Season Premiere: The 2025-26 radio series from The Metropolitan Opera opens with one of opera’s most beloved classics. Puccini’s La bohème is brought to life on stage with Juliana Grigoryan (Mimì), Stephen Costello (Rodolfo), Mané Galoyan (Musetta), and David Bizic (Marcello). Daniele Rustioni conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

A rare staging of Faure’s only opera. Despite being a success at its 1913 premiere, the work was quickly eclipsed by Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, which premiered a mere three weeks later in the same theater. The opera tells the story of Ulysses through the eyes of Penelope, who fends off suitors while awaiting his return. Brandon Jovanovich is Ulysses; Victoria …

Nothing gets you more excited about reading than a truly great book, so we asked our staff members what musical books they have recently loved!

At the quarter-century mark, we dig into the data. What are the most frequently performed operas in the US and worldwide?

The mad scene: one of opera’s most thrilling institutions.

Storms capture the human imagination, inspiring awe and fear in equal measure.

During his reign in Chicago, Al Capone, who you may not know loved opera, was one of the city’s biggest jazz impresarios.

Quirky customs, long-lived legends, and other classical curiosities and superstitions.

Harness the incredible power of classical music to enhance your schoolwork!

Featuring Timothy Murray as the licentious nobleman Don Giovanni, alongside James Platt as the Commendatore and Emőke Baráth as his daughter Donna Anna.

From Greek Myth to colonial history to epic Chinese literature, inspiration comes in all forms.

The festival, which is dedicated to presenting seldom-performed Italian opera titles, shares a two-program slate in June and July.

“This is a tra-ge-dy. It’s not going to go right in the end. And that’s hard.”

Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation.

Take out the high courts and bring in the dancing elephants: here are some of the strangest opera plots that have ever been put to paper.

Four contemporary operas have their Met premieres.

Operas from the 19th century to today that depict Black stories.

“It’s sort of maximalist in a tiny little space,” describes Tony-winning adapter/director Mary Zimmerman of her miniaturized Matchbox Magic Flute.

Let’s take a step back in time to hear how classical music influenced some of the 20th century’s hits!

Opera singer Renée Fleming and music star Barry Gibb were also honored at the Sunday night black-tie gala.

A production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, featuring Georg Zeppenfeld, Elisabeth Teige, Tomislav Mužek, Nadine Weissmann, Attilio Glaser, and Michael Volle as the Dutchman. Oksana Lyniv conducts.

As one of the very few women music directors of a major US opera company, Yankovskaya is respected for her leadership, artistic vision, as well as her inventive programming.

What does one of the grandest artforms look like on the big screen? Check out some of our favorite portrayals of opera in the movies.

“It is rare, not only for a male singer who’s not a tenor, but especially a bass-baritone to be able to do this kind of concert with an orchestra like the Chicago Philharmonic.”

Scotto became a successful director after her singing career.