Get a first look at the production of Rigoletto now on stage at the Met Opera in this all-new video. Reigning Verdi baritone Quinn Kelsey reprises his devastating portrayal of the title court jester, ...

Reigning Verdi baritone Quinn Kelsey will reprise his devastating portrayal of the title court jester, and soprano Nadine Sierra, following her acclaimed performances as Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo et ...

Growing up, you couldn't have paid me to go to the opera. I couldn't stand classical music. It was loud and screechy, and I couldn't understand why anyone would like it. The mere fact that those who ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook “Grounded,” the new work that opened the season, has been joined by revivals of three Puccini, Verdi and Offenbach classics. By ...

NEWBURYPORT — The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 season of live Saturday matinee radio broadcasts continues with “Rigoletto,” Verdi’s tragedy of a man struggling to separate the good from the evil in ...

(AP) Diana Damrau recalled when she learned the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Rigoletto would be set in the glitzy Rat Pack-era Las Vegas of 1960, not 16th-century Mantua. At first you get a ...