Timothée Chalamet is Wrong: Why You Should Start Watching Opera as a Student

In a March 2026 interview with CNN and Variety magazine, Chalamet, who had recently starred in the movie Marty Supreme, stated “I don't want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it's like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore.’ All respect to all the ballet and opera people out there.” As an opera lover, I take offense to this.