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Met Museum Reaches Fund-Raising Goal for New Modern Wing

The museum achieves a milestone, but still faces a complex public approval process for its Tang Wing, which is on…

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Review: The Met’s New ‘Carmen’ Trades Castanets for Cutoffs

Starring a magnetic Aigul Akhmetshina, Carrie Cracknell’s lethargic staging updates Bizet’s opera to present-day America.

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The Met Will Return 16 Ancient Treasures Tied to Looting

Many of the works headed back to Cambodia and Thailand were featured in the museum’s galleries. All were linked to…

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Review: This ‘Magic Flute’ at the Met Lacks Some Luster

Mozart’s opera, tailored to families in this staging, is big on spectacle and let’s-put-on-a-show verve. What shines? Kathryn Lewek as…

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At the Met, a Refurbished ‘Bohème’ and an Art Deco ‘Ballo’

A gift from a board member recently paid for the company to rebuild sets for Franco Zeffirelli’s deathless 1981 production…

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Why Tugboats Are Key to the $19 Billion Overhaul of Kennedy Airport

Renovating one of the world’s busiest airports is replete with engineering challenges, such as how to circumvent the area’s overburdened…

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An Officer Is Charged With Murder. Colleagues Briefly Drop Their Guns.

In Britain, where guns are rare, armed police officers have set off a debate about the extraordinary power they hold,…

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James Jorden, Creator of an Essential Opera Blog, Dies at 69

With Parterre Box, he brought together high culture, punk aesthetics and gleeful camp in an irreverent source for news, criticism…

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Avedon at Large

“Richard Avedon: Murals” fills just one gallery of the Met, but “fills” is an understatement. These portraits of prominent political…

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London Police Officer Admits to 49 Charges of Sexual Abuse, Including Rape

David Carrick, who worked for the Metropolitan Police, carried out “a relentless campaign” of violence over 17 years, prosecutors said,…

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