Four Takeaways From the Metropolitan Opera’s Risky Season
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Four Takeaways From the Metropolitan Opera’s Risky Season

The company has bet that new operas will attract new, more diverse audiences and revitalize a stale repertory. Is the gamble paying off?
Jaap van Zweden Bids Farewell, and Other Classical Highlights
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Jaap van Zweden Bids Farewell, and Other Classical Highlights

The Philharmonic’s maestro ends his tenure, Igor Levit comes to Carnegie Hall, and the Metropolitan Opera takes a chance on reviving two recent hits.
North Carolina Radio Station Won’t Ban Met Opera Broadcasts After All
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North Carolina Radio Station Won’t Ban Met Opera Broadcasts After All

The station, which had called the Met’s newer operas unsuitable because of their “difficult music” and “adult themes and harsh language,” reversed course.