Burgess, a graduate of Riverhead High School, recently wrapped up a run in the chorus for the Metropolitan Opera’s production ...

Watch Hyona Kim, SeokJong Baek, and Andrzej Filończyk, as Suzuki, Pinkerton, and Sharpless, sing an excerpt from the Act III ...

The company has proposed a unique scheme to ease its financial woes without depriving New Yorkers of its iconic murals.

The Metropolitan Opera floated the idea of selling its two beloved Chagall murals. It's been using them to borrow millions for years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American soprano Renee Fleming performs at a dress rehearsal for a Metropolitan Opera production of 'The Merry Widow' in New York ...

Each of the works is painted across six rolls of canvas. Chagall painted the works in Paris, subsequently installing and ...

Christos Makridis is also a co-founder of Living Opera and the Living Opera Foundation and founder of CM Culture Management. He is also an affiliate and contributor to several think tank communities ...

San Francisco Opera announced a six-opera 2026-27 season, pointing to rising costs even as audiences grow and major donations ...

Every few years, you'll hear a familiar refrain: "Opera is dying." National surveys point to slumping attendance at live performances. Audiences are aging, leaving fewer fans to fill seats at ...

New York's Metropolitan Opera, a cornerstone of global culture since 1883, has launched major staff reductions and executive ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christos Makridis, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies (THE ...