Exhibition On Screen
Tue, Dec 7 1 & 7pm

"The most influential of European artists and his works still speak to us today..." – FT Weekend

Marking the 500th anniversary of Raphael's death, the greatest exhibition ever held of his works took place in Rome. Exhibition on Screen was granted exclusive access to this once-in-a-lifetime show...

Wed, Dec 8 1 & 7pm

Matthew Aucoin / Libretto by Sarah Ruhl
conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
production Mary Zimmerman

starring Erin Morley, Joshua Hopkins, Jakub Józef Orliński, Barry Banks, Nathan Berg

The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempts to harness the power of music to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the underworld, has inspired composers since opera's earliest days. Rising American composer Matthew Aucoin...

Holiday Special!
Sat, Dec 11 10am

Mozart
production Julie Taymor

starring Ying Huang as Pamina, Matthew Polenzani as Tamino, and Nathan Gunn as Papageno

The Met's first-ever Live in HD transmission—the abridged, English-language version of Mozart's The Magic Flute—returns to cinemas this holiday season. Tony Award–winner Julie Taymor conjures a spellbinding staging...

Exhibition On Screen
Wed, Dec 15 1 & 7pm

For many years no-one was interested in the art of the Impressionists. Artists like Monet, Degas and Renoir were vilified, attacked, and left penniless as a result....

Bolshoi Ballet
Wed, Dec 22 1 & 7pm

Cast Margarita Shrayner (Marie), Semyon Chudin (The Nutcracker Prince), Denis Savin (Drosselmeyer), Alexander Vodopetov (The Mouse King) and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

On Christmas eve, Marie and her whole family are gathered around the tree in celebration of the holiday. She receives a magical gift from her godfather Drosselmeyer and soon enough this Christmas eve will take an unexpected...

Sat, Jan 1 10am
Wed, Jan 5 1 & 7pm

Massenet / English translation by Kelley Rourke
conductor Emmanuel Villaume
production Laurent Pelly

starring Isabel Leonard, Emily D’Angelo, Jessica Pratt, Stephanie Blythe, Laurent Naouri

Laurent Pelly's storybook staging of Massenet's Cendrillon is presented with an all-new English translation in an abridged 90-minute adaptation, with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard...

IndieLens Pop-Up
Tue, Jan 11 7pm FREE

The deadliest part of a migrant's journey is just beyond the border. For those missing, one man offers a last hope.

Eddie Canales runs the South Texas Human Rights Center, but the messages that strangers leave on Eddie's phone speak to his unofficial role as a private detective. In a rural community where more migrants go missing than anywhere else in the United States...

Filmmaker Q&A following show!

An electrifying documentary and concert film spotlighting the reunion of the celebrated "Mad Dogs & Englishmen," Joe Cocker's short-lived tour featuring the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rita Coolidge and more. With amazing footage of Joe Cocker and Leon Russell...

Great Art On Screen
Wed, Jan 19 1 & 7pm

Secret Impressionists reveals the story of the art revolution sparked by the Impressionist movement, along with an unveiling of 50 previously unseen works by Impressionist masters Manet, Caillebotte, Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Signac, Sisley and Morisot. These hidden treasures...

Bolshoi Ballet
Wed, Jan 26 1 & 7pm

Emeralds for the elegance and sophistication of Paris, rubies for the speed and modernity of New York, and diamonds for an imperial St. Petersburg. Three sparkling scenes accompanied by the music of three essential composers...

Sat, Jan 29 10am
Wed, Feb 2 1 & 7pm

Verdi
conductor Daniele Rustioni
production Bartlett Sher

starring Quinn Kelsey, Rosa Feola, Piotr Beczała, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Quinn Kelsey, Andrea Mastroni

Tony Award¬–winning director Bartlett Sher creates a bold new take on Verdi's timeless tragedy, resetting the opera's action in 1920s Europe, with Art Deco sets by Michael Yeargan and elegant costumes by Catherine Zuber...

Great Art On Screen
Wed, Feb 9 1 & 7pm

A spectacular documentary event tours through St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum, a wonderful complex of buildings with the largest collection of paintings in the world, to retrace two and a half centuries. Audiences pass through the magnificent interiors that provided a meeting point for foreign artists, architects and intellectuals creating connections through art and culture...

ENCORES JUST ADDED!
Sat, Feb 12 10am
Wed, Feb 16 1pm

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard's adaptation of Charles M. Blow's moving memoir. The first opera by a Black composer presented on the Met stage and featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons...

Great Art On Screen
Wed, Feb 23 1 & 7pm

Maverick Modigliani features the story of Amedeo Modigliani, a remarkable talent that transcended stereotypes. From his origins in Livorno, Italy to the Paris of Picasso and Brancusi that became the center of modernity...

IndieLens Pop-Up
Tue, Feb 8 7pm FREE

Exhibition On Screen
Tue, Mar 8 1 & 7pm

Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows, and the floral crowns?

Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the truth behind her often turbulent life...

Bolshoi Ballet
Wed, Mar 9 1 & 7pm

Cast Olga Smirnova (Odette/Odile), Jacopo Tissi (Prince Siegfried), Egor Gerashchenko (the Evil Genius), Alexei Putinsev (the Fool) and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

Lured to the banks of a mysterious lake by his alter-ego, the Evil Genius, Prince Siegfried encounters the most beautiful swan Odette and swears his love to her....

