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An adventurous and lighthearted video series exploring the coupling of the world's greatest opera arias with masterpieces from the world of classical and modern paintings is being launched Thursday evening, June 24, 2021, 7 p.m. ET on YouTube Premiere. ...

Esther Apituley, the renowned Netherlands-based violist will be making a rare New York concert appearance performing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on its Balcony Concerts on Friday, May 24, and Saturday, May 25, 2019, at 5pm. She will be joined by pianist Carlos Homs. Her program will feature works by Dutch composers, Jacob TV, Jannum Kruidhof and Maurice Horsthuis that were especially composed for Ms. Apituley as well the American composer Joe Hudson who wrote a Chaconne for her. The progra...

Michael Mayer's 2013 production of Verdi's Rigoletto, set in a 1960s Las Vegas casino, returns to the Met on February 12, with conductor Nicola Luisotti leading an all-star cast. Initial performances star Nadine Sierra as Gilda, Vittorio Grigolo as the Duke, Roberto Frontali as Rigoletto, Štefan Kocán as Sparafucile, and Ramona Zaharia in her Met debut as Maddalena. In later performances, Rosa Feola makes her Met debut as Gilda, Bryan Hymel sings the Duke for the first time at the Met, George Ga...

Anna Netrebko brings her acclaimed portrayal of the passionate real-life French actress at the heart of Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in a new production that opens in a special New Year's Eve gala performance and continues through January 26, 2019. Anita Rachvelishvili, who starred opposite Netrebko in Verdi's Aida earlier this season, is the Princess of Bouillon, renewing their onstage rivalry. Piotr Becza?a is Maurizio and Ambrogio Maestri ...