The Metropolitan Opera

Tune in on Saturday, April 18 at 1 p.m. to hear The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of Kaija Saariaho's opera Innocence.

Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.

This year saw many classical music highlights in Philadelphia and beyond. Our hosts picked some of their favorites.

Florencia gives star Ailyn Pérez a rare chance to sing in Spanish. As the bilingual daughter of Mexican immigrants, she learned early on that language had the power to shape her experience and voice.

An opera about civil rights leader Malcolm X opens Friday — nearly 40 years after X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X premiered. The creative team says its message feels more relevant than ever.

There’s a devastating mano a mano confrontation at the heart of Terence Blanchard’s opera 'Champion,' and it might not be the one that you expect.

Terence Blanchard made history last season when his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones was the first work by a Black composer staged by the Metropolitan Opera. And the Met has asked for more.

Star soprano Nadine Sierra's new album Made for Opera and her performance in the Met's new production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor provide new ways to think about opera through staples of the repertoire.

Join us on Monday, March 14th at 6 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear The Metropolitan Opera's special live international broadcast A Concert for Ukraine—a performance offering support and solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine.

Star performers at the famed New York opera house, including soprano Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev, have been closely associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin.