(Credit: Brigitte Lacombe) The Metropolitan Opera has announced that the Saudi Arabian government has withdrawn from a funding arrangement that would have provided up to $200 million to the company over eight years.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 {…}
(Photo Credit: Natalie Powers / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 10 singers that have advanced to the final round of the 2026 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. The 2026 finalists are soprano Shannon Crowley (Great Lakes, Virginia Beach, VA), soprano Elizabeth Hanje (Northwest, Vestavia Hills, AL), soprano Song Hee Lee (Eastern, Seoul, South Korea), soprano {…}
The Metropolitan Opera is set to present Gabriela Lena Frank’s “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego” with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. The opera will be directed by Deborah Colker and conducted by Music Director, Yannick Nezet-Seguin. The opera will star Isabel Leonard stars as Kahlo alongside Baritone Carlos Álvarez as Rivera. They will be joined by soprano {…}
The Metropolitan opera has announced a second cast change for its production of “Eugene Onegin.” The company said that mezzo-soprano Larissa Diadkova will sing the role of Filippyevna, replacing Stephanie Blythe, who has withdrawn. Diadkova made her company debut in 1996 singing Madelon in Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” and has since performed Azucena in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” Amneris in Verdi’s “Aida,” Herodias {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Eugene Onegin.” The company said that Ukrainian Baritone Iurii Samoilov will sing the title role, replacing the originally scheduled Russian baritone Igor Golovatenko. Golovatenko also recently canceled a new production of “Rigoletto” at the Bayerische Staatsoper and “Un Ballo in Maschera” at the Paris Opera. Samoilov made his {…}