Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick has inspired a lot of art over the decades: Two examples are Mastodon’s 2004 heavy ...

Most opera fans aren’t exactly awed by the beauty of the broadcast version, but the practice is still worthwhile, ...

The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its 2025–26 season, the company’s 142nd year, featuring six new productions—three of which are Met premieres—and 12 revivals. Learn more and see how to purchase ...

The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and Puccini revivals and shift some contemporary compositions away from Saturdays at the recommendation of a consultant trying to boost the ...

Our critics choose highlights from a lineup that includes six new productions and modern works by Mason Bates, Kaija Saariaho ...

Known for his liquid bass tones and flawless diction, he appeared in 88 roles, many of them comic, over 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera.

Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera ... on an off day at the opera house in 2005. Thomas said that in retirement ...

The ​National Football League and ​Major League Baseball both drafted Phronesis DC to lobby on issues related to tax policy as Republicans prepare to pass a follow-up to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ...

The season's six productions are themed to twilight and transformation, as exemplified by Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & ...

"Because Aida is so big and so expensive... I did definitely feel the pressure of that," director Michael Mayer told AFP in a recent interview of his production that premiered this month, adding ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bank of America and JPMorgan are set to lobby the White House and Congress to defend themselves from accusations by President Donald Trump and others that they have shut down ...