The Met Opera’s Desperate Hunt for Money

The Met has looked to a foreign government, to new strategies, even to outer space, in its scramble to find money to sustain ...

Lise Davidsen, Opera’s New Star Soprano, Is Bringing All Her Colors to Tristan und Isolde

In a lounge beneath the Metropolitan Opera, the towering Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen is the picture of calm. “My husband jokes I am like a pressure cooker,” she says with a laugh, sitting ...

Ozarks tenor to star in Met Opera’s live cinema event “Tristan & Isolde”

Michael Spyres, an Ozarks native and international opera star, will sing the role of Tristan in the Metropolitan Opera's live cinema production of Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" on March 21, 2026.

Met Opera beefs with Timothée Chalamet after his controversial comment about the performing arts

Chalamet drew criticism for suggesting that ballet and opera are disciplines that "no one cares about." ...

Is ‘Tristan’ the hardest opera to stage? This director thinks so, and signed on at the Met

Opera director Yuval Sharon has said that Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” is the hardest work in the traditional repertoire to ...

From the Met Opera to the Royal Ballet, the Arts World Is Coming for Timothée Chalamet

NEED TO KNOWChalamet said during an onstage conversation with Matthew McConaughey that he didn’t want to work in fields like ...

The Met Opera Gambles on a Visionary Director for Its New ‘Tristan’

Yuval Sharon, known for his bold approach to opera, is making his Met debut with what he has called “the single hardest work” ...

Met Opera’s ‘Tristan Und Isolde’ Star Ekaterina Gubanova Talks Travel, Rituals, And Performing

As the Met Opera’s new Tristan und Isolde opens, the mezzo-soprano behind Brangäne talks performance rituals, favorite cities ...

Met Opera Claps Back at Timothee Chalamet’s Controversial Remarks, Firing Up ‘DWTS,’ Broadway Stars

Timothée Chalamet beefing with the Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera and Royal Ballet was not on anyone's 2026 bingo card.