How the Metropolitan Opera Feeds Its Over-the-Top Appetites

Opera is an art form that favors extravagant appetites. For every dining-obsessed Don Giovanni, Falstaff or Alfredo, there’s ...

Those Little Chimes That Say ‘Please Take Your Seat’

Palumbo, the head ticket taker at the Met, follows a complicated route during her rounds, scouring every corner of the ...
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Photos: Sting Announces THE LAST SHIP Return to The Met Opera

Sting will star in a newly adapted version of his musical The Last Ship, which comes to the Metropolitan Opera House for nine ...
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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 ...

Sting on Bringing ‘The Last Ship’ to the Met Opera: “Lucky, Privileged, Honored, Terrified”

"It's been one of the greatest adventures of my life, and I've had a few," Sting said of working on his musical.
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Judge greenlights Met Opera gender discrimination suit by Putin-connected singer Anna Netrebko

The Metropolitan Opera House with American Ballet Theater banner. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City. (Ajay Suresh/Wikimedia Commons) MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal judge is allowing ...
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Unions reach tentative agreement with Metropolitan Opera

LINCOLN CENTER (WABC) -- The president of the union representing orchestra musicians says a tentative contract agreement has been reached with the Metropolitan Opera. Management threatened to lock out ...