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Jake Heggie’s Adaptation of ‘Moby Dick’ Comes to the Metropolitan Opera

Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s 2010 adaptation of Melville’s unruly novel opens this week at the Metropolitan Opera.

By Wendy S. Walters

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Olga James, a Star of ‘Carmen Jones’ and ‘Mr. Wonderful,’ Dies at 95

An operatic soprano, she had high-profile roles on film and stage in the 1950s. But after that, she mostly spent her career away from the limelight.

By Richard Sandomir

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The Met Opera Announces Its 2025-26 Season

Our critics choose highlights from a lineup that includes six new productions and modern works by Mason Bates, Kaija Saariaho and Gabriela Lena Frank.

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Barrie Kosky Is the Director New York Has Been Waiting For

One of the busiest stage directors in Europe is fully arriving, at last, with “The Threepenny Opera” this spring.

By Joshua Barone