On the heels of her triumphant Met performances as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill, consisting of ...

Sergey Skorokhodov sings as Count Vaudemont during a dress rehearsal of the Dallas Opera’s Iolanta. ( Rose Baca - Staff Photographer ) Sergey Skorokhodov sings as Count Vaudemont during a dress ...

Reporting from New York — In Tchaikovsky’s last opera, “Iolanta,” a blind princess who knows nothing of sight learns to embrace threatening light. In Bartók’s early opera, “Bluebeard’s Castle,” a ...

Opera, at least as it performed in large-scale theaters like the Metropolitan, is firmly centered around the masterpieces of the 19th century—Verdi and Wagner, the bel canto works, plus (as they are ...

We have two short operas on the same program for the next Metropolitan Opera Live in HD presentation, Saturday, February 14 at 12:30 pm. Now then. These may not be the ideal operas for Valentines Day!