Metropolitan Opera

Soprano Anna Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Opera's biggest box office draws, sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb on Aug. 4, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations related to the institution's decision to drop her following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin is remaking the Metropolitan Opera from the bottom up.

A Russian opera said on March 31 it had cancelled a concert by Russian superstar soprano Anna Netrebko over her comments on Moscow's military operation in neighboring Ukraine.

A Russian opera said on March 31 it had cancelled a concert by Russian superstar soprano Anna Netrebko over her comments on Moscow's military operation in neighboring Ukraine.

The Metropolitan Opera canceled its fall 2020 performances on June 1 and postponed several new productions to future seasons as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc with New York's cultural life.

Placido Domingo will no longer sing in the Metropolitan Opera due to the charges of sexual harassment. Tonight he was supposed to sing "Macbeth."

Placido Domingo, the legendary opera singer facing myriad sexual harassment accusations, is withdrawing from all future performances at New York's Metropolitan Opera, both he and the institution announced Sept. 24.

The Metropolitan Opera of New York is wooing a younger audience -- make that very, very young.

New York's Metropolitan Opera announced March 12 it fired legendary conductor James Levine, for decades the face of its orchestra, after finding "credible evidence" that he sexually abused younger musicians.

The Metropolitan Opera's current revival of Verdi's La Traviata, with the significant voice of the Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva, matched La La Land box office performance over the weekend.