Although the old Metropolitan Opera House in NYC had an opulent, gold interior, it was demolished in 1967 after being denied landmark status. "The Mrs. Astor" and Alva Vanderbilt fought for the ...

Jeanine Tesori will become the first woman composer to open the season for the Metropolitan Opera in its 141-year history.

Passion and talent arm her. She has the power of genius. In Maria Callas the fire of her presence and the ice of her control ...

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Following the premiere on October 15, eight additional performances run through November 9. Inspired by the Metropolitan ...

Louis Melançon/Metropolitan Opera Archives Lucine Tockqui Armaganian was born on March 1, 1925, in Hartford, Conn., to Kevork and Adrine (Kazanjian) Armaganian. Her parents had emigrated to the ...

Lucine Amara, a soprano who sang for four decades with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, winning the admiration of the house’s most devoted buffs for her musicianship — and their gratitude for her ...

New York's prestigious Metropolitan Opera will open its season Monday with "Grounded," a work that explores technological ...

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In Jeanine Tesori’s score, which opens the Metropolitan Opera’s season, it’s neither ironic nor satirical, but a smooth ambivalence that encapsulates the musical strengths and dramatic ...

New York's prestigious Metropolitan Opera will open its season Monday with "Grounded," a work that explores technological evolutions of war against the backdrop of motherhood. Commissioned by the ...