Handel’s gripping Theodora features Joyce DiDonato, Julia Bullock, and Jakub Józef Orliński.

For this concert performance, Charles Castronovo stars as the romantic and tortured title character, with Ildar Abdrazakov as the wily Mephistopheles and Elīna Garanča as Marguerite.

Star conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads a performance of the hilarious Mozart classic. The stellar cast includes Luca Pisaroni in the title role.

Heralded as “a triumph,” Mason Bates’ The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs combines electronics and operatic orchestration to tell a fascinating story about the complicated man behind the rise of a tech giant.

Season Finale: Susanna Mälkki returns to lead Stravinsky’s neoclassical dark comedy.

When Brett Dean’s Hamlet had its world premiere in 2017, The Guardian declared, “New opera doesn’t often get to sound this good … Shakespeare offers a gauntlet to composers that shouldn’t always be picked up, but Dean’s Hamlet rises to the challenge.”

Philip Glass’ mesmerizing modern masterpiece returns. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo reprises his celebrated turn as the revolutionary pharaoh Akhnaten.

Virtuosic soprano Nadine Sierra takes on one of the repertory’s most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine of Lucia di Lammermoor.

Wagner’s sublime comedy takes the Met stage for the first time in seven years.

Thrilling soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska plays the title role of the legendary cold-hearted princess. Yonghoon Lee appears as the bold prince determined to win Turandot’s love, alongside soprano Ermonela Jaho as the devoted servant Liù and bass Ferruccio Furlanetto as the blind king Timur.

Soprano Eleonora Buratto takes on the touchstone title role of Puccini’s tragic geisha. Tenor Brian Jagde is the callous American naval officer who betrays her.

Smashing box office records when it premiered during the 2019–20 season, the Met’s landmark staging of this American classic returns, and bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue reunite as the title couple.

Soprano Nina Stemme brought down the house when she headlined the premiere of visionary director Patrice Chéreau’s 2016 staging of Elektra. Now she returns to Strauss’ unhinged heroine.

Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Mozart’s breathless and breathtaking comedy.

James Gaffigan conducts Igor Golovatenko in the title role. Ailyn Pérez (Tatiana), Piotr Beczała (Lenski), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Olga), and Ain Anger (Prince Gremin) also star.

In the network broadcast premiere of the opera’s French-language version, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts an all-star cast: Matthew Polenzani (Don Carlos), Sonya Yoncheva (Élisabeth de Valois), Eric Owens (Philippe II), and Jamie Barton (La Princesse Eboli).

Baroque music specialist Harry Bicket conducts this performance which features Elza van den Heever in the title role, in a cast also including Iestyn Davies (Bertarido), Paul Appleby (Grimoaldo), and Jamie Barton (Eduige).

Marek Janowski conducts Lise Davidsen (Ariadne), Brandon Jovanovich (Bacchus), and Isabel Leonard (Composer) in a performance of Richard Strauss’ inventive, scintillating opera.

The Met revisits this January 1973 performance conducted by Richard Bonynge and featuring Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Regina Resnik, and Fernando Corena.

Broadcast highlights from some of the Met’s most revered African American stars

Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his overwhelming portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia.

A commemorative performance from September 11, 2021.

Highlights from historic Met broadcasts  

Baritone Quinn Kelsey stars in the title role of Verdi’s timeless tragedy.

The Met celebrates the 40th anniversary of Franco Zeffirelli’s beloved staging with an exceptional cast.