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The Met: Live in HD Series

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 Saturday afternoon. 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. Presented in HD with 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound in Theater 1.

2024/25 Season:

Presented in HD with 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound in Theater 1.

Barbiere

ROSSINI Il Barbiere di Siviglia

The Met: Live in HD

Saturday, May 31 2025 at 1:00 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)

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Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the titular barber of Seville, with bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2025)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Conductor: Giacomo Sagripanti
Starring: Aigul Akhmetshina, Jack Swanson, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Peter Kálmán, & Alexander Vinogradov

Runtime: 3h 35m with intermission

2025 Summer Encores

Presented in HD with 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound in Theater 1. Encores from previous seasons.

Lucia

DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor

The Met: Live in HD Summer Encore

Wednesday, August 6 2025 at 1:00 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)

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Donizetti’s tragedy returns to cinemas, starring soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Javier Camarena in this 2022 performance of Simon Stone’s gripping, modern-day staging. Riccardo Frizza conducts.

Originally broadcast May 21, 2022

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2022)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Starring: Nadine Sierra & Javier Camarena

Runtime: 2h 49m

Rigoletto

VERDI Rigoletto

The Met: Live in HD Summer Encore

Wednesday, August 13 2025 at 1:00 p.m. | Theater 1 (200 Seats)

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In this electric performance from 2013, baritone Željko Lučić sings the title role in Michael Mayer’s 1960s-era production of Verdi’s great drama, sharing the stage with soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Piotr Beczała. Michele Mariotti conducts.

Originally broadcast February 16, 2013

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Rated (NR)
Fathom Events (2013)
Genre: Opera
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Starring: Željko Lučić, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczała

Runtime: 2h 35m

The Met: Live in HD 2025-26 Season Announced | Tickets on sale this July!

THE MET: LIVE IN HD 2025–26 SEASON

The 19th season of the Met’s Live in HD series will feature eight live Met performances transmitted to movie theaters and other venues across the globe.

Bellini’s La Sonnambula | October 18, 2025
Puccini’s La Bohème | November 8, 2025
Strauss’s Arabella | November 22, 2025
Giordano’s Andrea Chénier | December 13, 2025
Bellini’s I Puritani | January 10, 2026
Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde | March 21, 2026
Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin | May 2, 2026
Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego | May 30, 2026