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GROUNDED by Jeanine Tesori to Open The Metropolitan Opera's 2024–25 Season

February 21, 2024

The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled the 2024–25 season lineup. Learn about the operas being presented and see how to purchase tickets.

Soprano Lise Davidsen to Makes Highly Anticipated Role Debut In New Production Of Verdi's LA FORZA DEL DESTINO

February 07, 2024

Soprano Lise Davidsen makes her highly anticipated role debut as Leonora in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, opening February 26. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a stellar cast in the Met’s first new production of Forza in nearly 30 years. The Met: Live in HD transmission of La Forza del Destino will reach audiences in cinemas worldwide on March 9.

New Production Of Bizet's CARMEN to Open at The Metropolitan Opera This Month

December 13, 2023

The Met's new production of Bizet's Carmen, directed by Carrie Cracknell, opens on December 31.

Mezzo-Soprano Samantha Hankey to Make House Debut At Semperoper Dresden As Cherubino In Le Nozze Di Figaro

October 16, 2023

American Mezzo-Soprano Samantha Hankey will make her house debut at Semperoper Dresden as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro on November 2 and 6, 2023 at 7:00pm.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2022–23 Live in HD Season to Conclude With Mozart's DIE ZAUBERFLOTE (The Magic Flute)

May 25, 2023

The Metropolitan Opera will present a live transmission of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), one of Mozart’s most beloved operas, on Saturday, June 3, at 12:55PM ET.

The Metropolitan Opera to Present Live Transmission of Ivo van Hove-Directed DON GIOVANNI

May 12, 2023

The Metropolitan Opera will present a live transmission of Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove’s new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni on Saturday, May 20, at 12:55PM ET as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

Mozart's DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Gets Its First New Met Staging In 19 Years From Director Simon McBurney

May 05, 2023

Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (May 19–June 10), one of opera's most beloved works, receives its first new Met staging in 19 years from acclaimed English director Simon McBurney. In his Met debut, McBurney lets loose a volley of theatrical flourishes, incorporating projections, aerial and sound effects, physical comedy, a hovering platform, and acrobatics to match the spectacle and drama of Mozart's work. Maestro Nathalie Stutzmann—having made her Met debut earlier this season with Don Giovanni—performs Mozart double duty leading both productions running simultaneously. With the pit raised, the Met Orchestra musicians will interact with the cast. Gareth Morrell conducts the May 27 performance.

Mozart's DON GIOVANNI Receives A New Production By Ivo Van Hove In His Met Debut

May 03, 2023

​​​​​​​Ivo van Hove, the Tony Award–winning director of Broadway's A View from the Bridge, makes a major Met debut with Mozart's Don Giovanni (May 5–June 2), re-setting the familiar tale of deceit and damnation in an abstract architectural landscape and shining a light into the work's dark corners.

A Mozart Doubleheader Of New Productions Of DON GIOVANNI And DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Close Out The Met's 2022–23 Season

April 28, 2023

The Metropolitan Opera will close out its 2022–23 season with Don Giovanni, starting May 5, and Die Zauberflöte, starting May 19. Nathalie Stutzmann will make her Met debut as conductor of both works, with Ivo van Hove directing Don Giovanni and Simon McBurney staging Die Zauberflöte—also both making their Met debuts.

The Metropolitan Opera to Present Live Transmission of Terence Blanchard's CHAMPION

April 20, 2023

The Metropolitan Opera will present a live transmission of Terence Blanchard’s jazz-inflected opera Champion on Saturday, April 29, at 12:55PM ET as part of The Met: Live in HD series.