The Metropolitan Opera sold 56% of ticket dollar capacity this season as it returned from a 1 1/2-year absence.

Call it bel canto in the Rust Belt.

Anna Netrebko will sing the title role in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut.

For soprano Ailyn Pérez, being rejected by the man she loves is all part of the job. But offstage, she is planning her wedding to bass Soloman Howard.

The John Adams opera Nixon in China will have eight performances at the Bastille in March and April.