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The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka
Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák’s sumptuously melodic Rusalka. The stor....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
Michael Mayer’s acclaimed production, first seen in the 2012–13 season, sets the action of Verdi’s masterpiece in 19....
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Tristan und Isolde
Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian lege....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
The tragic tale of "the bride of Lammermoor" has always been a favorite of opera-goers and sopranos alike. Yet with the ri....
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
Acclaimed artist William Kentridge directed and designed this visually dazzling Met premiere production of Shostakovich’....
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Händel: Rodelinda
Renée Fleming stars in the title role of one of Handel’s greatest dramas, seen in Stephen Wadsworth’s 2004 Met premie....
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Philip Glass: Satyagraha
Following the success of his first foray into opera, Einstein on the Beach, revolutionary American composer and musician P....
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Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
A documentary about Shakespeare's Globe opening performance of "Henry V" in 1997. The documentary combines the performanc....
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Bizet: Carmen
Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet’s iconic gypsy, the woman who lives by ....
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Wagner's Dream
The stakes could not be higher as visionary director Robert Lepage, the world's greatest singers, and the Metropolitan Ope....
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Nas: Live from the Kennedy Center
Two decades after the album’s critically acclaimed release, hip-hop artist Nas teamed up with the National Symphony Orch....
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Prince Igor
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, March 1, 2014. Absent from the Met stage since 1917, Borodin’s masterwork....
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Anthony Dean Griffey creates a haunting portrait of the outcast fisherman who struggles under the burden of presumed guilt....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Falstaff
Music Director James Levine conducts his first new Met production after a two-year absence: Robert Carsen’s hit staging ....
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Puccini: La Boheme
"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Otello
In Verdi’s retelling of Shakespeare’s towering tragedy, Renée Fleming gives a captivating performance as the innocent....
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You Can't Take it With You
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.....
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
The imperious Onegin rejects naive Tatiana's proposal of love and also incites a duel with his best friend turned rival Le....
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