New York City Opera

During the decade I lived in New York, the 1980s with spare change on both sides, I’d often walk to classes at NYU – when I went to class – across…

Heidi Waleson has been the opera critic for The Wall Street Journal for 25 years. Her new book, Mad Scenes and Exit Arias, gives an overview of the New…

From the ashes of bankruptcy, can a rebooted company relive its glory days? Its new general director discusses the past, present and future.

The Metropolitan Opera presents Georges Bizet's Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) live in HD in movie theaters world wide on Saturday, January 16…

The death of British critic, writer, translator and stage director Andrew Porter is front page news in the world of classical music. Many of us received a…

We've followed announcements of the New York City Opera's fiscal problems and performance venue changes, as well as the controversies surrounding City…