Conversation with Maya Pritsker: Metropolitan Opera today
IN RUSSIAN ONLY: Music critic, journalist, and cultural scholar Maya Pritsker analyzes the Metropolitan Opera's current
problems, discussing its finances, scandals, sponsors, stars, a brief history of the theater, and what to see
this season.
Event Venue:
Yorkville Library222 E. 79th Street
New York, NY 10075
Event Date:
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026 at 5:00-6:30pm
The main opera company of the United States and one of the richest and most respected opera companies of the
world offers in its 2025-2026 season the smallest number of performances in years and is sued by two of its
former biggest stars. What happened? Why the house almost never sells out? Is there any future for the art of
opera today? And what the Met is doing to bring back its glory days?
With excerpts from the productions.
