33 stories by "Jay Goodwin"
The final opera of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho is running at the Met.
She would know, she's a mother of three.
In November, the Italian conductor takes the podium for Mozart's Don Giovanni, Giordano's Andrea Chénier, and Puccini's La Bohème.
Bartlett Sher directs the new opera for the Met, running September 21"October 11.
German opera director Claus Guth creates a staging of Strauss' opera inspired by Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut.
The South African soprano will headline Claus Guth's new production at the Metropolitan Opera.
Soprano Golda Schultz and tenor Ben Bliss reunite for the Mozart opera at the Met.
He played a different role in the previous version of the show. Now he's stepping in as the lead.
Director Mariusz Treliński brings Verdi's opera to the modern day.
Beginning March 12, the German baritone appears in his first Verdi opera with the Metropolitan Opera in Falstaff.
Simon Stone's present-day staging moves the action to America's Rust Belt and utilizes no cyclorama.
McVicar and music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin discuss the belated premiere.
Performances of Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice run through December 16 at the Metropolitan Opera.
The celebrated director's production of Wagner's first masterpiece explores the mystical nature of the opera and the power of images to consume us.
The singer is adding another chapter to his Met Opera legacy with his role debut as the title character of Berg's Wozzeck, in a new production by South African artist William Kentridge.
The Norwegian singer makes her Met Opera debut as Lisa in The Queen of Spades November 29"December 21.
Here's how Chorus Master Donald Palumbo prepares the ensemble to sound its best.
The maestro kicks off with Puccini's Turandot starring Christina Goerke and Nina Stemme, which begins October 3.
The classic John Dexter production of Poulenc's devastating story of faith and martyrdom opens May 3.
These outstanding singers join the cast via the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
The dramatic soprano reflects on the challenges of this epic role and how she plans to handle a Ring week, with three complete cycles running through May 11.
Wagner's four-installment epic returns to the Met for the first time since the 2012"13 season, with three complete cycles, beginning March 9.
Rigoletto—the Met Opera's neon-bedecked production—returns this season from February 12.
Finley appears in Bartók’s dark opera through February 14.
The singer stars as Enrico in the Metropolitan Opera's Lucia di Lammermoor from April 25.
