Metropolitan Opera

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1. The most prominent opera company in the United States, often called “the Met” for short. It is based in New York City.

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Metropolitan Opera

Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s adaptation of the George Saunders novel, which had its premiere this week at the Metropolitan Opera, affectingly captures the phantasmagorical spirit of its source.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Given its well-documented financial woes, the Metropolitan Opera might not seem a likely place to find multiple bold and costly new creative projects.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

One of the most illuminating portions of the book deals with the backdrop to Anderson’s 1955 Metropolitan Opera debut, as Ulrica in Verdi’s “A Masked Ball.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

James Levine had become an operatic legend as music director of the Metropolitan Opera for nearly three decades and had been a mentor to and champion of Conlon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Julie Landsman, who plays principal French horn for the Metropolitan Opera in New York, says that she’s found herself distracted by the position of someone’s mouth.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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