Tony Stevenson

The Magic Flute

Tamino, a handsome prince, and Papageno, a bird-catcher, are sent by the Queen of Night to rescue her daughter...

Puccini: Turandot

Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is o...

Carmen

This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Levine, who br...

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot

Christine Goerke has wowed audiences as Turandot, the icy princess at the heart of Puccini’s grand final master...

The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila

A towering biblical epic, Saint-Saëns’s operatic take on the story of Samson and Delilah has many of the hallma...

Manon Lescaut – The Met

One of today’s most compelling singing actresses, Karita Mattila takes on the irresistible role of Manon Lescau...

Carmen

Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.

The Met — Der Rosenkavalier

This production of Strauss’s most sumptuous work by director Nathaniel Merrill and designer Robert O’Hearn is a...

The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora

Umberto Giordano’s exhilarating drama returns to the Met repertory for the first time in 25 years. Packed with...

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West

The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette

The world’s most famous love story comes to operatic life with superstars Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna play...

The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production enhances Puccini’s drama of unfortunate, doomed love. Sop...

The Metropolitan Opera: Roméo et Juliette

Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo are opera’s classic lovers in Gounod’s lush Shakespeare adaptation. Director...

The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann

New tenor star Vittorio Grigolo takes on the title role in Offenbach’s fantastical opera, giving a tour-de-forc...

The Metropolitan Opera: I Puritani

When it comes to beautiful melodies, captivating coloratura and virtuoso vocal fireworks, few operas can match...

The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading an extraordinary cast in Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Bass-...

The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine

This elegant romance is the least-known work of the mature Giacomo Puccini . The story concerns a kept woman wh...

Le comte Ory

Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" tells the story of a libidinous and cunning nobleman who disguises himself first as a...

The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann

After a celebrated career as a composer of lighthearted operetta, Jacques Offenbach turned his hand to more ser...

Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

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