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Rossini: Armida Trailer (2010)

01 May 2010

It is a rare opera indeed that calls for one soprano diva and no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman’s fanciful production of Rossini’s drama, designed by Richard Hudson and with choreography by Graciela Daniele, provides the perfect setting for superstar Renée Fleming’s captivating performance of the title role.

The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Trailer (2014)

22 November 2014

A youthful cast brings Rossini’s immortal comedy to sparkling life, led by Christopher Maltman as Figaro, the resourceful barber and man-about-town of the title.

The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Trailer (2022)

05 October 2022

Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta—one of opera’s ultimate heroines—in Michael Mayer’s vibrant production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy.

Strauss: Salome Trailer (2008)

11 October 2008

It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time, Mattila utterly incarnates Oscar Wilde’s petulant, willful, and lust-driven heroine.

The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut Trailer (2016)

05 March 2016

Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic end, and Roberto Alagna plays the man who falls for her in Puccini’s early hit.

Manon Lescaut – The Met Trailer (2008)

16 February 2008

One of today’s most compelling singing actresses, Karita Mattila takes on the irresistible role of Manon Lescaut, the headstrong young woman torn between a life of luxury and the call of her true love: the Chevalier des Grieux, played by Marcello Giordani.

The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

This deliciously dark take on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale, appealing to audiences of all ages, was part of the Met’s popular English-language holiday series.

Verdi: Otello Trailer (2015)

16 October 2015

Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher’s bold new production probes the psychological underpinnings of Verdi’s dynamic setting of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème Trailer (2018)

24 February 2018

Puccini’s timeless love story, which includes some of its composer’s most beloved music, has moved generations of opera lovers since its 1896 world premiere.

Bellini: La Sonnambula Trailer (2009)

21 March 2009

Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to say nothing of her fiancé—asleep in the bedroom of a stranger.

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.

Puccini: Turandot Trailer (2009)

07 November 2009

Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in the Met repertory.

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.

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice Trailer (2009)

24 January 2009

Director and choreographer Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s masterpiece updates the immortal story from its ancient Greek roots to the timeless present, where, he says, “the union of chorus and dancers feels inevitable and inseparable.

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle Trailer (2015)

14 February 2015

Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas.

Rossini: La Cenerentola Trailer (2009)

09 May 2009

"Irresistible" (Opera News) rising-star mezzo Elina Garanca triumphs as Rossini's Cinderella in this delightful Metropolitan Opera production.

Händel: Rodelinda Trailer (2011)

03 December 2011

Renée Fleming stars in the title role of one of Handel’s greatest dramas, seen in Stephen Wadsworth’s 2004 Met premiere production.

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel Trailer (2017)

18 November 2017

After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with another masterpiece, this time inspired by filmmaker Luis Buñuel's seminal surrealist classic "El Ángel Exterminador", during the 2017–18 season.

The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto Trailer (2013)

16 February 2013

Michael Mayer’s acclaimed production, first seen in the 2012–13 season, sets the action of Verdi’s masterpiece in 1960 Las Vegas—a neon-lit world ruled by money and ruthless, powerful men.

The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette Trailer (2007)

15 December 2007

The world’s most famous love story comes to operatic life with superstars Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna playing the star-crossed young couple.

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: Carmen Trailer (2019)

02 February 2019

Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performances, with impassioned tenors Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José.

The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto Trailer (2022)

29 January 2022

One of opera’s grimmest tragedies received a powerful new production during the 2021–22 season when director Bartlett Sher unveiled his Weimar-era staging of Verdi’s Rigoletto.

Wagner: 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.

Massenet: Manon Trailer (2012)

17 April 2012

Star soprano Anna Netrebko scored a triumph in Laurent Pelly’s acclaimed 2012 production, singing the title heroine for the first time at the Met.

The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest Trailer (2012)

09 November 2012

Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his powerful opera based on Shakespeare’s last play, in Robert Lepage’s brilliantly inventive production.

