People who care about opera can’t stop talking about the baby, or “that damned baby” as a disgruntled patron put it on the way out of the Metropolitan Opera last week. It’s a directorial conceit in a ...

NEW YORK — When Lise Davidsen finished her last performance in Beethoven’s “Fidelio” at the Metropolitan Opera a year ago, she flew home to Norway to await the birth of twins, enjoy a six-month ...

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In Siegfried, the third part of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard Wagner shifts the focus away from the troubled world of the gods towards the energy of youth on earth. This is storytelling through ...

Despite its beauty and power, the Met’s Innocence had me wanting to run. Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera For 400 years, opera’s business has been the aestheticization of pain. Wrenching loss, blinding ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence,” a powerful and kaleidoscopic depiction of mass violence and its aftermath, has arrived at the Metropolitan ...

As today’s audiences seek more immersive, multi-sensory cultural experiences, the partnership between two heritage houses showcases how the live stage is evolving for the next generation. ByJillian ...

School shootings are a tragically common occurrence in the United States, but rarely do they grace the stage of one of the world's premier opera houses. But on Monday, Kaija Saariaho's "Innocence" -- ...

The modern opera “Innocence” made its Metropolitan Opera debut this week, bringing a psychological thriller to the stage starring acclaimed soprano Joyce DiDonato. Alongside the production’s star ...