(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) Following a performance of “La Bohème” on April 25, the Metropolitan Opera House sent out an email to audience members who attended the performance advising that one of their fellow patrons had contracted measles. According to The Gothamist, the person visited the Metropolitan Opera and at least one Manhattan restaurant while infected with measles, {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has named tenor Ben Bliss the winner of the 2026 Beverly Sills Artist Award. The annual $50,000 award recognizes extraordinarily gifted singers with rising Met careers. Established in 2006 by an endowment gift from the late Agnes Varis, a former Met Board member, and her husband, Karl Leichtman, the award is given in honor of the legendary {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced the return of its popular concert series in New York City parks. The summer 2026 program will feature young Met stars performing favorite arias and duets, presented in collaboration with Capital One City Parks Foundation at Summerstage. The concert will also feature American Composers as part of Carnegie Hall’s “United in Sound: America at 250 {…}
(Credit: Evan Zimmerman) The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season will continue with Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” on May 2, 2026. The performance will star Asmik Grigorian as Tatiana baritone Iurii Samoilov in the title role, Maria Barakova as Olga, Stanislas de Barbeyrac as Lenski, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk as Prince Gremin. Conductor Timur Zangiev leads the production by Deborah Warner. {…}
(Credit: Brigitte Lacombe) The Metropolitan Opera has announced that the Saudi Arabian government has withdrawn from a funding arrangement that would have provided up to $200 million to the company over eight years. Per The New York Times, Saudi officials told Met General Manager Peter Gelb that the decision was the result of economic damage caused by the war in {…}
(Credit: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the Met Orchestra’s 2026 European Festival Tour, led by Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The tour will see the orchestra joined by soprano Elza van den Heever and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. Concerts will take place at London’s Royal Albert Hall on August 26 and 27 as part of the BBC {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” in Deborah Warner’s production. The production will mark the return of Asmik Grigorian as Tatiana where she will be joined by Iurii Samoilov as Onegin, tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac as Lenski, mezzo-soprano Maria Barakova as Olga, and bass-baritone Alexander Tsymbalyuk as Prince Gremin. Mezzo-soprano {…}
Death of Classical and The Green-Wood Cemetery are partnering with the Metropolitan Opera in a celebration of Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s opera,“El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego,” opening at the Met on May 14. “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego” imagines a reunion between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera on Día de los Muertos (Day of {…}
Maison Perrier-Jouët has been named the Official Champagne of the Metropolitan Opera. The partnership, which was established under a five-year agreement, is the first such partnership of its kind for the Met Opera. The aim of the collaboration will bring new hospitality offerings to the opera house in partnership with Patina Restaurant Group. These include a redesigned Orchestra Bar featuring {…}
“Great Performances at the Met” has announced its 20th season on PBS. The broadcasting season opened with Puccini’s “La Bohème” starring soprano Juliana Grigoryan as Mimì and tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Rodolfo in Franco Zeffirelli’s production. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts. Broadcast Date: Friday, March 20 at 9/8c on PBS Mason Bates’ “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”, based on {…}
(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s financial situation has taken another turn with its debt rating downgraded. According to a report in Bloomberg, the company’s Moody’s Rating cut the Met Opera’s debt rating further into junk, lowering it to Caa1 from B3 with a negative outlook. The downgrade was due to the organization’s “pronounced structural deficit” and {…}