After 30 years of shaping history at the Metropolitan Opera, Denyce Graves is stepping into a new chapter on her own terms.

Terence Blanchard received a seven-minute standing ovation after the opening night performance of “Fire Shut Up In My Bones,” marking his becoming the first Black composer to step onto the stage of ...

Fire Shut Up in My Bones, based on the Charles M. Blow memoir of the same title, is the first work by a Black composer to be staged by the... Terence Blanchard Makes History At The Metropolitan Opera ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s season opened on Monday, Sept. 27, and for the first time in its 138-year history, it will perform an opera by a Black composer. Fire Shut Up in My Bones will be composed and ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Grammy-winning musician Terence Blanchard became the first Black composer in the Metropolitan Opera's 138-year history Monday. As CBS2's Cory James reported, audiences across ...

Jeanine Tesori will become the first woman composer to open the season for the Metropolitan Opera in its 141-year history. Her revised opera, Grounded, will premiere at New York's Met on Monday night, ...

The New York Metropolitan Opera House's rich musical history began when it opened its doors to the public on Oct. 22, 1883. At the time, the opera house welcomed New Yorkers into its hall located on ...