#OnThisDay:
📆February 25, 1911 Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma" premieres at #MetropolitanOpera House, #Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#Opera #VictorHerbert #Natoma
#ClassicalMusic #History #Music
#MusicHistory
The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2026–27 season — its smallest in 60 years.
Five new productions are planned as Peter Gelb confirms he intends to step down in 2030.
Full season details at moto-perpetuo.com/metropolitan...
#MetOpera
#MetropolitanOpera
#Opera
#OperaNews
In memoriam José #van #Dam [°Aug. 25, 1940 – Feb. 17, 2026]🕯️🫡🌹
#bassbaritone #MetropolitanOpera #LaScala #OpéradeParis #WienerStaatsoper #SalzburgerFestspiele #CoventGarden #KoninklijkeMuntschouwburg #ChapelleMusicaleReineÉlisabeth #HerbertvonKarajan #LorinMaazel #JosévanDam #JosephbaronVanDamme
The Metropolitan Opera isn't just about music—it's about power, rivalry, and cultural legacy. When NYC's old money snubbed the Vanderbilts, the nouveau riche built their own opera house.
#NYCHistory #Opera #MetropolitanOpera #LincolnCenter #UpperWestSide
#THISWEEK in 1948
“You might say I’m careful, that’s why I say Chesterfields Satisfy me!”
‘Risë Stevens - Metropolitan Opera’s world famous Carmen’
*Collier’s*, February 7, 1948
#Chesterfield #cigarettes #RisëStevens #operasinger #MetropolitanOpera #Carmen #Bizet
#OTD #TDIH #February13, 1976 #DOTD: #RIP #LilyPons. #Singers #Sopranos #Actresses #Coloratura #ColoraturaSopranos #Opera #Lakme #MetropolitanOpera #TheMet #LegionOfHonour #ClassicalMusic #OperaSky #MusicSky
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Die Met erwägt den Verkauf ihrer Chagall-Wandgemälde, wobei das Stiftungsvermögen von 306 auf 218 Millionen Dollar sank und ein Saudi-Deal stockt.
#MetropolitanOpera #MarcChagall #NewYork
www.kunst-mag.de/2026/02/12/m...
#OTD #TDIH #February10, 1927 #BOTD: #HBD #LeontynePrice! #Singers #OperaSingers #Sopranos #SpintoSopranos #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #Opera #ClassicalMusic #MetropolitanOpera #PresidentialMedalOfFreedomRecipients #OperaSky #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #February10, 1927 #BOTD: #HBD #LeontynePrice! #Singers #OperaSingers #Sopranos #SpintoSopranos #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #Opera #ClassicalMusic #MetropolitanOpera #PresidentialMedalOfFreedomRecipients #OperaSky #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #February10, 1927 #BOTD: #HBD #LeontynePrice! #Singers #OperaSingers #Sopranos #SpintoSopranos #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #Opera #ClassicalMusic #MetropolitanOpera #PresidentialMedalOfFreedomRecipients #OperaSky #MusicSky
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Possessing a voice of heartbreaking tenderness, Swedish tenor Jussi Björling made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1938. He appeared in over 50 leading roles in Italian and French over the next 21 years.
#botd #OperaSky #JussiBjörling #MusicSky #Tenor #MetropolitanOpera
Metropolitan Opera selling the Chagall murals in order to keep them? An idea that's off the wall?
#OperaSky #ArtSky #MarcChagall #MetropolitanOpera
#OnThisDay:📆January 24, 1914 Victor Herbert's second opera "Madeleine" premieres at the #MetropolitanOpera, NYC, with Frances Alda in the title role
#VIctorHerbert #Opera #Madeleine
#Soprano #FrancesAlda
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
Time to boycott the Metropolitan Opera. The Saudis have so much blood on their hands. This is whitewashing murderers. Fuck the Met. #metropolitanopera #opera
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
In the past 5 yrs, the #MetropolitanOpera has drained money from its endowment, entered a still-tentative $200M deal with Saudi Arabia & cut its performance schedule as it struggled to bring stability to an institution hammered by the #coronavirus #pandemic.
But in the latest sign of the […]
#OTD #TDIH #January16, 1957: #DOTD: #RIP #ArturoToscanini. #Toscanini #Conductors #Cellists #ClassicalMusic #AbsolutePitch #PerfectPitch #LaScala #MetropolitanOpera #NewYorkPhilharmonic #NBCSymphonyOrchestra #CarnegieHall #ClassicalSky #MusicSky
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Franz Joseph Bing was born in Vienna #OnThisDay in 1902, fleeing Nazi Germany & eventually becoming general manager of the #MetropolitanOpera in 1950; Sir #RudolfBing ran it for 22 years & built it into one of the leading #opera companies of the world:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_...
#OnThisDay in 1955, #MarianAnderson became the first African American to perform in a solo role at the #MetropolitanOpera; one of the greatest singers of the 20th c., she played Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi's #opera "Un Ballo in Maschera," paving the way for others...
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That night in 1955 changed what was possible. Marian Anderson walked onto the Met stage as a singer. She walked off as a symbol of progress that no one in the audience could ignore.
#MarianAnderson #MetropolitanOpera #BlackHistory #ClassicalMusic #CivilRights #OperaHistory
#OTD #TDIH #January7, 1955: #MarianAnderson becomes 1st #black person to perform at the #MetropolitanOpera in #Verdi's #UnBalloInMaschera .
#Coltraltos #Opera #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanHeritage #BlackHeritage #BlackPeople #AfricanAmericans #ClassicalSky #MusicSky #BlackSky
#OTD #TDIH #January4, 1985: #FarewellPerformances: #LeontynePrice as #Aida @ The #MetropolitanOpera. #LeontynePrice #Singers #OperaSingers #Sopranos #SpintoSopranos #AfricanAmericans #Opera #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalSky #OperaSky #MusicSky
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📆December 31, 1907 Gustav Mahler conducts the #MetropolitanOpera, in NYC. (Mahler is an Austro-Bohemian composer and conductor)
#Mahler #Composer #Conductor
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory
📆December 25, 1931 New York's #MetropolitanOpera broadcasts an entire live opera performance for the first time - Englebert Humperdinck's #HänselundGretel over NBC radio
#MET #Opera #Broadcasts
#LivePerformance
#NBCRadio
#EnglebertHumperdinck
📆December24, 1920 Enrico Caruso gives his #last public #performance, with the #MetropolitanOpera in #NYC
#Tenor #EnricoCaruso #Opera #OperaSinger
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory
#OTD in 1937
Cover of The New Yorker, December 4, 1937
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #MetropolitanOpera
The #MetropolitanOpera @metopera.bsky.social : #Arabella / #Opera 1pm #sacramento 6:30pm www.fandango.com/the-metropol...
Von New York nach Fürth: Die Metropolitan Opera zeigt Bellini-Meisterwerk im Cineplex
Link zum Online-Artikel: https://fuerthaktuell.de/?p=7635
#fürth #bellini #ipuritani #metropolitanopera #liveinhd #cineplexfürth #opera #newyork #lisetteoropesa #weltklassequartett #franken #mittelfranken
📆November 23, 1903 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso makes his US debut at the #MetropolitanOpera House, in New York in Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto"
#Opera #Tenor #EnricoCaruso #Verdi #Rigoletto
#ClassicalMusic #TodayMusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory
📆November 18, 1911 First American #performance of Ludwig Thuille's opera "Lobetanz", #MetropolitanOpera in New York City
#Opera #LudwigThuille #Lobetanz
#ClassicalMusic
#ClassicalMusicHistory
#TodayMusicHistory
NOVEMBER 16, 1992
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