The Metropolitan Opera Movies
- 1980
Un Ballo in Maschera
Un Ballo in Maschera01980HD
Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden.
- 2007
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia92007HD
Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy...
- 1992
The Ghosts of Versailles
The Ghosts of Versailles01992HD
What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John...
- 2010
Wagner: Das Rheingold
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Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of the 2010–11 and 2011–12...
- 2009
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann02009HD
Live from the Metropolitan Opera 19 December 2009.
- 1979
Don Pasquale
Don Pasquale01979HD
This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American soprano Beverly Sills, who bid farewell to the Met...
- 2015
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle52015HD
Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind...
- 2025
The Metropolitan Opera: The Barber of Seville
The Metropolitan Opera: The Barber of Seville02025HD
Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met...
- 1991
Un Ballo in Maschera
Un Ballo in Maschera01991HD
Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.
- 2025
The Metropolitan Opera: Salome
The Metropolitan Opera: Salome02025HD
Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of...
- 2009
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Rossini: La Cenerentola3.32009HD
"Irresistible" (Opera News) rising-star mezzo Elina Garanca triumphs as Rossini's Cinderella in this delightful Metropolitan Opera production. "As...
- 2015
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow6.32015HD
Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta,...
- 1988
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos01988HD
Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James...
- 2022
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
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One of opera’s grimmest tragedies received a powerful new production during the 2021–22 season when director Bartlett Sher unveiled his...
- 1990
Semiramide
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In ancient Babylon, SEMIRAMIDE (Anderson) encourages her lover Assur (Ramey) to murder her husband, King Ninus. Her son, Ninius, disappears, believed...
- 2008
Puccini: La Bohème
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Puccini’s evergreen paean to young love and the bohemian life has captivated generations of Met-goers through Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic...
- 1996
La Forza del Destino - The Met
La Forza del Destino - The Met01996HD
With James Levine at the helm, Verdi’s multi-faceted masterpiece is revealed as a drama of almost Shakespearean proportions. Superstar...
- 2011
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Verdi: Il Trovatore02011HD
Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece calls for 4 great singers: one weak link and the whole may collapse. The Metropolitan Opera assembled a quartet of stars...
- 1978
Tosca
Tosca01978HD
A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi,...
- 1997
Carmen
Carmen01997HD
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.