MET Orchestra Movie Trailers
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The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore Trailer (2011)
30 April 2011
Verdi’s IL TROVATORE again storms the Met stage in a star-studded, anvil-wielding cast , including Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore Trailer (2012)
13 October 2012
Anna Netrebko as the beautiful and wealthy Adina leads the cast in Barlett Sher’s production of Donizetti’s charming comedy, first seen on Opening Night of the Met’s 2012–13 season.
The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca Trailer (2018)
27 January 2018
Sir David McVicar’s bold new staging of Tosca, Puccini’s operatic thriller of Napoleonic Rome, thrilled Met audiences when it rang in the New Year in 2018.
La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (2008)
22 November 2008
Radiant mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and dashing Italian tenor Marcello Giordani are unlucky lovers in La Damnation de Faust, Hector Berlioz’s classic take on dancing with the devil.
Verdi: Falstaff Trailer (2013)
14 December 2013
Music Director James Levine conducts his first new Met production after a two-year absence: Robert Carsen’s hit staging of Verdi’s great human comedy.
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow Trailer (2015)
17 January 2015
Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta, set in Paris and seen in a glittering production directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Susan Stroman.
Thaïs - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (2008)
20 December 2008
When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to fly.
Götterdämmerung Trailer (2012)
11 February 2012
Ring Cycle, pt 4. Siegfried is drugged and tricked into kidnapping his wife, since she has the Ring now.
Siegfried Trailer (2011)
27 October 2011
Robert Lepage’s remarkable Met Opera production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, the 2013 Grammy Award Winner for Best Opera Recording, is now available as individual DVDs.
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre Trailer (2011)
22 April 2011
Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, was the first new Met production of the complete cycle in more than 20 years.
John Adams: Nixon in China Trailer (2011)
12 February 2011
John Adams’s groundbreaking work vividly brings to life US President Nixon’s 1972 visit to the People’s Republic of China.
Rusalka - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (2014)
08 February 2014
Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák’s sumptuously melodic Rusalka.
Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (2020)
01 February 2020
The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, starring bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue in the title roles.
Das Rheingold Trailer (2010)
27 September 2010
In the depths of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens guard the Rhinegold, a treasure of immeasurable value.
The Metropolitan Opera: Idomeneo Trailer (2017)
25 March 2017
Mozart’s early masterpiece returned to the Met for the first time in more than a decade with Music Director Emeritus James Levine, who led the work’s company premiere in 1982, again on the podium.
The Metropolitan Opera: Così Fan Tutte Trailer (2014)
26 April 2014
Met Music director James Levine conducts a cast of youthful stars in Mozart’s sophisticated comedy about testing the ties of love.
Berlioz: Les Troyens Trailer (2013)
05 January 2013
Berlioz’s epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and the exploits of Aeneas.
The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio Trailer (2011)
23 April 2011
Renée Fleming is Countess Madeleine, the beautiful, enigmatic woman at the center of Strauss’s sophisticated “Conversation Piece for Music.
The Magic Flute Trailer (2006)
30 December 2006
Tamino, a handsome prince, and Papageno, a bird-catcher, are sent by the Queen of Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro.
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Trailer (2007)
24 March 2007
Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy closer to them than ever before.
Il Trovatore - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (2015)
03 October 2015
Soprano Anna Netrebko appears in her highly anticipated Met role debut as Leonora, the tortured heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the Gypsy troubadour.
The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman Trailer (2020)
14 March 2020
François Girard, whose revelatory 2013 take on Parsifal set the recent Met standard for Wagner stagings, now unveils a spellbinding new vision of the composer's tale of a cursed sea captain doomed to sail the open ocean for eternity.
Arabella Trailer (1994)
03 November 1994
Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last operatic collaboration.
The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina Trailer (2020)
29 February 2020
As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of Handel’s tale of deception and deceit.
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci Trailer (1994)
26 September 1994
Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.
The Metropolitan Opera: Norma Trailer (2017)
07 October 2017
Deep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is scorned by the Roman proconsul Pollione, with whom she has two children.
Tristan und Isolde Trailer (1999)
18 December 1999
Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian legend and tells of an illicit romance between a Breton nobleman and the Irish princess betrothed to his uncle and king.
Tristan und Isolde - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (2016)
08 October 2016
Met audiences were fascinated by Mariusz Treliński’s gripping, visionary production of Wagner’s epic opera.
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites Trailer (2019)
11 May 2019
Aufführung vom 11.05.2019 in der Metropolitan Oper. Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom.
Die Walküre - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (2019)
30 March 2019
Soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance.
Parsifal Trailer (2013)
02 March 2013
The Met assembled an ideal cast for François Girard’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s final masterpiece: Jonas Kaufmann in the title role of the fool “made wise by compassion”, René Pape as Gurnemanz, the veteran Knight of the Grail, Katarina Dalayman as Kundry, Peter Mattei is Amfortas, the anguished ruler of the Grail’s kingdom, and Evgeny Nikitin sings the evil magician Klingsor.
