Today, the MET Orchestra mourns the loss of a beloved colleague, Jim Ognibene, Principal Bass Clarinetist since 1986. Jim was a special man, whose kind-hearted nature filled his friends and colleagues with warmth and laughter. Jim retired very recently, and his beautiful playing can be heard on many MET broadcasts. Some of Jim’s most exquisite...

It’s MET Musician Monday! Time to meet our Associate Principal Viola, Craig Mumm. Find out how he’s improving his accordion game and learn more about his incredibly musical family! Here’s a snippet: “My grandfather was a band leader during World War I – field artillery band. My grandmother toured the country in the roaring twenties...

“I felt more at home with [the Metropolitan Opera] Orchestra than anywhere else, before or since. That’s the truth!” Carlos Kleiber, the eccentric and reclusive conductor who died in 2004 at the age of 74, was a fabled perfectionist who was known as much for the rarity of his appearances as for the brilliance of...