Pretty much everyone on stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York must audition — even the snake who will briefly take ...

Snake charmer Zoe Ziegfeld is searching for the perfect python to join her on stage for a production at the Metropolitan ...

Snakes auditioned for a role in the Metropolitan Opera’s “Così fan tutte” in New York, where performer Zoe Ziegfeld tested ...

Earlier this month the Metropolitan Opera, America’s largest performing-arts institution, which opens its 2025-26 season on Sunday, announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi ...

The Metropolitan Opera is looking into multiple funding options, including the sale of its iconic paintings, following a failed agreement with the government of Saudi Arabia. New York’s Metropolitan ...

Can the art of opera ever escape the suffocating grip of its magnificent past? Judging from the striking array of contemporary works that reached American stages in the past year, we might be closer ...

From Netrebko v. Metropolitan Opera Ass'n Inc., decided Thursday by Judge Analisa Torres (S.D.N.Y.): In early 2022, the Met ...

Jolie plays the superstar soprano Maria Callas in the new movie “Maria.” We went to the Metropolitan Opera with her and the director Pablo Larraín. The Great Read Jolie plays the superstar soprano ...

new video loaded: How the Metropolitan Opera Feeds Its Audiences transcript Opera is an art form that favors extravagant appetites. The marriage of music and cuisine is nowhere more evident than at ...

Can the pop star help salvage the beleaguered Metropolitan opera house by putting on a show of his own? By Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, Editors The fat lady hasn’t quite sung for Manhattan’s ...