Soprano Angela Meade, recipient of the 2012 Beverly Sills Artist Award, pose inside the Metropolitan Opera lobby at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 in New York. Meade will reach an ...

(AP) Angela Meade, a rising star at the Metropolitan Opera, rose a notch higher as she stepped into one of the touchstone roles of the soprano repertory, Leonora in Verdi’s Il Trovatore. Surprisingly, ...

The Yannick Nézet-Séguin era begins in earnest, with the company’s music director leading six productions. By Michael Cooper Robert Carsen’s louche, lively staging, which is being revived for the ...

Angela Meade, an exceptional young American soprano who already has a legion of bel-canto fans, takes over for Anna Netrebko in the title role of “Anna Bolena,” Donizetti’s breakthrough opera, about ...