I went three times to a vividly grim new production of Strauss’s “Salome” and to a revival of his sprawling “Die Frau Ohne Schatten,” and I would have happily returned to either one.

Lagging were Strauss’ “Die Frau ohne Schatten” (68%0, Verdi’s “Rigoletto” (64%), Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and the German-language version of Mozart’s “Die ...

Lagging were Strauss' “Die Frau ohne Schatten” (68%0, Verdi's “Rigoletto” (64%), Offenbach's “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and the German-language version of Mozart's “Die Zauberflöte ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped slightly following the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that coincided with a decrease in tourists to New York. The Met ...

Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped slightly following the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that coincided with a decrease in tourists to New York.

Soprano Nina Stemme sung her 126th and final performance of Isolde in Wagner's “Tristan und Isolde” with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Marian Anderson Hall.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nina Stemme tilted back her head after the final notes of her 126th and last Isolde performance, and her eyes filled with tears.