Michael Cooper

The opera star, who has been the company’s general director since 2003, resigned, saying allegations had “compromised” his ability to continue.

The company said it had received 10 accusations of “inappropriate conduct” by the opera star, who has begun to face cancellations in Europe as well as America.

Many artists have not been paid since March at the company, which hopes to return on New Year’s Eve after its longest interruption in over a century.

The Zoom where it happens: Biden speaks with Lin-Manuel Miranda about the Latino vote. (Published 2020) - The New York Times

Ilhan Omar calls the president’s tweet ‘an evil thing to say,’ and others decry the implicit suggestion that those who die from the virus are weak.

A staggering 100 million Americans voted early, suggesting a record turnout. (Published 2020)

I’m the deputy culture editor for news. I’m doing the best I can to find entertainment at home.

The nation’s largest performing arts organization, shut by the coronavirus pandemic, sends a chilling signal that American cultural life is still far from resuming.

I’m the deputy editor for news on the Times’s Culture desk. Here are 5 things I have been reading, watching and listening to.

A State Department official said over the summer that there were between 40 and 50 Americans being wrongfully detained by foreign governments.