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni Trailer (2011)

29 October 2011

Imbuing the familiar Don Juan myth with a captivating combination of comedy, seductiveness, danger, and damnation, Mozart created an enduring masterpiece that has been a cornerstone of the repertory since its 1787 premiere.

Massenet: Thaïs 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.

Rossini: Semiramide Trailer (2018)

10 March 2018

A rarely performed bel canto gem, Rossini’s Semiramide returned to the Met for the first time in nearly 25 years during the 2017–18 season.

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot Trailer (2019)

12 October 2019

Christine Goerke has wowed audiences as Turandot, the icy princess at the heart of Puccini’s grand final masterpiece.

Verdi: Ernani Trailer (2012)

25 February 2012

Rising Met star Angela Meade is Elvira, the young woman caught between three men: her lover, the nobleman-turned-outlaw Ernani (Marcello Giordani); her guardian, the rich, elderly de Silva, who wants her for himself (Ferruccio Furlanetto); and Don Carlo, the King of Spain, who also desires Elvira (Dmitri Hvorostovsky).

The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten Trailer (2019)

23 November 2019

Philip Glass’ opera “Akhnaten”, premiered in Stuttgart in 1984, forms the third part of the portrait opera trilogy about personalities who have influenced the course of human history.

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.

Rossini: La Donna del Lago Trailer (2015)

14 March 2015

An all-star cast assembled for the Met’s first-ever performances of Rossini’s romantic retelling of Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem The Lady of the Lake.

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fanciulla del West Trailer (2018)

27 October 2018

Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, with the heralded return of tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw she loves.

The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera Trailer (2012)

08 December 2012

David Alden’s elegant 2012 production moves Verdi’s thrilling drama to a timeless setting inspired by film noir.

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.

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: 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.

The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Trailer (2018)

15 December 2018

Any new Met production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy La Traviata would be noteworthy, but Michael Mayer’s dazzling staging, which premiered during the 2018–19 season, was doubly significant as it marked Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first performances as the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director.

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.

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.

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni Trailer (2016)

22 October 2016

Simon Keenlyside smolders dangerously in the title role of Mozart’s version of the legend of Don Juan, creating a vivid portrait of a man who is a law unto himself, and all the more dangerous for his eternally seductive allure.

The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess 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.

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust 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.

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.

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.

The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly Trailer (2019)

09 November 2019

Ever since it opened the 2006–07 season, Anthony Minghella’s striking production of Madama Butterfly has been a Met classic.

Appalachian Journey Live In Concert Trailer (2000)

08 August 2000

April 5th, 2000... On the heels of their unanimously acclaimed albums "Appalachia Waltz" and "Appalachian Journey", "Appalachian Journey Live In Concert" captures three of the world's most extraordinary musicians live in concert, along with very special guests James Taylor and Alison Krauss, from their sold-out performance at New York City's Avery Fischer Hall.

The Met — Il Trovatore 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.

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: 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.

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.

Gounod: Faust Trailer (2011)

10 December 2011

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann is riveting as the title character of Gounod’s popular opera, seen in this Live in HD presentation of Des McAnuff’s thrilling 2011 production that places the mythical and timeless story in an early 20th-century setting.

The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride Trailer (2011)

26 February 2011

Gluck’s gripping adaptation of the ancient Greek myth is vividly brought to life by a stellar cast in Stephen Wadsworth’s atmospheric production.

The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini Trailer (2013)

16 March 2013

Eva-Maria Westbroek stars in the title role of Zandonai’s sensuous drama, opposite Marcello Giordani as Paolo.

The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth Trailer (2008)

13 April 2008

Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted level it’s still a powerfully dramatic opera that hews closely to the original’s story line.

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West Trailer (2011)

08 January 2011

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment Trailer (2019)

02 March 2019

Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks—including the show-stopping tenor aria “Ah! Mes amis,” with its nine high Cs.