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2023-24 The Met: Live in HD Season On Sale Now

The Metropolitan Opera's Emmy and Peabody Award–winning Live in HD series is right here on Main Street! All live events take place on Saturdays. Don’t miss the chance to experience incomparable performances live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, as well as special interviews and behind-the-scenes features exclusive to the Live in HD series, all from the comfort of the Lyric! Tickets are ($26/$20-Student). Tickets must be purchased per performance because seating is reserved and the same seat may not be available for every performance. The 2023–24 season features an exhilarating lineup, including three company premieres, two additional new productions of repertory favorites, and four classic revivals. The season kicks off on October 21 with the highly anticipated Met-premiere production of Jake Heggie’s powerful story of redemption, Dead Man Walking, the most widely performed opera of the last 20 years, starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as Sister Helen Prejean and death-row inmate Joseph De Rocher (pictured). Tickets for the entire season are on sale now. Presented in HD with 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound in Theater 1.

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Dead Man Walking

The Met: Live in HD

October 21, 2023 at 12:55 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)  | The Met: Live in HD

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American composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, arrives in cinemas in a haunting 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 its subject with Heggie’s beautiful and poignant music and a brilliant libretto by Tony and Emmy Award–winner Terrence McNally. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato starring as Sister Helen. The outstanding cast also features bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as the death-row inmate Joseph De Rocher, soprano Latonia Moore as Sister Rose, and legendary mezzo-soprano Susan Graham—who sang Helen Prejean in the opera’s 2000 premiere—as De Rocher’s mother.

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2023)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Jake Heggie
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Starring: Latonia Moore, Joyce DiDonato, Ryan McKinny, & Susan Graham  

Runtime: 3h 15m EST

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X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

The Met: Live in HD

November 18, 2023 at 12:55 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)  | The Met: Live in HD

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Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader’s life. Baritone Will Liverman, who triumphed in the Met premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, is Malcolm, alongside soprano Leah Hawkins as his mother, Louise; mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as his sister Ella; bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as his brother Reginald; and tenor Victor Ryan Robertson as Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Kazem Abdullah conducts the newly revised score, which provides a layered, jazz-inflected setting for the esteemed writer Thulani Davis’s libretto.

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2023)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Anthony Davis
Conductor: Kazem Abdullah
Starring: Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Victor Ryan Robertson, Will Liverman, & Michael Sumuel  

Runtime: 3h 20m EST

Florencia

Florencia en el Amazonas

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December 9, 2023 at 12:55 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)  | The Met: Live in HD

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Inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. The Met premiere stars soprano Ailyn Pérez as Florencia Grimaldi, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to lead a spellbinding new production by Mary Zimmerman that brings the mysterious and magical realm of the Amazon to the Met stage. A distinguished ensemble of artists portray the diva’s fellow travelers on the river boat to Manaus, including soprano Gabriella Reyes as the journalist Rosalba, bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as the ship’s captain, baritone Mattia Olivieri as his enigmatic first mate, tenor Mario Chang as the captain’s nephew Arcadio, and mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera and baritone Michael Chioldi as the feuding couple Paula and Álvaro.

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2023)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Catán
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Starring: Ailyn Pérez, Gabriella Reyes, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Mattia Olivieri, & Greer Grimsley

Runtime: 2h 35m EST

Nabucco

Nabucco

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January 6, 2024 at 12:55 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)  | The Met: Live in HD

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Ancient Babylon comes to life in this classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze stars as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska, reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille. Mezzo-soprano Maria Barakova and tenor SeokJong Baek are Fenena and Ismaele, whose love transcends politics, and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy repeats his celebrated portrayal of the high priest Zaccaria. Daniele Callegari conducts Verdi’s exhilarating early masterpiece, which features the ultimate showcase for the great Met Chorus, the moving “Va, pensiero.”

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2024)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi 
Conductor: Daniele Callegari  
Starring: Daniele Callegari, George Gagnidze, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Maria Barakova, SeokJong Baek, & Dmitry Belosselskiy 

Runtime: 3h 5m EST

Carmen

Carmen

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January 27, 2024 at 12:55 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)  | The Met: Live in HD

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Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell brings a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries. Dazzling young mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the complex and volatile title role, alongside tenor Piotr Beczała as Carmen’s troubled lover Don José, soprano Angel Blue as the loyal Micaëla, and bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen as the swaggering Escamillo. Daniele Rustioni conducts Bizet’s heart-pounding score.

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2024)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Bizet
Conductor: Daniele Rustioni
Starring: Angel Blue, Aigul Akhmetshina, Piotr Beczała, & Kyle Ketelsen

Runtime: 3h 45m EST

Forza

La Forza del Destino

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March 9, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)  | The Met: Live in HD

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Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented—and thrilling—heroines. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world and making extensive use of the Met’s turntable to represent the unstoppable advance of destiny that drives the opera’s chain of calamitous events. The distinguished cast also features tenor Brian Jagde as Leonora’s forbidden beloved, Don Alvaro; baritone Igor Golovatenko as her vengeful brother, Don Carlo; bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi as Fra Melitone; and bass Soloman Howard as both Leonora’s father and Padre Guardiano.

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2024)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Verdi
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Starring: Lise Davidsen, Brian Jagde, Igor Golovatenko, Patrick Carfizzi, & Soloman Howard

Runtime: 4h 20m EST

Romeo

Romeo et Juliette

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March 23, 2024 at 12:55 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)  | The Met: Live in HD

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Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores. Bartlett Sher’s elegant staging also features baritone Will Liverman and tenor Frederick Ballentine as the archrivals Mercutio and Tybalt, mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as the mischievous pageboy Stéphano, and bass-baritone Alfred Walker as Frère Laurent.

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2024)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Gounod
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Starring: Nadine Sierra, Samantha Hankey, Benjamin Bernheim, Frederick Ballentine, Will Liverman, & Alfred Walker

Runtime: 3h 30m EST

Rondine

La Rondine

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April 20, 2024 at 12:55 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)  | The Met: Live in HD

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Puccini’s bittersweet love story returns to cinemas, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess. Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts Nicolas Joël’s Art Deco–inspired staging, which transports audiences from the heart of Parisian nightlife to a dreamy vision of the French Riviera. Soprano Emily Pogorelc and tenor Bekhzod Davronov complete the sterling cast as Lisette and Prunier.

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2024)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Puccini
Conductor: Speranza Scappucci
Starring: Angel Blue, Emily Pogorelc, Jonathan Tetelman, & Bekhzod Davronov

Runtime: 2h 45m EST

Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

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May 11, 2024 at 12:55 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)  | The Met: Live in HD

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Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman stars as the callous American naval officer Pinkerton, whose betrayal destroys her. Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong reprises the role of the steadfast maid Suzuki, and baritone Lucas Meachem is the American consul Sharpless. Acclaimed maestro Xian Zhang takes the podium to conduct Anthony Minghella’s vivid production.

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2024)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Puccini
Conductor: Xian Zhang
Starring: Asmik Grigorian, Elizabeth DeShong, Jonathan Tetelman, & Lucas Meachem

Runtime: 3h 15m EST

The Met: Live in HD 2023-24 Season
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