Metropolitan Opera’s smallest season in 60 years features five new productions as Gelb outlines 2030 retirement

The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled its 2026–27 season, featuring five new productions, 12 repertory revivals, a…

José van Dam dies at 85: a pillar of European opera

José van Dam, the Belgian bass-baritone whose dignified presence and finely honed musicianship made him one…

György Kurtág turns 100: a century of fragments, silence and intensity

On 19 February 2026, Hungarian composer György Kurtág turns 100 — a rare milestone for one…

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