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Aida Aida

Nicola Luisotti conducts Marina Rebeka, Elina Garanca, Yusif Eyvazov and Gabriele Viviani in a live broadcast from the Staatsopen Unter den Linden.

on October 03, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Turn and face the strange Turn and face the strange

How appropriate that the Met should present this supposedly “Jewish” opera after many in the audience had just spent twelve days immersed in the genuine article over the High Holy Days.

on October 02, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Do or dye Do or dye

On this day in 1966 baritone Walter Berry made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Barak

on October 02, 2023 at 6:00 AM
There is nothing like a dame There is nothing like a dame

Happy 88th birthday Julie Andrews

on October 01, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Ohne Ziel, ohne Rast Ohne Ziel, ohne Rast

Instead of following the story, we in the audience spend most of the evening thinking “What?? Why is that happening?”

on September 30, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Les Martyrs Les Martyrs

Donizetti’s Les Martyrs in a broadcast from Vienna with Roberta Mantegna, John Osborn, and Mattia Olivieri

on September 30, 2023 at 9:00 AM
I’ll cheer each toot I’ll cheer each toot

On this day in 1791 Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte premiered in Vienna

on September 30, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Tremens factus sum ego Tremens factus sum ego

One got a sense that the Met and the maestro directed most of the rehearsal and preparation toward the opening night premiere of the Heggie opus

on September 29, 2023 at 2:09 PM
Son io il poeta, essa la poesia Son io il poeta, essa la poesia

On this day in 1965 soprano Mirella Freni and tenor Gianni Raimondi made their Metropolitan Opera debuts in La bohème.

on September 29, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Nun of a kind Nun of a kind

“None of that sentimental crap, okay?”

on September 28, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Think different Think different

Bay Area composer Mason Bates’s and librettist Mark Campbell’s contemporary opera about the life of the tech mogul Steve Jobs came home “to the place where it all began” in spectacular fashion

on September 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Non chiedo in bontà di ritirarmi Non chiedo in bontà di ritirarmi

On this day in 1968 tenor Placido Domingo made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur

on September 28, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Verdi Requiem Verdi Requiem

From the Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Leah Hawkins, Karen Cargill, Matthew Polenzani, and Dmitry Belosselskiy in Verdi’s Requiem

on September 27, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Some unholy war Some unholy war

Rather than focusing on a narrative, Unholy Wars explores a series of timeless yet current themes: war, destruction, alienation, and what it means to be perceived as outsider—particularly from the Middle East—in the context of a violent world.

on September 27, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Divas and scholars Divas and scholars
on September 27, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Dead Man Walking Dead Man Walking

Yannick Nézet-Seguin conducts Ryan McKinny, Joyce DiDonato, Latonia Moore, and Susan Graham in the season opening night and Metropolitan Opera Premiere of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s Dead Man Walking.

on September 26, 2023 at 12:00 PM