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Biography: Thrilling audiences with more than 200 performances each season, the MET Orchestra is one of the world’s great performing ensembles, both on stage and in the opera pit. Since its founding in 1883, the MET Orchestra’s performances have encompassed not only the entire opera repertoire, but symphonic and chamber programs at Carnegie Hall, international tours, and countless musician activities outside of the Metropolitan Opera House. The MET Orchestra has grown in the past four decades into an ensemble noted by singers, critics, conductors, and audiences as one of today’s most stylistically versatile and musically satisfying orchestras.
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
Madcap physical comedy and impeccable coloratura come together for Natalie Dessay’s indelible portra...
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Don Pasquale
This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American so...
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Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
Plácido Domingo accomplishes the rare feat of singing both leads on the same night at the Met in 197...
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Un Ballo in Maschera
Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than S...
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Ariadne auf Naxos
Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, oppo...
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Lohengrin
Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just wh...
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Der Rosenkavalier
In this stunning performance from 1982, Strauss’s enchanting fairy tale for adults is blessed with a...
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Tosca
A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the ...
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Lucia di Lammermoor
This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first ...
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Arabella
Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto b...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
The Metropolitan Opera's performance of "Hansel and Gretel" features music by Engelbert Humperdinck ...
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The Met — Tosca
Puccini’s musical thriller of lust, murder, and politics is one of the most dramatically riveting op...
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Puccini: La Bohème
Puccini’s evergreen paean to young love and the bohemian life has captivated generations of Met-goer...
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The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earl...
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The Magic Flute
Tamino, a handsome prince, and Papageno, a bird-catcher, are sent by the Queen of Night to rescue he...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio
Renée Fleming is Countess Madeleine, the beautiful, enigmatic woman at the center of Strauss’s sophi...
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The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
The world’s most famous love story comes to operatic life with superstars Anna Netrebko and Roberto ...
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Il Trovatore
Luciano Pavarotti brings his spectacular voice and artistry to one of the most famous of all tenor r...
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Turandot
The Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's "Turandot", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera in...
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Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met
From the "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" DVD box set. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmar...
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Massenet: Thaïs
When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is de...
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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in...
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Bellini: La Sonnambula
Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to ...
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Director and choreographer Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s masterpiece updates the immortal stor...
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The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche
A contemporary take on the 17th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy bring...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Master-Singers of Nuremberg
James Levine leads a stirring performance of Wagner’s epic comedy, seen in Otto Schenk’s classic pro...
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Bizet: Carmen
Richard Eyre’s stunning new production of Bizet’s opera was the talk of the town when it was unveile...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Stephen Wadsworth’s production of Mussorgsky’s epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the suffering a...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman
François Girard, whose revelatory 2013 take on Parsifal set the recent Met standard for Wagner stagi...
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Rigoletto
A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterp...
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Das Rheingold
From the gorgeous scene deep in the river Rhine that opens the opera, up to the magic Rainbow Bridge...
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orche...
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Richard Wagner: Parsifal
The Met production easily has the most beautiful staging, designed by Otto Schenck, who also produce...
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Carmen
This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Lev...
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Don Carlo
Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here -- go...
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Siegfried
Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the N...
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Puccini: La bohème
"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performe...
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L'Elisir d'Amore
John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the beloved su...
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Elektra
The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in ...
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La Bohème
Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted many ...
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In Concert at The Met
In Concert at the Met (DVD) - Highlights Five of the Met's greatest stars - Price, Horne, Troyanos, ...
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Francesca da Rimini
Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchest...
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Tristan und Isolde
Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is bas...
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La Forza del Destino
Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who curses ...
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Andrea Chénier
Andrea Chenier is a poet during the French Revolution. He and Maddalena are in love. Gerard, former ...
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Idomeneo
Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982 production. ...
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Strauss: Elektra
It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of...
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Die Walküre
The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this sec...
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The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
As renowned for its harmonious overture as for its romantic storybook characters, this three-act mas...
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Falstaff
It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi t...
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Il Tabarro & Pagliacci
Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 seas...
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Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
This evocative production by Giancarlo Del Monaco sumptuously captures the look and feel of 14th cen...
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Un Ballo in Maschera
Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine....
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An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti
Opera greats Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland -- one of the most acclaimed tenors and one of th...
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Verdi: Rigoletto
The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly ...
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La traviata
This “Traviata” became one of the most succesful of all opera films, especially in France, where 800...
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Otello
Verdi’s monumental score is fully the equal of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy—and both demand great ac...
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Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here we ha...
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
In the depths of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens guard the Rhinegold, a treasure of immeasurable v...
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Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René Pap...
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Verdi: Falstaff
Music Director James Levine conducts his first new Met production after a two-year absence: Robert C...
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Anna Netrebko as the beautiful and wealthy Adina leads the cast in Barlett Sher’s production of Doni...
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Parsifal
The Met assembled an ideal cast for François Girard’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s final mas...
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Verdi: Nabucco
The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his lon...
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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 m...
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Radiant mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and dashing Italian tenor Marcello Giordani are unlucky lovers in...
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Le comte Ory
Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" tells the story of a libidinous and cunning nobleman who disguises himself ...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale
Donizetti’s timeless comedy shines in Otto Schenk’s enchanting production, conducted by James Levine...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Verdi’s IL TROVATORE again storms the Met stage in a star-studded, anvil-wielding cast , including S...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
Philip Glass’ opera “Akhnaten”, premiered in Stuttgart in 1984, forms the third part of the portrait...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Christine Goerke has wowed audiences as Turandot, the icy princess at the heart of Puccini’s grand f...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo
Family jealousy, threat of rebellion, political back-stabbing and the Inquisition weigh heavy on the...
