Most Viewed From The Metropolitan Opera

Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of the 2010–11 and 2011–12...

Genre: Music

Cast: Bryn Terfel

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...

Genre: Music

Cast: Diana Damrau

"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

James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René Pape, in this production of Wagner's comic...

Genre: Music

Cast: James Levine

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

Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy...

Genre: Music

Cast: Joyce DiDonato

Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.

Genre: Music

Cast: James Levine

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...

Genre: Music

Cast: Renée Fleming

Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni.

Genre: Music

Cast: Renata Scotto

Madcap physical comedy and impeccable coloratura come together for Natalie Dessay’s indelible portrayal of the feisty tomboy raised by a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Natalie Dessay

Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 27 February, 1996.

Genre: Music

Cast: Carol Vaness

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

This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She...

Genre: Music

Cast: Joan Sutherland

Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind...

Genre: Music

Cast: Anna Netrebko

The pain of unrequited love is portrayed unforgettably by two of today’s greatest stars. Renée Fleming is musically and dramatically...

Genre: Music

Cast: Dmitri Hvorostovsky

John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the beloved superstar Luciano Pavarotti. As the simple,...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kathleen Battle

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

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Cast: Isabel Leonard

Radiant mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and dashing Italian tenor Marcello Giordani are unlucky lovers in La Damnation de Faust, Hector Berlioz’s...

Genre: Music

Cast: Marcello Giordani

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

Live from the Metropolitan Opera 19 December 2009.

Genre: Music

Cast: Joseph Calleja