The maestro: James Levine

The world lost Bob Simon a few weeks ago, but the 60 Minutes correspondent's love of the opera lives on in his profile of Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine.

• Mar 8, 2015
• 13:15

Angel Blue on Met role debut in "Aida" and Opera journey

Angel Blue, who was recently named Classical Music's "Vocalist of the Year," is set to perform the title role in "Aida" at the Metropolitan Opera. Known for her Grammy-winning performances, Blue will take the stage in New York beginning on Dec. 31. She joins "CBS Mornings Plus."

• Dec 24, 2024
• 06:08

From juvenile delinquency to opera stardom

After a childhood of anger and violence, the 32-year-old now commands the stage around the world. Scott Pelley reports.

• Dec 9, 2018
• 13:45

From juvenile delinquency to opera stardom

After a childhood of anger and violence, the 32-year-old now commands the stage around the world. Scott Pelley reports.

• Jun 16, 2019
• 14:00

Renée Fleming talks "Music and Mind"

Renée Fleming is a five-time Grammy winner, a Kennedy Center honoree and a longtime advocate for the healing power of the arts. For her new book "Music and Mind," Fleming collected essays from leading scientists, artists and health care providers. They look at the powerful impact that music and the arts can have on our health.

• Apr 19, 2024
• 05:12

3/16: CBS News Mornings

Ukraine's capital under siege as Moscow intensifies air raids; New York City's Metropolitan Opera holds special night for Ukraine

• Mar 16, 2022
• 44:37

Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Sunday on 60 Minutes

Correspondent Jon Wertheim interviews conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director of three major orchestras: in Philadelphia, in his hometown of Montreal, and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, which has pinned on him the bold revamping of its artistic mission.

• May 11, 2023
• 00:32

The full episode of 60 Minutes from the March 8, 2015 edition

Lesley Stahl reports on the untimely death of Alberto Nisman; Scott Pelley reports on combat Marines adjusting to civilian life; and, a profile of the Metropolitan Opera's music director James Levine.

• Mar 8, 2015
• 43:27

Watch tenor Jonas Kaufmann perform at The Met in New York

60 Minutes spent years following German tenor Jonas Kaufmann and was on hand for a 2018 performance at The New York Metropolitan Opera.

• May 22, 2022

Terence Blanchard's opera, "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

In its 138 years, America's leading opera house, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, had never staged an opera by a Black composer – until now. The Met opened its new season with a production of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" by jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard. New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu talked with six-time Grammy-winner Blanchard about his opera, inspired by a memoir by Charles Blow, about "a boy of peculiar grace" growing up in small-town Louisiana in the 1970s and '80s.

• Nov 7, 2021
• 07:09

Scott Pelley reads viewer mail about a 60 Minutes profile on the Metropolitan Opera's music director, James Levine

Scott Pelley reads viewer mail about a 60 Minutes profile on the Metropolitan Opera's music director, James Levine.

• Mar 15, 2015
• 00:54

Maestro James Levine tells Bob Simon that there is always music playing in his mind

Maestro James Levine tells Bob Simon that there is always music playing in his mind.

• Mar 7, 2015
• 00:41

Maestro James Levine talks to Bob Simon about his love of rehearsing and his nerves while performing

Maestro James Levine talks to Bob Simon about his love of rehearsing and his nerves while performing.

• Mar 7, 2015
• 00:45

60 Minutes pays tribute to Bob Simon's love of opera by broadcasting his profile of James Levine, music director of New York's Metropolitan Opera

60 Minutes pays tribute to Bob Simon's love of opera by broadcasting his profile of James Levine, music director of New York's Metropolitan Opera. Watch Simon's report on Sunday, March 8 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

• Mar 5, 2015
• 00:26

Bob Simon reports on the Metropolitan Opera's mission: to make opera as popular -- and populist -- as it once was

Bob Simon reports on the Metropolitan Opera's mission: to make opera as popular -- and populist -- as it once was. Watch Simon's report on Sunday, July 20 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

• Jul 16, 2014
• 00:39

Plácido Domingo steps down from the Met

Legendary opera star Plácido Domingo has stepped down from the title role in the Metropolitan Opera's production of "Macbeth," one day before opening night, and has withdrawn from all future performances amid allegations of sexual harassment. CBSN New York's Lisa Rozner reports.

• Sep 24, 2019
• 02:06

Eric Owens on his trailblazer

For Black History Month, hear from trailblazers about their trailblazers. Opera singer Eric Owens shares the impact of Marian Anderson, who was the first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. "Without her, I'm not here." Owens currently stars in the new production of "Porgy and Bess."

• Feb 19, 2020
• 01:21

Plácido Domingo quits the Met after harassment allegations

"I am grateful to God and the public for what they have allowed me to accomplish here at The Metropolitan opera," Domingo said in a statement

• Sep 24, 2019

From juvenile delinquency to opera stardom

After a childhood of anger and violence, the 33-year-old now commands the stage around the world

• Jun 16, 2019

The performer who inspired Ryan Speedo Green

Green says a performance by opera star Denyce Graves motivated him to become a singer. Graves spoke to 60 Minutes in 1996

• Jun 16, 2019

Elon Musk, Screen Time, Ryan Speedo Green

Elon Musk opens up to Lesley Stahl about Twitter, pot, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Model 3 and Tesla; then, a groundbreaking study examines effects of screen time on kids; and, Ryan Speedo Green: From juvenile delinquency to opera stardom

• Dec 9, 2018
• 44:11

From juvenile delinquency to opera stardom

After a childhood of anger and violence, the 32-year-old now commands the stage around the world

• Dec 9, 2018

The performer who inspired Ryan Speedo Green

Green says a performance by opera star Denyce Graves motivated him to become a singer. Graves spoke to 60 Minutes in 1996

• Dec 9, 2018

Met Opera fires longtime conductor after sexual abuse investigation

Met says the investigation found that Levine abused "vulnerable artists in the early stages of their careers"

• Mar 12, 2018

Met Opera suspends relationship with conductor

James Levine faces pending investigation for sexual misconduct that "took place from the 1960s to the 1980s, including the earlier part of his conducting career at the Met"

• Dec 3, 2017

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