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Lise Davidsen reigns as Isolde at Met Opera while balancing career and motherhood

Lisa Davidsen has been starring as Isolde in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Wagner's “Tristan und Isolde.”

The Independent UK

Met Opera slashes season to lowest in 60 years amid financial strain

The Metropolitan Opera cut back its 2026-27 season due to a tight budget, even as ticket sales improved slightly

The Independent UK

Met Opera designers order names removed from ‘Carmen’ in dispute over Jaguar

The original production featured Escamillo making a grand entrance in a red Jaguar convertible

The Independent UK

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New York’s Met Opera announces ‘necessary’ layoffs and pay cuts

‘Cost-cutting’ announcement comes amid uncertainty over deal struck with Saudi Arabia to perform in Riyadh

The Guardian - US

Lisette Oropesa shines in Met's 'I Puritani' and earns praise from Peter Gelb

Lisette Oropesa impresses Metropolitan Opera's Peter Gelb with her talent and intellect

The Independent UK

Russian soprano Anna Netrebko’s discrimination case against the Met Opera to proceed

The Met Opera previously dropped Russian soprano Anna Netrebko after she refused to repudiate President Vladimir Putin over Russia's campaign against Ukraine. Her discrimination case will now proceed.

Euronews

Met Opera attendance dropped in spring as tourism fell, coinciding with immigration crackdown

Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped slightly following the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that coincided with a decrease in tourists to New York

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Met Opera to double cast Verdi and Puccini, as well as shift contemporary works from Saturdays

The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and Puccini revivals and shift some contemporary compositions away from Saturdays at the recommendation of a consultant trying to boost the company’s finances

The Independent UK

Can new works revitalize opera?

Composers are always making new operas, but leaders in the opera world stress the need for emotional immediacy

Salon

Anna Netrebko's Gender Discrimination Claims Narrowed In Met Lawsuit

Anna Netrebko's lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera focuses on gender discrimination claims after her removal from future engagements post-Russia's inva...

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Rising Star Aigul Akhmetshina Takes on Carmen at the Met

Witness the extraordinary journey of Aigul Akhmetshina, the ordinary girl from Russia's heartland, as she takes on the role of Carmen at the Met Opera.

The Independent UK

Young Russian mezzo bids for breakout stardom in Met's new 'Carmen'

Aigul Akhmetshina says she’s a fighter — and she’s had to be to make it to the Metropolitan Opera, where she leads a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” opening on New Year’s Eve

The Independent UK

In break with the past, Met opera is devoting a third of its productions to recent work

The Metropolitan Opera is broadening its repertoire this season by performing more recent operas alongside classics like “La Boheme.”

The Independent UK

Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen taking on new challenges on two continents

Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen is embarking on her most ambitious season yet

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Opera world split as director reinventions dominate Europe while US, Italy more muted

The opera world is split in two: Some European productions reinvent works in ways composers never imagined, and traditional stagings favored in the U.S. are condemned by cognoscenti

The Independent UK

Russian opera star sues US company after dropping her for refusing to criticise Putin’s war in Ukraine

Soprano Anna Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Opera’s biggest box office draws, has sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations

The Independent UK

Star soprano Anna Netrebko sues Met Opera over its decision to cut ties over Russia-Ukraine war

The Independent UK

Yannick Nézet-Séguin is remaking the Metropolitan Opera from the bottom up

The Independent UK

Met Opera box office has slight uptick in 2nd season after pandemic

The Metropolitan Opera saw a slight uptick in ticket sales in its second season following the coronavirus pandemic

Chicago Sun-Times

Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Germany’s Bayreuth Festival, dies at 86

Grace Bumbry was part of generation of acclaimed Black opera singers that included Leontyne Price, Shirley Verrett, George Shirley, Reri Grist and Martina Arroyo.

The Independent UK

Don Giovanni `unredeemable' in Ivo van Hove's US opera debut

Belgian director Ivo van Hove is making his U.S. opera debut with a dark take on “Don Giovanni” at the Metropolitan Opera

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