The Netrebko Question
Many cut ties with close associates of Putin — especially the conductor…
Review: A ‘Rake’ Takes a Treasured Spot in the Opera Season
Just before the end of this milestone comeback season at the Metropolitan…
Review: ‘Hamlet’ Boldly Engulfs the Metropolitan Opera
An opera composer would need the epic gifts and epic gall of…
Review: In ‘Lucia’ at the Met, a Modern Woman Comes Undone
By the looks of it, there is little in common between the…
Anna Netrebko Seeks Distance From Putin After Losing Work
Anna Netrebko, the Russian diva whose international career recently fell apart because…
Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees.
Opera, once divvied into local companies of singers mostly from the same…
Review: ‘The Hours’ Will Bring Renée Fleming Back to the Met
Puts has gotten from Glass’s Minimalism a taste for using repeated figurations…
Metropolitan Opera’s Concert Honors Ukraine
Vladyslav Buialskyi stood center stage at the Metropolitan Opera, his hand on…
Too Close to Putin? Institutions Vet Artists, Uncomfortably.
In Canada, an acclaimed 20-year-old Russian pianist’s concert was canceled amid concerns…
