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With her emotion-evoking operatic range and soprano heights, Dominican opera singer Zuly Inirio is challenging whose voice is embodied and heard throughout the genre. She first saw an opera — “La ...

From boos to vegetables, opera stars have had to put up with all sorts being aimed in their direction over the centuries ...

When Emmy-nominated composer Levi Taylor saw Terence Blanchard's opera Champion (2013), it awakened something in him. "I was like, 'wow, wait, there's somebody who looks like me who's writing diverse ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Fall Preview Malcolm X at the Met. Jaap van Zweden’s farewell to the New York Philharmonic. Premieres by Kate Soper and Ted Hearne. It’s shaping up to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sonya Yoncheva, a soprano at the top of her profession, worries about classical music. “My son, if I ask him, he always says, ‘I want to be like Ronaldo.’ And later, if I ask my girl, ...

From Dec. 6, 2025, through May 30, 2026, the Saturday Matinee Broadcast Season from the Metropolitan Opera is chock-full of iconic hits and cherished memories. Plus, hear two new stageworks by Mason ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Fall Preview Among the highlights: the reopening of David Geffen Hall, the premiere of ‘The Hours’ at the Met and visits from the Berlin and Los ...

Juliane Gallant will conduct Opera Saratoga’s “La Vie Parisienne.” Jarrett Porter will play Georg Nowack in Opera Saratoga’s “She Loves Me.” Mary Birnbaum, general and artistic director of Opera ...