How Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz Turned the Love Story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Into a Magical Realist Opera by Matt Dobkin

El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego premieres this month at the Met.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:17pm on May 7, 2026[SHARE]

Met Opera and MOMA Partner to Celebrate Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera by Matt Dobkin

El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego premieres on the Met Stage, alongside a new visual art retrospective.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01am on April 17, 2026[SHARE]

Yuval Sharon Directs a New, Audacious Version of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde by Matt Dobkin

The Met Opera production is set in two worlds: the modern world and the "mythic world of the opera."

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:24pm on March 9, 2026[SHARE]

Porgy and Bess, America's Greatest Homegrown Opera, Returns to the Met for Its 90th Anniversary by Matt Dobkin

Alfred Walker and Brittany Renee star in the title roles of the Gershwins' rich"but complicated"masterpiece.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32am on December 10, 2025[SHARE]

Creating Ancient Egypt Through Projections in Aida at the Met by Matt Dobkin

In the new production at the Metropolitan Opera, design studio 59 is "painting with light."

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:06pm on January 16, 2025[SHARE]

The Met's Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on New Operas Versus the Classics by Matt Dobkin

The longtime conductor on juggling both old and new works in the same Metropolitan Opera season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:36pm on March 21, 2024[SHARE]

Carrie Cracknell on Creating a Feminist Carmen at the Met by Matt Dobkin

The director is intent on not glorifying violence against women on stage.

SOURCE: Playbill at 6:42pm on January 12, 2024[SHARE]

Aigul Akhmetshina Is Bringing a Modern-Day Carmen to the Met by Matt Dobkin

The mezzo-soprano on how the classic opera has a different feel with female director Carrie Cracknell at the helm.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:06pm on December 27, 2023[SHARE]

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X Is a Family Affair, Literally by Matt Dobkin

Cousins Anthony Davis, Thulani Davis, and Christopher Davis collaborated on the opera, currently running at the Metropolitan Opera.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:42pm on November 27, 2023[SHARE]

Florencia en el Amazonas Will Be the First Spanish-Language Opera at the Met in a Century by Matt Dobkin

Mexican composer Daniel Catán's opera, based on the Gabriel García Márquez, is making its long-awaited Metropolitan Opera premiere.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:02pm on November 17, 2023[SHARE]

Meet Sister Helen Prejean, Whose True Story Is Now an Opera at the Met by Matt Dobkin

Prejean once ministered to men on death row, and her experiences is the topic for the opera Dead Man Walking

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:13pm on October 2, 2023[SHARE]

Ivo van Hove on Making a Don Giovanni That Is Modern and Dark by Matt Dobkin

The Tony-winning director is making his Met debut.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:18pm on May 26, 2023[SHARE]

After the Success of Fire Shut Up in My Bone, Terence Blanchard Is Back With a New Opera, Champion by Matt Dobkin

Now playing at the Met, Champion follows the life of the boxer Emile Griffith, who was closeted.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:42pm on April 12, 2023[SHARE]

Simon Stone Finds Lucia di Lammermoor in the Fading Dreams of the Rust Belt by Matt Dobkin

Stone's new staging of Lucia di Lammermoor opens at the Metropolitan Opera on April 23.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42pm on April 21, 2022[SHARE]

Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb On Canceling Putin, Not Pushkin by Matt Dobkin

Gelb discusses the responsibilities of arts institutions in the midst of global conflict.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:06pm on April 8, 2022[SHARE]

Joyce DiDonato Talks About Performing in Agrippina at the Met Opera by Matt Dobkin

The mezzo-soprano is currently starring in the first-ever Met production of Handel's satirical opera through March 7.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:44pm on February 19, 2020[SHARE]

William Kentridge Offers a New Take on Wozzeck at the Met Opera by Matt Dobkin

The South African artist and director reflects on Alban Berg's operatic masterpiece, which premieres December 27.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00am on December 23, 2019[SHARE]

Porgy and Bess Stars Eric Owens and Angel Blue on Bringing the Show to Met Opera After 30 Years by Matt Dobkin

The new production of the Gershwin-Heyward classic opens the Met's season September 23.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:36pm on September 23, 2019[SHARE]

Stage and Screen Icon Kathleen Turner Makes Her Met Opera Debut in a Speaking Role by Matt Dobkin

The Tony-nominated actor appears in Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment running at the Met through March 2.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:33pm on February 12, 2019[SHARE]

The Metropolitan Opera's New Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin Has the Opera World Buzzing by Matt Dobkin

With the start of the 2018–2019 season, Nézet-Séguin became a central part of the company, taking on the role of the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:16pm on December 27, 2018[SHARE]

Composer Nico Muhly Discusses His Marnie Opera by Matt Dobkin

Running at the Met through November 10, the new opera (inspired by the book and Hitchcock film) is directed by Michael Mayer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10am on November 2, 2018[SHARE]