But it is, in my judgment and others’, his perfect opera.

Watch a first look video of LA TRAVIATA at The Metropolitan Opera, running March 20–June 6, 2026. The production is directed ...

Returning to the Metropolitan Opera this month, the Italian classic uses the lilting three-beat form as a unifying element in ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with a performance of Verdi’s tragedy "La Traviata." ...

The label of elitism sticks to opera like superglue. The label is a fake, but one for which no cultural chemical capable of removing it has yet proved effective. Still, opera populists are trying and ...

In the world of theater, Shakespeare’s Macbeth swirls with superstition. If one is performing it, you may not say the title out loud, especially backstage. You must call it, “The Scottish Play.” Why ...

Opera San José will close its 2025-26 season devoted to exploring the question of “What is love?” with the quintessential ...

The 2025-26 Kentucky Opera season includes classics such as "La Traviata." Here's what else to expect and how to get tickets starting Aug. 1.

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“La Traviata” again. Opera goers have a hard time avoiding it, even if they want to, but apparently they don’t. Verdi’s masterpiece (based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils about a courtesan who ...

There’s a reason that La Traviata, an opera about the doomed love between a consumptive courtesan and an aristocrat, is one of the most frequently performed in the world: It’s gorgeous, packed with ...

Natalie Dessay and Matthew Polenzani perform “Libiamo” from La Traviata. Acclaimed French soprano Natalie Dessay makes her Met role debut as Violetta, the fallen woman who sacrifices her last chance ...