Press Releases
February 23, 2012
The Met’s 2012-13 Season Features Seven New Productions (Including Two Met Premieres) and 21 Revivals
May 17, 2012
The Met: Live in HD’s 2012-13 Season Features
12 Live Transmissions, Including Seven New Productions
April 23, 2012
The Metropolitan Opera Announces Free Summer Events(2)
Summer Recital Series, in Collaboration with City Parks Foundation, Launches at Central Park SummerStage on July 25 with Performances by Danielle de Niese, Dimitri Pittas, and John Del Carlo
March 28, 2012
Wagner’s Complete Ring Cycle Comes to Movie Theaters For the First Time, in the Met’s Cutting-Edge New Production
Screenings of all four operas in Wagner’s epic begin May 9 in the U.S. and Canada
March 18, 2012
Metropolitan Opera Announces 2012 National Council Auditions Winners
Five young singers win $15,000 cash prizes in the prestigious competition that has launched the careers of numerous major opera stars
March 14, 2012
The Metropolitan Opera Launches State-of-the-Art New iPad App
“Met Opera on Demand” allows unlimited streaming of the Met’s popular Live in HD programs, as well as hundreds of other audio and video performances; new content, both current and historic, will be added monthly; 44 video transmissions from the award-winning Live in HD series available at launch
January 30, 2012
Soprano Angela Meade Receives Seventh Annual Beverly Sills Artist Award
December 9, 2011
James Levine Withdraws from Met Conducting Assignments Through the End of Next Season
Met Music Director focusing on long-term recovery from most recent injury and surgery; Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi to conduct this season’s Ring cycles in April and May
September 22, 2011
The Met: Live in HD Enters Its Sixth Season With Largest-Ever Worldwide Distribution
Russia is the latest country to join the Met’s groundbreaking live entertainment initiative; 1,600 theaters in 54 countries, including new additions Israel and China, are now part of the Live in HD network; The 2011-12 season of the award-winning series kicks off Saturday, October 15, with Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, starring Anna Netrebko
September 19, 2011
Peter Doig’s Siegfried + Poster Project Opens September 27 at Gallery Met
The renowned artist’s new exhibition of posters and paintings depicts Wagner’s archetypal hero
September 6, 2011
New Injury Forces James Levine To Cancel Fall Performances
Fabio Luisi Is Named Met Principal Conductor; Will Lead New Production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Initial Performances of Wagner’s Siegfried
March 8, 2011
“James Levine: 40 Years at The Metropolitan Opera,“ a Celebration of the Maestro’s Four Decades of Musical Leadership, to be Published by Amadeus Press on May 3, 2011
August 10, 2010
The Met Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of James Levine’s Company Debut with James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met, Two Special Box Sets of 21 DVDs and 32 CDs
Limited edition collection includes previously unavailable recordings and videos conducted by Levine to be released on Tuesday, September 21, 2010; Digitally remastered releases include 11 complete performances on CD and 11 complete operas plus highlights from historic concerts on DVD