Women in the industry are speaking out about what they feel are cancellations motivated by their appearance rather than sound, even as there is a belief that pregnancy and childbirth have positive ...

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When the recent Metropolitan Opera’s production of Turandot began, a figure looking like a street rat scurried out from stage right dressed in rags. Soon the expansive stage filled with street ...

Derek Goff, a vocal coach for the Metropolitan Opera, told The Post’s Cindy Adams how he went from a farm to one of the world’s biggest stages.

Who do they think they are, these people who want to teach us our trade? We know it ever so much better than they do. Let composers stick to their méetier and let us do ours! Composers who write out ...

Finalists were chosen by a panel of judges comprising artistic leaders from the Met and other companies. During the Grand Finals concert, each finalist will perform two arias accompanied by the Met ...

The Met has announced the winners of the 2024 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition: tenor Daniel Espinal, soprano Lydia Grindatto, baritone Navasard Hakobyan, mezzo-soprano ...

DULUTH — Sadie Cheslak, a mezzo-soprano born and raised in Duluth, is among five winners of a prestigious national competition for early career opera singers. Each of the five Metropolitan Opera Eric ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Metropolitan Opera stars joined prisoners for a one-night-only performance of “Dead Man Walking.” Inmates performed in “Dead Man Walking” at Sing Sing Correctional Facility with ...