The Metropolitan Opera's assistant directors balance tradition and innovation to revive productions like "Aida" while shaping the future of American opera.

By Zachary Woolfe For a long time, people went to the Metropolitan Opera for the horses ... The great tenor Enrico Caruso, who died in 1921, would have recognized the park-and-bark, arms ...

Born in 1873 in Naples, tenor Enrico Caruso was a star of Italian and American opera ... and over those 25 years he became a legend of La Scala in Milan as well as New York’s Metropolitan Opera. His ...

In 1955, singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York ... Sammo Hung (“Martial Law”) is 73. Actor David Caruso is 69. TV anchor Katie Couric is 68.

The master conductor on his lifelong mission to make classical music accessible to all, and his new behind-the-scenes ...

January 13 is also the World Day Against Depression. It is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness of depression as a ...

In 1955, singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 1962, “The Twist” by Chubby Checker hit number one on the pop charts for a second time. It had previously hit ...

To debut the theater, celebrated tenor Enrico Caruso came to perform the Italian ... singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, becoming the first black ...

I interviewed the multi-faceted performer on her favorite opera, her thoughts on traveling for work, where she grabs a bite ...