The Metropolitan Opera's revival of Tchaikovsky’s *The Queen of Spades*, which opened on Friday, May 23, 2025, offered a ...

The composer is an undeniable part of the classical music canon. Does that change the meaning of his radical early work?

The 2025 concert season has come to a close, and we’ve got our eyes on summertime concerts around the state. Whether you’re ...

The Goddard Center is excited to present live in high-definition from New York’s Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Opera’s ...

Karen Almond/Met Opera In recent years ... “The whole evening was a revelation,” Gelb said of opening night. “Before I left Salzburg, I met with Simon and told him I wanted to do it right ...

There’s an old expression, “A lawyer who defends himself has a fool for a client.” While John Adams didn’t decide to take on ...

as seen at the opening night performance of “Das Rheingold” at The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

Two New York productions of Strauss’s opera reposition its necrophiliac protagonist as a perverse instrument of justice.

Francesca Zambello’s “Porgy” crackles with fiery vocal performances and an energized Washington National Opera Orchestra led ...

A Trisha Brown company tour recalls a time when Rauschenberg, one of the country’s most influential artists, was changing and ...

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds skipped the 2025 Met Gala on Monday, May 5, in New York City. A source previously told PEOPLE the couple weren't planning to attend the annual event.

Donizetti’s ever-green comedy The Elixir of Love is one of those operas that resists heavy-handed directorial intervention.