Readers respond to Rebecca Humphries’s article about the actor’s much criticised comments on opera and ballet Every generation seems to produce someone ready to declare opera and ballet irrelevant.

Timothée Chalamet criticized the art forms during a February 2026 'Variety' and CNN town hall with Matthew McConaughey Timothée Chalamet’s recent remarks about opera and ballet have struck a sour note ...

Timothée Chalamet drew criticism for suggesting that ballet and opera are disciplines that "no one cares about." The Metropolitan Opera posted a video highlighting the talents of the opera community ...

Mounting an opera has never been easy. Rudolf Bing, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1950 to 1972, once offered this observation: “To make successful opera in New York you do ‘Carmen ...

If only European generals had possessed the tactical skills of Opera Orlando’s leaders, perhaps World War I might have been a shorter and less bloody affair. Opera Orlando waited until it felt the ...

The opera, created by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, in collaboration with director and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, tells the story of Civil War-era spies Mary Jane Bowser, ...

Mr. Scorca served as the president and chief executive of Opera America, a service organization, from 1990 to 2025. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura ...

Griselda Suarez, the longtime executive director of the Arts Council for Long Beach, will soon depart the nonprofit to take on a new role with the local government. Suarez has served at the helm of ...

Christos Makridis is also a co-founder of Living Opera and the Living Opera Foundation and founder of CM Culture Management. He is also an affiliate and contributor to several think tank communities ...

Every few years, you'll hear a familiar refrain: "Opera is dying." National surveys point to slumping attendance at live performances. Audiences are aging, leaving fewer fans to fill seats at ...

Jonas Kaufmann will no longer sing at London’s Royal Opera House — because, of all things, the pay is too low. “I don’t know how you do it,” the tenor recently told BBC Radio 3. In the same interview, ...

Opera has been serious about transforming the way people browse the web. In late 2024, the company said how we do this would dramatically change in two years. However, it already did: In 2025, an ...