In Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, the central conflict is not merely romance or betrayal. It is the clash between artistic expression and state authority. Baron Scarpia, the chief of police, does not ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 season of Saturday matinee radio broadcasts continues with Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

The highly responsive audience for the one-night-only performance of "Turandot" cheered, applauded and whistled spontaneously all evening.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Despite encouraging box office figures for the season’s first half, the financially strapped Metropolitan Opera scaled back its 2026-27 schedule with its fewest productions in at least ...