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The auditorium of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City (Photo: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera)
Since 1931, the Metropolitan Opera’s radio broadcasts have brought performances from New York City to listeners around the world.
From its opening in 1883, the Metropolitan Opera has been one of the world’s leading opera companies. Today, the Met continues to present high-quality performances with many of the world’s most renowned artists, a superior company of orchestral and choral musicians, a large repertory of works, and the resources to make performances available to the public. Each season the Metropolitan stages more than 200 opera performances in New York which more than 800,000 people attend. Millions more, throughout the world, experience the Metropolitan Opera on television, through cinemacasts, radio, on tour and recordings.
Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges & Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Ravel's opera with a performance from February 28, 1981.
Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick
Jake Heggie returns to the company with his 2010 adaptation of Herman Melville’s sea-drenched, heaven-storming epic.
Golijov’s Ainadamar
Osvaldo Golijov’s Grammy–winning first opera dramatizes the life and work of poet-playwright Federico García Lorca, who was assassinated by fascist forces at the start of the Spanish Civil War.
Mozart’s Magic Flute
Simon McBurney’s uproarious full-length German-language production of Mozart’s beloved fable—with its ingenious theatrical concoction of projections, puppetry, and special effects—returns to the Met stage following its celebrated 2023 premiere.
Rossini’s L’assedio di Corinto
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Beverly Sills’s Met debut with a performance from April 19, 1975