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
Any new Met production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy La Traviata would be noteworthy, but Michael Mayer...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Wozzeck
Berg’s 20th-century shocker stars baritone Peter Mattei in the title role, with Music Director Yanni...
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Gounod: Faust
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann is riveting as the title character of Gounod’s popular opera, seen in this Live...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which opened the Met’s 2014–15 season, sets the action of Mozart’...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
Mozart’s allegorical fairy tale has charmed audiences and inspired artists, for more than 200 years....
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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 D...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Così Fan Tutte
Met Music director James Levine conducts a cast of youthful stars in Mozart’s sophisticated comedy a...
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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour performanc...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Così fan tutte
Two men enter a bet with intriguer Alfonso that their women will stay true, but disguise themselves,...
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Adams: Doctor Atomic
John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one...
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose cert...
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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act o...
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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 ...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky’s setting of Pushkin’s timeless verse novel is presented on the Met stage in Deborah War...
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Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
Bizet’s rarely heard opera returned to the Met for the first time in a century on New Year’s Eve 201...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess
The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, s...
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
Berlioz’s epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and the e...
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Massenet: Cendrillon
The 2017–18 Live in HD season concluded with an enchanted performance of Cendrillon, Massenet’s glit...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre
Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of th...
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Wagner: Siegfried
Robert Lepage’s remarkable Met Opera production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, the 2013 Grammy...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Franco Zeffirelli’s golden production stars the great dramatic soprano Nina Stemme as Turandot, the ...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Director David McVicar’s new production brings opera’s favorite double bill to new life, setting the...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
A youthful cast brings Rossini’s immortal comedy to sparkling life, led by Christopher Maltman as Fi...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Manon
Massenet’s tale of passion, excess, and their consequences stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in t...
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of fait...
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Bizet: Carmen
Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet’s iconic gypsy, the...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
Met audiences were fascinated by Mariusz Treliński’s gripping, visionary production of Wagner’s epic...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with ...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Imbuing the familiar Don Juan myth with a captivating combination of comedy, seductiveness, danger, ...
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Händel: Rodelinda
Renée Fleming stars in the title role of one of Handel’s greatest dramas, seen in Stephen Wadsworth’...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu
William Kentridge’s multi-layered production of Berg’s masterpiece stars charismatic soprano Marlis ...
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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...
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks—incl...
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Rossini: La Cenerentola
"Irresistible" (Opera News) rising-star mezzo Elina Garanca triumphs as Rossini's Cinderella in this...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka
Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák’s sumptuously melodic ...
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Ring Cycle, pt 4. Siegfried is drugged and tricked into kidnapping his wife, since she has the Ring ...
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Philip Glass: Satyagraha
Following the success of his first foray into opera, Einstein on the Beach, revolutionary American c...
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Strauss: Elektra
The great singing actress Nina Stemme gives a heart-wrenching performance in the title role of Strau...
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The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin
Robert Lepage’s dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling LED lights stretching across t...
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John Adams: Nixon in China
John Adams’s groundbreaking work vividly brings to life US President Nixon’s 1972 visit to the Peopl...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Marnie
Composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of Winst...
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The Ghosts of Versailles
What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One ...
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Puccini’s timeless love story, which includes some of its composer’s most beloved music, has moved g...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen
Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, ...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca
Sir David McVicar’s bold new staging of Tosca, Puccini’s operatic thriller of Napoleonic Rome, thril...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his powerful opera based on Shakespeare’s last pla...
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Le Nozze di Figaro
The Met assembled a vocal dream team for Jonathan Miller’s stylish production of the eternal Mozart ...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
With its cast of hundreds, thrilling score, and sweeping tale of love and heroics in ancient Egypt, ...
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
La Traviata’s sumptuous melodies and timeless depiction of doomed love have made the work a favorite...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
A towering biblical epic, Saint-Saëns’s operatic take on the story of Samson and Delilah has many of...
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The Met — Il Trovatore
Soprano Anna Netrebko appears in her highly anticipated Met role debut as Leonora, the tortured hero...
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Götterdämmerung
The stupendous climax to Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto Schenk/Gü...
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Anthony Dean Griffey creates a haunting portrait of the outcast fisherman who struggles under the bu...
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Puccini: Turandot
Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical C...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Norma
Deep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is scor...
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Der Rosenkavalier
In his new production, Robert Carsen places the action at the end of the Habsburg Empire, underscori...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Adriana Lecouvreur
Soprano Anna Netrebko joins the ranks of Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, and Renata Scotto, taki...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Elixir of Love
Donizetti’s bubbly romantic comedy about a spunky landowner, a hapless peasant, and the dubious love...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
This deliciously dark take on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale, appealing to audiences of all a...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
Premiered immediately before the enduring masterpieces Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, Lui...
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Ernani
Verdi's early masterpiece is based on a Victor Hugo play with a complicated plot concerning a young ...
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L'italiana in Algeri
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian li...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre
Soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortali...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes a major Met debut with a new take on Mozart’s tragico...
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The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
Star soprano Anna Netrebko created a sensation with her riveting performance as the malevolent Lady ...
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