high notes ahead of her Despite reports that renowned soprano Renée Fleming is taking a bow from singing, this diva is not departing. Fleming, 58, plans to perform in concerts on stages around the world, and to take roles offstage as well. Fleming joins Jeffrey… By PBS NewsHour
Dec 07 Watch At The Met, Staging a Revival for Grand Opera With opera attendance down some 34 percent over the last six years, New York's storied Metropolitan Opera is asking how it can help keep a cherished art form not only alive, but thriving. Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Tenor Pavarotti Dies at Age 71 World-renowned opera singer Luciano Pavarotti died in Italy at age 71 Thursday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The NewsHour takes a look at the tenor's lifetime of work and talks with a music critic about his legacy. Continue watching