Moby-Dick Moby-Dick

A live broadcast from New York

Third leg Third leg

The term “narrative prosthesis” refers to the tendency for works of literature to use disability as the conflict upon which the whole narrative hinges. Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is a quintessential example of “narrative prosthesis.”

La bohème La bohème

A live broadcast from New York

Fidelio Fidelio

A live broadcast from New York

Sea glass Sea glass

“Baritone Thomas Glass will sing the role of Starbuck in tonight’s performance of Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick, replacing Peter Mattei, who has withdrawn due to illness.”

Jenufa Jenufa

Corinne Winters and Karita Mattila lead a performance recorded last month in London

Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Metropolitan Opera 2025-26

The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its upcoming season.

Goddess in three persons Goddess in three persons

Patrick Mack looks back on “a great, nay, historic evening,” Renata Scotto‘s 1981 performance of Il trittico, now newly available on Met Opera on Demand.

Shocker and awe Shocker and awe

In 2011, Sondra Radvanovsky‘s Tosca proved promising; fourteen years later, it was absolutely magnificent, a completely satisfying musical and dramatic embodiment of a challenging role by an artist at the peak of her powers.