The Met: Live in HD Series
Announcing The Met: Live in HD 2026-27 Season
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THE MET: LIVE IN HD 2026–27 SEASON
The 20th season of the Met’s Live in HD series will feature live, encore, & special Met performances transmitted to movie theaters and other venues across the globe.
2026/27 Season:
Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, September 19 at 1:00 p.m. | Confirmed
Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas is a celebration of the Met’s two decades of onstage glory as experienced in movie theaters, featuring highlights from the company’s collection of more than 185 extraordinary onscreen performances. With star soprano Renée Fleming as host, this special presentation will showcase unforgettable moments from some of opera’s greatest stars, culled from the series’s vast archive of transmissions.
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Fathom Events (2026)
Genre: Opera
Hosted by star soprano Renée Fleming
Runtime: 2h Estimated
Così fan tutte
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, October 3 at 1:00 p.m. | Confirmed
The Met: Live in HD season continues with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley reprises his portrayal of the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina.
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Fathom Events (2026)
Genre: Opera
Music: Mozart
Language: Italian
Runtime: 3h 50m Estimated
Macbeth
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, October 17 at 1:00 p.m. | Confirmed
Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists return to The Met: Live in HD for Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean tale of the scheming couple determined to seize power at any cost. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is the Scottish king haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent to the throne, opposite soprano Lise Davidsen as the power-mad Lady Macbeth, whose ruinous ambition damns them both. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for a penetrating production by Louisa Proske. Rounding out the all-star cast are tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo.
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Fathom Events (2026)
Genre: Opera
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Language: Italian
Runtime: 3h 20m Estimated
Carmen (Encore)
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, November 14 at 1:00 p.m. | Confirmed
Richard Eyre’s beloved production of Bizet’s masterpiece returns to theaters, led by mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as the title character and tenor Roberto Alagna as Don José in the indelible 2010 Met performance—a fan favorite of The Met: Live in HD series. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts in his company-debut season.
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Fathom Events (2010)
Genre: Opera
Music Georges Bizet
Language: French
Runtime: 3h Estimated
Samson et Dalila
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, December 5 at 12:00 p.m. | Confirmed
Sacred, scandalous, and irresistibly alluring, Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece of French grand opera is a feast for the eyes and ears. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts an electrifying cast led by the formidable star pairing of mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley, transmitted live to cinemas worldwide.
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Fathom Events (2026)
Genre: Opera
Music: Camille Saint-Saëns
Language: French
Runtime: 3h 45m Estimated
The Magic Flute (Encore)
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, December 12 at 1:00 p.m. | Confirmed
Mozart’s heartwarming fairy tale follows the adventures of the noble prince Tamino and his lovable sidekick, the bird catcher Papageno, on their quest to rescue the princess Pamina.
Julie Taymor, the Tony Award–winning director of Broadway’s The Lion King, gives Mozart’s beloved fable a whimsical setting with dazzling puppetry and costumes. This transmission made history as the Met’s first Live in HD transmission to theaters worldwide 20 years ago and returns in a special encore presentation.
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Fathom Events (2006)
Genre: Opera
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Language: English
Runtime: 2h Estimated
La Fanciulla del West
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, January 23 at 1:00 p.m. | Confirmed
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky makes her role debut as Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide.
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Fathom Events (2027)
Genre: Opera
Music: Giacomo Puccini
Language: Italian
Runtime: 3h 15m Estimated
Silent Night
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, March 20 at 1:00 p.m. | Confirmed
Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce. A poignant depiction of shared humanity in the most inhumane circumstances, Puts’s grand, cinematic opera—with a libretto in English, French, and German by Mark Campbell—has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as “an overwhelming emotive experience” by The Guardian. The evocative staging by James Robinson takes the audience directly to the battlefields of the Western Front with a star-studded cast, featuring soprano Elza van den Heever and tenors Ben Bliss and Rolando Villazón, conducted by Maestro Dalia Stasevska live from the Met to cinemas worldwide.
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Fathom Events (2027)
Genre: Opera
Music: Kevin Puts
Language: English, French, German
Runtime: 2h 50m Estimated
Manon
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, April 3 at 12:00 p.m. | Confirmed
Following her radiant performance in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette—which garnered raves for “high notes that spun like liquid gold … Sierra touched the operatic firmament” (The New York Times)—superstar soprano Nadine Sierra takes on another alluring French heroine, the irresistible title character of Massenet’s passionate drama, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. Leading tenor Matthew Polenzani is her idealistic lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, with rising-star baritone Andrzej Filończyk as her stalwart cousin, Lescaut, in a breathtaking staging by director Laurent Pelly.
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Fathom Events (2027)
Genre: Opera
Music: Jules Massenet
Language: French
Runtime: 4h 15m Estimated
Otello
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, April 24 at 1:00 p.m. | Confirmed
One of today’s leading dramatic tenors, Brian Jagde takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, live to cinemas worldwide. Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy also features soprano Ailyn Pérez in her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Artur Ruciński as the sinister Iago. Michele Mariotti leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.
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Fathom Events (2027)
Genre: Opera
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Language: Italian
Runtime: 3h 15m Estimated
Tosca (Encore)
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, May 8 at 1:00 p.m. | Confirmed
Soprano Lise Davidsen sings the title role of Puccini’s ultimate diva, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi and baritone Quinn Kelsey as Scarpia in the acclaimed 2024 Met performance of David McVicar’s thrilling production. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
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Fathom Events (2024)
Genre: Opera
Music: Giacomo Puccini
Language: Italian
Runtime: 2h 21m Estimated
Parsifal
The Met: Live in HD | Saturday, June 5 at 12:00 p.m. | Confirmed
A profound philosophical meditation on compassion and reconciliation, this transcendent rendering of a medieval knight’s heroic quest for the Holy Grail returns to the big screen in François Girard’s celebrated production, a “thoughtful and intrepid staging, full of striking imagery” (The New York Times). Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast of Wagnerian superstars, including tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as the enigmatic Kundry, baritone Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the sorcerer Klingsor, and bass Jongmin Park as the wise Gurnemanz.