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The Metropolitan Opera: Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila
A towering biblical epic, Saint-Saëns’s operatic take on the story of Samson and Delilah has many of the hallmarks of g....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Idomeneo
Mozart’s early masterpiece returned to the Met for the first time in more than a decade with Music Director Emeritus Jam....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of Handel’s tale of deception and de....
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Theater ....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu
William Kentridge’s multi-layered production of Berg’s masterpiece stars charismatic soprano Marlis Petersen in the ti....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte
One of opera’s most beloved works receives its first new Met staging in 19 years—a daring vision by renowned English d....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale
Donizetti’s timeless comedy shines in Otto Schenk’s enchanting production, conducted by James Levine and featuring a r....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Superstar Anna Netrebko makes her long-awaited Met role debut as Puccini’s icy princess—seen live in cinemas on May 7.....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet
When Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian d....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Adriana Lecouvreur
Soprano Anna Netrebko joins the ranks of Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, and Renata Scotto, taking on—for the first....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly
Anthony Minghella’s stunning production of Puccini’s opera opened the Met’s 2006–07 season and was seen by thousan....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Medea
Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic so....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Falstaff
Baritone Michael Volle stars as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Lohengrin
Wagner’s soaring masterpiece makes its triumphant return to the Met stage after 17 years. In a sequel to his revelatory ....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora
Umberto Giordano’s exhilarating drama returns to the Met repertory for the first time in 25 years. Packed with memorable....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Cinderella
In this New Year’s Day performance, Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cendrillon, a hit of the 2017–....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth
The Met Opera’s broadcast of Verdi’s Macbeth will be presented live in select cinemas nationwide on Saturday, October ....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Semiramide
Against the backdrop of the Hanging Gardens, Semiramide, Queen of Babylon, defies bad omens and supernatural threats in he....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio
Renée Fleming is Countess Madeleine, the beautiful, enigmatic woman at the center of Strauss’s sophisticated “Convers....
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The Metropolitan Opera: Otello
Verdi’s monumental score is fully the equal of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy—and both demand great actors. This is on....
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