As the houselights dim at the Metropolitan Opera, the Julie Taymor–directed The Magic Flute transports viewers into a buoyant and kaleidoscopic fairy-tale dreamworld. This abridged, English-language ...

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North Country Public Radio welcomes The Metropolitan Opera back to its airwaves Dec. 6. Through any one of NCPR’s 33 transmitters, website and mobile app, listeners can enjoy some of the world’s most ...

In recent years, pop culture's general view of the Met Gala has shifted, and what was once an excuse to discuss couture on social media is slowly becoming a blaring symbol of inequality. Although that ...

Derrick Goff, onetime vocal coach at the Metropolitan Opera: “I grew up surrounded by church music, choirs, piano playing. I started taking languages. There’s vocal music in other countries, operas, ...

Anna Wintour described the American philanthropist and former journalist Lauren Sánchez Bezos as a “great lover of costume and obviously of fashion” when asked about criticism surrounding the Bezos’s ...

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos will serve as the lead sponsors of the 2026 Met Gala, providing a sizable donation to fund the event and accompanying “Costume Art” exhibition. Getty Images for The ...

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 ...

The couple missed the 2025 Met Gala due to their nuptial celebrations, but made their debut at the red carpet event in 2024—an occasion that Page Six proclaimed “mark[ed] their coronation as America’s ...

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos have prime billing for the 2026 Met Gala. Indeed, the Amazon founder and his wife are the primary donors helping to fund “Costume Art,” the spring 2026 exhibition ...

We're one step closer to learning the Met Gala theme for 2026. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute announced its spring exhibition Monday, which typically inspires the dress code for ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Monday the name of the exhibit that will inform the theme of the 2026 Met Gala: Costume Art. The spring exhibit will “examine the centrality of the dressed ...