Met Opera to Stage Anthony Davis' `X' on Malcolm X in 2023 More NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera will present its second work by a Black composer, Anthony Davis’ “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” just two years after its first. The company said Thursday...
In 1935, Eisenstein engaged with Mei Lanfang's Peking Opera troupe during their visit to Moscow, filming and writing about the experience. He recognized Peking Opera as not just a theatrical form but an expression of a worldview. That same year, he received works by French sinologist Marcel G...
The Metropolitan Opera is trumpeting record first-day sales for its upcoming season, with the Met box office taking in $2.5 million for the 2009-10 season.(Legit Bits)Cox, Gordon
The ticket price range remains unchanged at $25-$480. Paid percentage of box office realized is in the upper 60 percent range this season, Gelb said, the same as last year. Gelb said the Met is considering collaborating with other institutions in New York to present a “chamber-sized oper...
NEW YORK (AP) — Records show conductor James Levine's company received $936,755 from the Metropolitan Opera in his 47th and final season, a tenure cut short when he was fired as music director emeritus after an investigation found evidence of sexual abuse and harassment. The payment...