Monday, March 16, 2026
Opera and Ballet Companies Respond to Timothée Chalamet's Criticism of Art Forms
Playbill: Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet set the opera and ballet worlds abuzz recently when, in an interview for Variety and CNN, he insinuated that "no one cares" about the art forms. The actor—whose grandmother, mother, and sister were ballerinas—is currently nominated for his performance in Marty Supreme.
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I find this whole debacle pretty funny, because ultimately it is just one guy’s opinion on a massive arts industry. I do think what deserves focus is the way the arts community as a whole has rallied around ballet and opera in response. I think on the operas’ and ballets’ ends it is clear their responses are for publicity and social media above anything. The Metropolitan Opera mentions its recent shows in their hilarious post in response to Chalamet. Sara Mearns took it as a chance to offer a collaboration with the actor. I think some of these responses are genuine, but still in a way that adds their voices to this wave of social media focus on ballet and opera. Ultimately, as with anything on social media, there should be a focus on what people are gaining by putting these opinions out there, because almost nothing that is posted isn’t thought through.
I can’t lie, I kind of find this whole thing rather stupid. I’ve never particularly been a fan of Timothe Chalamet. I think he's a pretty good actor, but I don’t really care about him at all. And I mean, yeah, I definitely think he should maybe have thought a little more through before he said this. It seems like he didn’t entirely mean offense or to dis opera or ballet, but at the end of the day, he did kinda dismiss other people’s art forms as inferior, and that's not cool. The people who do opera and ballet are so incredibly talented and committed to their art, and I find it so impressive what they do. The internet has then taken this and run with it, and I feel like it’s become a way bigger thing than it needs to be. Some of the jokes opera and ballet companies have been making are so funny though.
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