The Metropolitan Opera Movie Trailers
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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.
La Forza del Destino - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (1984)
24 March 1984
Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who curses them as he dies.
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot Trailer (2016)
30 January 2016
Franco Zeffirelli’s golden production stars the great dramatic soprano Nina Stemme as Turandot, the icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men.
The Metropolitan Opera: Così fan tutte Trailer (2018)
31 March 2018
Two men enter a bet with intriguer Alfonso that their women will stay true, but disguise themselves, switch partners, and regretfully seduce their targets.
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.
Don Giovanni - Palais Garnier - from June 8 to July 13, 2019 Trailer (2019)
08 June 2019
What is this flame that compels Don Giovanni to seduce, subjugate and conquer women one after the other, with the fervour and cold indifference of a predator securing his prey; to pursue through his conquests some obscure and ever‑elusive objective? For his second collaboration with Da Ponte, Mozart was to brand the history of opera with a hot iron and forever haunt European culture.
Bizet: Carmen Trailer (2010)
15 January 2010
Richard Eyre’s stunning new production of Bizet’s opera was the talk of the town when it was unveiled on New Year’s Eve 2009.
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.
Puccini: La Bohème Trailer (2008)
01 June 2008
Puccini’s evergreen paean to young love and the bohemian life has captivated generations of Met-goers through Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic production.
La Sonnambula - Metropolitan Opera 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.
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: 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: 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.
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.
Lucia di Lammermoor Trailer (2009)
07 February 2009
Star soprano Anna Netrebko adds Donizetti’s hapless heroine to her growing list of Met triumphs in this production by Mary Zimmerman that updates the events to the 19th century.
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.
Puccini: Manon Lescaut Trailer (1980)
29 March 1980
All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by James Levine and his top-flight cast.
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: Anna Bolena Trailer (2011)
15 October 2011
David McVicar's atmospheric and brooding production captures the drama of this riveting piece of British history, retold as only Donizetti could.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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: Tannhäuser Trailer (2015)
31 May 2015
Met Music Director James Levine leads this Live in HD presentation of Wagner’s early Romantic opera, starring Johan Botha in the title role of the minnesinger torn between earthly passion and true love.
The Metropolitan Opera: Champion Trailer (2023)
29 April 2023
Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones triumphantly premiered with the company to universal acclaim in 2021.
Manon Lescaut - Metropolitan Opera 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.
The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora Trailer (2023)
14 January 2023
Umberto Giordano’s exhilarating drama returns to the Met repertory for the first time in 25 years. Packed with memorable melodies, showstopping arias, and explosive confrontations, Fedora requires a cast of thrilling voices to take flight, and the Met’s new production promises to deliver.
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.
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde Trailer (2026)
21 March 2026
The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death.
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.
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.