The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025 Summer Recital Series has announced its 16th season, which begins June 9. The six free outdoor recitals will take place in all five boroughs of New York City, presented in collaboration with Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage. The concerts at SummerStage in Central Park, which will be held on June 16 and in Brooklyn Bridge {…}
The Metropolitan Opera continues its partnership with the Denyce Graves Foundation’s “Shared Voices” program, the student-exchange initiative that brings together elite historically Black colleges and universities and America’s preeminent conservatories and institutions, for a second year. On Feb. 28, a new cohort of 18 students will participate in an immersive day-long program at the Met. This year, activities include a {…}
Opera for Peace Academy will hold its annual gathering for a third time, this year in Rome and Paris. For the 2024 edition, a record number of 360 applications from 76 countries were received. The fourteen selected artists, from ages 21 to 37, hail from five continents. This year’s participants are sopranos Celine Mun (South Korea), Johanna Will (Germany / {…}
