Programs

The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus is retold for this opera by his beloved Eurydice, performed by Erin Morley—with music by Matthew Aucoin and libretto by playwright Sarah Ruhl. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

For all ages, The Met presents Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cendrillon in a new, abridged 90-minute English translation featuring mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as its rags-to-riches princess.

Lise Davidsen brings her signature role to the Met as the mythological Greek heroine of Richard Strauss’s masterpiece, conducted by Marek Janowski with Isabel Leonard as composer of the opera-within-an-opera.

The Met presents Verdi’s original opera of doomed royal love and war in France and Spain, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin leading an all-star cast, Matthew Polenzani as Don Carlos, and staging by David McVicar.

Tony Award­-winning director Bartlett Sher resets Verdi’s timeless tragedy in 1920s Europe with an Art Deco set and Quinn Kelsey at his peak in the title role.

Marco Armiliato conducts this stirring score set amid mythical Peking's Imperial Palace with superstar Anna Netrebko making her long-awaited Met debut in the title role of Puccini's cold-hearted princess.

Soprano Nadine Sierra captivates as the mad heroine of Gaetano Donizetti's iconic Lucia di Lammermoor, conducted by Riccardo Frizza, with electrifying staging by Australian theater director Simon Stone.

Director Neil Armfield brings this contemporary masterpiece to New York, with music by Australia's Brett Dean, conductor Nicholas Carter in his Met debut, Allan Clayton as Hamlet, and Brenda Rae as Ophelia.