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37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Cher

Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating...

Genre: Music

Cast: Asmik Grigorian

Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met...

Genre: Music

Cast: Aigul Akhmetshina

Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless...

Genre: Music

Cast: Grace Moore

Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of...

Genre: Music

Cast: Elza van den Heever

In its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere during the Met’s closure, the company presented...

Genre: Music

Cast: Ildar Abdrazakov

In this documentary, award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke explores the creation of the Metropolitan Opera’s storied home of the last five...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leontyne Price

What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John...

Genre: Music

Cast: Teresa Stratas

Puccini’s bittersweet love story returns to cinemas, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan...

Genre: Music

Cast: Angel Blue

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

Genre: Music

Cast: Natalie Dessay

John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human...

Genre: Music

Cast: Richard Paul Fink

Robert Lepage’s dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling LED lights stretching across the stage to represent the sea, encapsulates...

Genre: Music

Cast: Susanna Phillips

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

Genre: Music

Cast: Elina Garanca

The success of Verdi’s third opera, a stirring drama about the fall of ancient Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco), catapulted...

Genre: Music

Cast: George Gagnidze

A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Shirley Verrett

After over a century out of the Met’s repertoire, audiences were thrilled to discover just what a sensational evening in the theater...

Genre: Music

Cast: Simon Keenlyside

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina. Aided by the lovelorn bird...

Genre: Music

Cast: Erin Morley

The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla...

Genre: Music

Cast: Plácido Domingo

All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by James Levine and his top-flight...

Genre: Music

Cast: Renata Scotto

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...

Genre: Music

Cast: Ben Heppner

The Metropolitan Opera and PBS have joined forces to create a new series of live opera performances.

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