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JACK HEGGIE

Dead Man Walking

Saturday, October 21 • 10am
Wednesday, October 25 • 1 & 7pm

Dead Man Walking contains adult themes and strong language. Parental discretion advised.

Jake Heggie’s powerful work has its highly anticipated Met premiere in a new production by Ivo van Hove. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of… MORE INFO

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ANTHONY DAVIS

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Saturday, November 18 • 10am
Wednesday, November 22 • 1 & 7pm

Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Robert O’Hara, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2020 for his direction of Slave Play, oversees a new staging that imagines Malcolm as an everyman… MORE INFO

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MOZART

The Magic Flute – Special Holiday Encore

Saturday, December 2 • 10am
Wednesday, December 6 • 1pm

The Met made history in December 2006 when it presented its first Live in HD transmission to cinemas worldwide: the abridged English-language version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Julie Taymor’s whimsical production features a winning ensemble, including tenor Matthew Polenzani, baritone Nathan Gunn, and bass René Pape… MORE INFO

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CATÁN

Florencia en el Amazonas

Saturday, December 9 • 10am
Wednesday, December 13 • 1 & 7pm

Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera focuses on an opera diva, Florencia Grimaldi, who returns to her native Brazil to perform and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle… MORE INFO

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VERDI

Nabucco

Saturday, January 6 • 10am
Wednesday, January 10 • 1 & 7pm

Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille… MORE INFO

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BIZET

Carmen

Saturday, January 27 • 10am
Wednesday, January 31 • 1 & 7pm

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to the present day, amid a band of human traffickers. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the touchstone role of the irresistible femme fatale… MORE INFO

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VERDI

La Forza del Destino

Saturday, March 9 • 9am
Wednesday, March 13 • 12 & 6pm

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen, following a string of recent Met triumphs, in her role debut as the noble Leonora. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world… MORE INFO

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GOUNOD

Roméo et Juliette

Saturday, March 23 • 10am
Wednesday, March 27 • 1 & 7pm

Two singers at the height of their powers—soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s Shakespeare adaptation, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores… MORE INFO

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PUCCINI

La Rondine

Saturday, April 20 • 10am
Wednesday, April 24 • 1 & 7pm

Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare Met appearance, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the sophisticated French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman in his company debut as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess… MORE INFO

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PUCCINI

Madama Butterfly

Saturday, May 11 • 10am
Wednesday, May 15 • 1 & 7pm

In her Met debut, Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the trusting geisha at the heart of Puccini’s tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman is the callous American naval officer Pinkerton whose betrayal destroys her. Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong is the steadfast maid Suzuki… MORE INFO