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers Trailer (2016)
15 January 2016
Bizet’s rarely heard opera returned to the Met for the first time in a century on New Year’s Eve 2015, in Penny Woolcock’s acclaimed new production.
The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci Trailer (2015)
25 April 2015
Director David McVicar’s new production brings opera’s favorite double bill to new life, setting the two operas in the same Sicilian setting, separated by two generations.
The Metropolitan Opera: Manon Trailer (2019)
26 October 2019
Massenet’s tale of passion, excess, and their consequences stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in the effervescent title role.
The Met — Tosca Trailer (2009)
10 October 2009
Puccini’s musical thriller of lust, murder, and politics is one of the most dramatically riveting operas in the repertoire.
Britten: Peter Grimes Trailer (2008)
15 March 2008
Anthony Dean Griffey creates a haunting portrait of the outcast fisherman who struggles under the burden of presumed guilt.
Lohengrin - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (1986)
10 January 1986
Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just what we have here.
Strauss: Elektra Trailer (2016)
30 April 2016
The great singing actress Nina Stemme gives a heart-wrenching performance in the title role of Strauss’s blazing one-act drama, adapted from the ancient Greek myth.
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila Trailer (2018)
20 October 2018
A towering biblical epic, Saint-Saëns’s operatic take on the story of Samson and Delilah has many of the hallmarks of grand opera—show-stopping vocal displays, thrilling choruses, and an engrossing plot set against a sweeping, pseudo-historical backdrop.
Der Rosenkavalier Trailer (2017)
13 April 2017
In his new production, Robert Carsen places the action at the end of the Habsburg Empire, underscorik
The Metropolitan Opera: Adriana Lecouvreur Trailer (2019)
12 January 2019
Soprano Anna Netrebko joins the ranks of Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, and Renata Scotto, taking on—for the first time at the Met—the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on-and offstage passion.
Die Walküre Trailer (1989)
08 April 1989
The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle.
Tosca - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (1978)
19 December 1978
A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience.
Bizet: Carmen Trailer (2014)
01 November 2014
Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet’s iconic gypsy, the woman who lives by her own rules.
Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (1988)
12 March 1988
Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James King.
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci Trailer (1978)
05 April 1978
Plácido Domingo accomplishes the rare feat of singing both leads on the same night at the Met in 1978 on opera's most popular double-bill.
Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met Trailer (1985)
14 December 1985
From the "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" DVD box set. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmark production of Mozart’s most human comedy provides the perfect setting for this superb cast under James Levine’s ebullient leadership.
Ernani Trailer (1983)
17 December 1983
Verdi's early masterpiece is based on a Victor Hugo play with a complicated plot concerning a young woman and the three men vying for her affections—her elderly uncle, a king destined to become Holy Roman Emperor, and a bandit who is actually an overthrown nobleman.
The Metropolitan Opera: Semiramide Trailer (2018)
10 March 2018
Against the backdrop of the Hanging Gardens, Semiramide, Queen of Babylon, defies bad omens and supernatural threats in her quest to find a worthy successor to her late husband.
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour performance uniting some of the world's most spellbinding opera singers and conductors.
Le Nozze di Figaro Trailer (1998)
11 November 1998
The Met assembled a vocal dream team for Jonathan Miller’s stylish production of the eternal Mozart masterpiece: Renée Fleming as the Countess, Cecilia Bartoli as Susanna, and Bryn Terfel as Figaro.
The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos Trailer (2003)
03 April 2003
Elijah Moshinsky’s witty production deftly walks the line between the lighthearted humor and the profound philosophical underpinnings of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s opera, masterfully conducted here by Met Music Director James Levine.
La traviata Trailer (1982)
07 October 1982
This “Traviata” became one of the most succesful of all opera films, especially in France, where 800,000 Parisian cinemagoers flocked to it in the first six week.
Idomeneo Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982 production. During a squall at sea, Idomeneo -- the king of Crete -- swears to Neptune that if the monarch survives, he'll sacrifice the first person he encounters onshore.
Massenet: Cendrillon Trailer (2018)
28 April 2018
The 2017–18 Live in HD season concluded with an enchanted performance of Cendrillon, Massenet’s glittering operatic adaptation of the Cinderella story.
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale Trailer (2010)
13 November 2010
Donizetti’s timeless comedy shines in Otto Schenk’s enchanting production, conducted by James Levine and featuring a remarkable cast.
Turandot Trailer (1987)
01 April 1987
The Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's "Turandot", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera in April, 1987.
Verdi: Rigoletto Trailer (1981)
15 December 1981
The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor.
Puccini: La bohème Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
The Metropolitan Opera: Wozzeck Trailer (2020)
11 January 2020
Berg’s 20th-century shocker stars baritone Peter Mattei in the title role, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium and soprano Elza van den Heever as the long-suffering Marie.