Sat, Mar 12 10am
Wed, Mar 16 1 & 7pm

Strauss
conductor Marek Janowski
production Elijah Moshinsky

starring Lise Davidsen, Isabel Leonard, Brenda Rae, Brandon Jovanovich, Sean Michael Plumb, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Thomas Allen

The exhilarating soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Live in HD debut in one of her signature roles, the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss's enchanting masterpiece...

IndieLens Pop-Up
Tue, Mar 15 7pm FREE

"Thomas and Ghosh have found their angle, and it's a powerful one." – Variety

In the midst of a patriarchal news landscape, the reporters with Khabar Lahariya – India's only all-female news network – are taking it upon themselves to redefine power.

Sat, Mar 26 9am
Wed, Mar 30 12 & 6pm

Verdi
conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
production David McVicar

starring Matthew Polenzani, Élisabeth de Valois, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck, John Relyea, Étienne Dupuis

For the first time in company history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi's epic opera of doomed love among royalty, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a starry cast, including tenor Matthew Polenzani...

Great Art On Screen Wed, Apr 6 1 & 7pm

Marking the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's death, the documentary Napoleon: In the Name of Art explores the complex relationship between Napoleon, culture and art. Host Jeremy Irons...

Exhibition On Screen
Wed, Apr 13 1 & 7pm

"Anyone who has any interest in art… anyone who has any interest in visual culture... has to be interested in the Christian story." - The Times

The story of Christ's death and resurrection has dominated western culture for the past 2,000 years. It is perhaps the most significant historical event of all time, as recounted by the gospels but, equally, as depicted by the greatest artists in history...

IndieLens Pop-Up
Tue, Apr 19 7pm FREE

"Try Harder! is an era-defining documentary on the Ivy league aspirant culture" — The Film Companion

At a prestigious public high school with a majority Asian American student body, fiercely competitive seniors share the dream, and the stress, of getting into a top university...

Great Art On Screen
Wed, Apr 27 1 & 7pm

Raphael: The Young Prodigy tells the story of the Italian Renaissance artist from Urbino, starting from his extraordinary portraits of women - the Mother, the Friend, the Secret Lover and the Client...

Bolshoi Ballet
Wed, May 4 1 & 7pm

While traveling in Egypt, Lord Wilson is caught in a sandstorm and finds refuge in the nearest pyramid where Aspicia, the daughter of one of Egypt's most powerful pharaohs, lies entombed. When he falls asleep, lulled by the haze of opium, Aspicia comes to life and his passion for her will take him on a fantastic journey...

Sat, May 7 10am
Wed, May 11 1 & 7pm

Puccini
conductor Marco Armiliato
production Franco Zeffirelli

starring Anna Netrebko, Yonghoon Lee, Ermonela Jaho, Ferruccio Furlanetto

Superstar soprano Anna Netrebko makes her long-awaited Met role debut as Puccini's icy princess—live in cinemas on May 7. Tenor Yonghoon Lee is the bold prince determined to win Turandot's love...

Great Art On Screen
Wed, May 18 1 & 7pm

Sat, May 21 10am
Wed, May 25 1 & 7pm

Donizetti
conductor Riccardo Frizza
production Simon Stone

starring Nadine Sierra, Javier Camarena, Artur Ruciński, Matthew Rose

Soprano Nadine Sierra takes on one of the repertory's most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, in an electrifying new staging by Australian theater...

Sat, June 4 10am
Wed, June 8 1 & 7pm

Brett Dean / Libretto by Matthew Jocelyn
conductor Nicholas Carter
production Neil Armfield

starring Allan Clayton, Brenda Rae, Sarah Connolly, Rod Gilfry, John Tomlinson

When Australian composer Brett Dean's Hamlet had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian declared, "New opera doesn't often get to sound this good... Shakespeare offers a gauntlet to composers that shouldn't always be picked up, but Dean's Hamlet...

Exhibition On Screen
Wed, June 15 1 & 7pm

Without Camille Pissarro, there is no Impressionist movement. He is rightfully known as the father of Impressionism.

It was a dramatic path that Pissarro followed, and throughout it all he wrote extensively to his family. It is through these intimate and revealing letters that this gripping film reveals Pissarro's life and work...

Great Art On Screen
Wed, June 29 1 & 7pm

An exploration of Pompeii, a city cloaked in mystery and depicted through images and words by the great artists and writers who experienced and imagined it over the course of history...

Great Art On Screen
Wed, Aug 10 1 & 7pm

Florence in the era of the powerhouse Italian statesman, politician and patron Lorenzo de' Medici, known as the Magnificent, was the heart of Renaissance art and culture. One artist, above all others, was able to evoke the lights and shadows of this unforgettable era: Sandro Botticelli...

Great Art On Screen
Wed, Sep 14 1 & 7pm

A tour of the magical city, Venice: Infinitely Avant Garde showcases masterpieces by Tiepolo, Canaletto, Rosalba Carriera and the intellectuals who fell in love with Venice: from Canova to Goethe, Lord Byron to Walter Scott, down to the great Hollywood...