PRESS RELEASES

Press Releases

May 13, 2013
The Metropolitan Opera and Le Poisson Rouge’s “An Evening with Nico Muhly, Two Boys, and other works” Will Be Video Webcast Live Tuesday, May 14 at 10 p.m. ET on NPR Music and WQXR’s Q2 Music
April 22, 2013
The Met Opera Announces Free Summer Events
April 18, 2013
Nico Muhly to Host and Perform at Le Poisson Rouge
March 25, 2013
2013 Beverly Sills Artist Award
March 10, 2013
2013 National Council Auditions Results
February 26, 2013
The Metropolitan Opera Announces the 2013-14 Season
October 11, 2012
James Levine Returns to the Met
James Levine, the Metropolitan Opera’s Music Director, will return to conducting on May 19, 2013 with the MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
September 10, 2012
2012-13 Season Opens With a New Production of 'L’Elisir d’Amore'(2)
Bartlett Sher's new staging of Donizetti’s comic opera opens September 24, starring Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani
September 04, 2012
The Met: Live in HD Series Expands to a Record 1,900 Theaters in 60 Countries
Tickets now on sale to the general public in the U.S.
May 22, 2012
Opera News Will Continue to Review Metropolitan Opera Productions
In view of the outpouring of reaction from opera fans about the recent decision to discontinue Met performance reviews in Opera News, the Met has decided to reverse this new editorial policy.
February 23, 2012
The Met’s 2012-13 Season Features Seven New Productions (Including Two Met Premieres) and 21 Revivals
May 17, 2012
The Met: Live in HD’s 2012-13 Season Features
12 Live Transmissions, Including Seven New Productions
April 23, 2012
The Metropolitan Opera Announces Free Summer Events(2)
Summer Recital Series, in Collaboration with City Parks Foundation, Launches at Central Park SummerStage on July 25 with Performances by Danielle de Niese, Dimitri Pittas, and John Del Carlo
March 28, 2012
Wagner’s Complete Ring Cycle Comes to Movie Theaters For the First Time, in the Met’s Cutting-Edge New Production
Screenings of all four operas in Wagner’s epic begin May 9 in the U.S. and Canada
March 18, 2012
Metropolitan Opera Announces 2012 National Council Auditions Winners
Five young singers win $15,000 cash prizes in the prestigious competition that has launched the careers of numerous major opera stars
March 14, 2012
The Metropolitan Opera Launches State-of-the-Art New iPad App
“Met Opera on Demand” allows unlimited streaming of the Met’s popular Live in HD programs, as well as hundreds of other audio and video performances; new content, both current and historic, will be added monthly; 44 video transmissions from the award-winning Live in HD series available at launch
January 30, 2012
Soprano Angela Meade Receives Seventh Annual Beverly Sills Artist Award