Pursuit of politics and personalities ruined the Met Opera — America’s biggest performing-arts institution

The Metropolitan Opera has been making headlines lately — for all the wrong reasons. It’s not that the country’s oldest ...
BroadwayWorld

Works & Process at Guggenheim to Showcase MET Opera's INNOCENCE

Works & Process and The Metropolitan Opera will present a preview performance of Kaija Saariaho's Innocence, set for Monday, ...
New York Post

Cash-strapped Met considers selling $55M murals to raise badly needed funds — but buyer won’t get to keep them

The Metropolitan Opera is planning a garage sale to stay alfloat. In a desperate attempt to raise some badly needed cash, the struggling New York cultural institution wants to sell off two revered ...
Yahoo

In operatic dispute, Met Opera director and designers order names stripped from 'Carmen'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen, in the red car, during a rehearsal of Bizet’s ...
Wall Street Journal

The Met Opera Wants to Sell You Its Chagalls. There’s a Catch

Would you pay $55 million for art that you’ll never get to take home? The Metropolitan Opera hopes the answer is yes. The preeminent American opera company is considering selling the pair of iconic ...
The New York Times

Despite Drastic Financial Steps, Met Opera Turns to Layoffs and Cuts

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The largest performing arts organization in the country will lay off workers, cut salaries and reduce its offerings. It may also sell its Chagall ...
Artnet

Decoding the Visual Poetry of the Met Opera’s Beloved Chagall Murals

The proposed sale comes after a long list of measures enacted to stabilize the opera. The Metropolitan Opera’s financial precarity mounted during the pandemic, and since then, the institution has had ...
abc7NY

Metropolitan Opera House announces layoffs, salary cuts amid financial woes: report

MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- The Metropolitan Opera House is laying off staff, cutting salaries and its program, and even considering selling historic pieces of art to make ends meet, according to a ...
News 6 WKMG

In operatic dispute, Met Opera director and designers order names stripped from 'Carmen'

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen, in the red car, during a rehearsal of Bizets Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on Dec. 28, 2023. (Ken Howard ...
Fast Company

You can finally see the Met Opera outside NYC: These movie theaters are showing ‘Kavalier and Clay’ this weekend

If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to spend less time on devices and get more “cultured,” the Metropolitan Opera is here to help—even if you don’t find yourself in New York City. On Saturday, ...
WSB-TV

In operatic dispute, Met Opera director and designers order names stripped from 'Carmen'

NEW YORK — In a dispute of operatic proportions, the production team of Bizet's "Carmen" at the Metropolitan Opera ordered their names stripped from programs over a restaging decision, and the company ...