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New York's Metropolitan Opera will require audiences and performers to be fully vaccinated for its upcoming season, the house announced on July 27 amid debate in the United States about mandatory vaccinations.

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Graham Vick, a British director who founded Birmingham Opera Company and worked in opera houses around the world, has died of complications from COVID-19. He was 67.

Spain's culture ministry on Feb. 26 cancelled a performance by opera star Placido Domingo, a day after he accepted "full responsibility" in a sexual harassment scandal. 

Placido Domingo, the legendary opera singer facing myriad sexual harassment accusations, is withdrawing from all future performances at New York's Metropolitan Opera, both he and the institution announced Sept. 24.

New York's Metropolitan Opera announced March 12 it fired legendary conductor James Levine, for decades the face of its orchestra, after finding "credible evidence" that he sexually abused younger musicians.

In an era of intense political division, the new production of "Romeo et Juliette" at New York's Metropolitan Opera brings the classic tale of warring families to a universe of palpable power and ostentation.

The Athens Concert Hall is hosting a live broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco" from New York's Metropolitan Opera on Saturday, January 7. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra is conducted by James Levine and the cast is led by Placido Domingo in the role of Nabucco, Liudmyla Monastyrska as Abigaille and Jamie Barton as Fenena. Admission is 25 euros and 20 euros for students.

The Athens Concert Hall will be screening a live broadcast of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's opera "L'Amour de Loin" from New York's Metropolitan Opera on Saturday, December 10. The opera is based on a libretto by Amin Maalouf. The cast is led by Susanna Phillips (Clemence), Eric Owens (Jaufre) and Tamara Mumford (Pilgrim). The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra is led by Susanna Malkki.

The Athens Concert Hall is hosting a live broadcast of Richard Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" from New York's Metropolitan Opera on Saturday, October 8. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra is led by Sir Simon Rattle while the cast features Nina Stemme (Isolde), Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangane), Stuart Skelton (Tristan), Evgeny Nikitin (Kurwenal) and Rene Pape (King Marke). With Greek subtitles.