Met Live HD Performances
Dead Man Walking
October 30 & 31
Jake Heggie's powerful work—based on Sister Helen Prejean's memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer—receives its highly anticipated Met premiere in a new production by Ivo van Hove, starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
November 26, 27 & 28
Anthony Davis's jazz-inflected opera arrives at the Met in a staging by Tony-nominated director Robert O'Hara, which imagines Malcolm—portrayed by baritone Will Liverman—as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. Kazem Abdullah conducts.
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute Encore
December 2
Julie Taymor's whimsical production features a winning ensemble - including tenor Matthew Polenzani, baritone Nathan Gunn, and bass René Pape – and returns to select movie theaters for a special encore presentation during the holiday season.
Florencia en el Amazonas
December 18 & 19
Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán's opera makes its Met premiere in a spellbinding production starring rising soprano Ailyn Pérez. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Nabucco
February 11 & 12
The Met's epic production about the fall of ancient Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar returns to cinemas, featuring baritone George Gagnidze in the imperious title role, alongside soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska as his vengeful daughter Abigaille. Daniele Callegari conducts.
Carmen
February 24, 25 & 26
Director Carrie Cracknell reinvigorates one of opera's most popular works with a new staging that modernizes Bizet's tale of deadly passion. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina stars in the irresistible title role, alongside tenor Piotr Beczała as her lover Don José. Daniele Rustioni conducts.
La Forza del Destino
March 17 & 18
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi's grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory's most tormented—and thrilling—heroines. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company's first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world and making extensive use of the Met's turntable represents the unstoppable advance of destiny that drives the opera's chain of calamitous events. The distinguished cast also features tenor Brian Jagde as Leonora's forbidden beloved, Don Alvaro; baritone Igor Golovatenko as her vengeful brother, Don Carlo; mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi as the fortune-teller Preziosilla; bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi as Fra Melitone; and bass Soloman Howard as both Leonora's father and Padre Guardia.
Roméo Et Juliette
April 20, 21 and 22
Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod's sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire's most romantic scores. Bartlett Sher's elegant staging also features baritone Will Liverman and tenor Frederick Ballentine as the archrivals Mercutio and Tybalt, mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as the mischievous pageboy Stéphano, and bass-baritone Alfred Walker as Frère Laurent.
La Rondine
May 4 & 5
Puccini's bittersweet love story returns to cinemas, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess. Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts Nicolas Joël's Art Deco–inspired staging, which transports audiences from the heart of Parisian nightlife to a dreamy vision of the French Riviera. Soprano Emily Pogorelc and tenor Bekhzod Davronov complete the sterling cast as Lisette and Prunier.
Madama Butterfly
May 25, 26 and 27
Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini's devastating tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman stars as the callous American naval officer Pinkerton, whose betrayal destroys her. Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong reprises the role of the steadfast maid Suzuki, and baritone Lucas Meachem is the American consul Sharpless. Acclaimed Maestro Xian Zhang takes the podium to conduct Anthony Minghella's vivid production.