Mayer’s weak attempt to address opera’s recent struggles with its history of fetishization of “exotic” cultures adds nothing ...

You know you’re in trouble when a grand new production of Verdi’s “Aida” only catches fire midway through the second act, after the “Triumphal March”—when Amonasro shows up.

By Javier C. Hernández Photographs and Video by OK McCausland When the director Michael Mayer set out to stage Verdi’s “Aida” at the Metropolitan Opera, he knew the stakes were high.

Michael Mayer’s new staging for the Met had me wondering how soon someone would roll the stone slab back and let my people go home.” ...

Someone at the Met should have been giving flu shots (before RFK Junior makes them illegal), because something is obviously ...

The onstage menagerie has been vanishing. On Tuesday, the company rang in the new year with a new version of Verdi’s Pharaonic classic “Aida” starring the shining soprano Angel Blue ...

Tenor SeokJong Baek will sing the role of Radamès in upcoming performances Verdi’s Aida, at the Met Opera replacing Piotr Beczała, who has withdrawn due to illness. Learn more!

Take your vitamins, folks. There’s something going around. The first indicator was the audience Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera, which welcomed the new year with the premiere of Michael ...