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Met Opera

opera review Apr. 11, 2023

In Terence Blanchard’s Opera Champion, Not Every Punch LandsA boxing opera comes to the Met, with a jazz-infused score, powerful movement, and wobbly storytelling.

By Justin Davidson
politics Mar. 25, 2022

A Breakdown of Cultural Institutions Boycotting Russian InvolvementSpotify plans to make a full exit from the Russian market by April.

By Ashley Shannon Wu

vulture recommends Mar. 17, 2020

The Best Operas You Should Stream While They’re FreeA week at the virtual Met Opera is a week without duds or off nights.

By Justin Davidson
fall preview 2019 Sept. 12, 2019

Anthony Roth Costanzo Is the Pharaoh We NeedThe countertenor brings the sexually ambiguous monarch of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten to the Met.

By Justin Davidson
dance May 18, 2017

For the World’s Best Male Ballet Dancer, Injury Led to Artistic RebirthDavid Hallberg spent a lifetime preparing to be an ABT principal. But he wasn’t prepared for his body to betray him.

By Rebecca Milzoff