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The Met has a 77-year tradition of broadcasting live performances to millions of radio listeners globally on the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. This offered the springboard for the Live in HD program. Most of the HD transmissions are simulcast on radio.

The Live in HD events are enhanced by specially produced features that offer audiences a look behind the scenes. These include live interviews with singers, directors, designers, and stage technicians, as well as documentaries and other short features.

Tickets for all live and encore productions are $25.00 per person and can be purchased at the door. Advance reservations are not required.


 

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2017-18 LIVE in HD Metropolitan Opera Schedule

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Bellini
Norma  New Production

Encore: Saturday, January 13, 2018 – 1:00PM
Tentative Runtime: 3:29

“Ponselle, Milanov, Sutherland, Callas…after last night, Radvanovsky can add her name to the list,” declared the Huffington Post when Sondra Radvanovsky made her Met role debut as Norma in 2013. The 2017–18 season opens with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece, starring Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess and Joyce DiDonato as her archrival, Adalgisa—a casting coup for bel canto fans. Tenor Joseph Calleja is Pollione, Norma’s unfaithful lover, and Carlo Rizzi conducts. Sir David McVicar’s evocative production sets the action deep in a Druid forest where nature and ancient ritual rule.

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Puccini
Tosca New Production

LIVE: Saturday, January 27, 2018 – 12:55PM 
Runtime: 3:18

Sir David McVicar’s ravishing new production offers a splendid backdrop for two extraordinary sopranos sharing the title role of the jealous prima donna: Sonya Yoncheva (pictured above in La Traviata) and Anna Netrebko. Vittorio Grigolo and Marcelo Álvarez alternate in the role of Tosca’s revolutionary artist lover Cavaradossi, with Sir Bryn Terfel, Michael Volle, and Željko Lucic as the depraved police chief Scarpia. Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts.

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Donizetti
L'Elisir d'Amore

LIVE: Saturday, February 10, 2018 – 12:00PM  
Runtime: 2:59

Pretty Yende debuts a new role at the Met with her first Adina opposite Matthew Polenzani, who enthralled Met audiences as Nemorino in 2013 with his ravishing “Una furtiva lagrima.” Bartlett Sher’s production is charming, with deft comedic timing, but also emotionally revealing. Domingo Hindoyan conducts.

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Puccini
La Bohème

LIVE: Saturday, February 24, 2018 – 12:30PM
Runtime: 3:16

The world’s most popular opera returns in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with a series of exciting casts. Angel Blue, Anita Hartig, and Sonya Yoncheva share the role of the fragile Mimì, with Dmytro Popov, Russell Thomas, and Michael Fabiano alternating as the poet Rodolfo. Alexander Soddy and Marco Armiliato share conducting duties.

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Mozart 
Die Zauberflöte

Encore: Saturday, March 3, 2018 – 1:00PM - CANCELLED
Runtime: 3:29

Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts the full-length German version of Mozart’s magical fable, seen in Julie Taymor’s spectacular production, which captures both the opera’s earthy comedy and its noble mysticism.

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Rossini
Semiramide

LIVE: Saturday, March 10, 2018 - 12:55PM
Runtime: 3:50

This masterpiece of dazzling vocal fireworks makes a rare Met appearance—its first in nearly 25 years—with Maurizio Benini on the podium. The all-star bel canto cast features Angela Meade in the title role of the murderous Queen of Babylon, who squares off in breathtaking duets with Arsace, a trouser role sung by Elizabeth DeShong. Javier Camarena, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Ryan Speedo Green complete the stellar cast.
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Adès
The Exterminating Angel New Production

Encore: Saturday, March 24, 2018 - 1:00PM
Runtime: 2:52

Following the rapturous response to his last opera, The Tempest, the Met presents the American premiere of Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel, inspired by the classic Luis Buñuel film of the same name. Hailed by the New York Times at its 2016 Salzburg Festival premiere as “inventive and audacious…a major event,” The Exterminating Angel is a surreal fantasy about a dinner party from which the guests can’t escape. Tom Cairns, who wrote the libretto, directs the new production, and Adès conducts his own adventurous new opera.

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Verdi
Luisa Miller

LIVE: Saturday, April 14, 2018 – 12:30PM
Runtime: 3:58

James Levine and Plácido Domingo add yet another chapter to their legendary Met collaboration with this rarely performed Verdi gem, a heart-wrenching tragedy of fatherly love. Sonya Yoncheva sings the title role opposite Piotr Beczala in the first Met performances of the opera in more than ten years.

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Mozart
Così fan tutte New Production

Encore: Saturday, April 21, 2018 – 1:00PM
Runtime: 3:56

A winning cast comes together for Phelim McDermott’s clever vision of Mozart’s comedy about the sexes, set in a carnival-esque, funhouse environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island—complete with bearded ladies, fire eaters, and a Ferris wheel. Manipulating the action are the Don Alfonso of Christopher Maltman and the Despina of Tony Award–winner Kelli O’Hara, with Amanda Majeski, Serena Malfi, Ben Bliss, and Adam Plachetka as the pairs of young lovers who test each other’s faithfulness. David Robertson conducts.

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Massenet
Cendrillon

LIVE: Saturday, April 28, 2018 – 12:55PM
Runtime: 3:12

“Glorious,” raved the New York Times when Joyce DiDonato sang the title role of Cendrillon at the Royal Opera in 2011. “Her performance was thoroughly enchanting.” Now, for the first time ever, Massenet’s sumptuous take on the Cinderella story comes to the Met, with DiDonato starring in the title role. She is paired with mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in the trouser role of Prince Charming, Kathleen Kim as the Fairy Godmother, and Stephanie Blythe as the imperious Madame de la Haltière. Bertrand de Billy conducts Laurent Pelly’s imaginative storybook production.

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Dinner at the Opera

Puccini's
Madama Butterfly
Monday, February 26, 2018

5:30PM: Wine & Cheese
6:00PM: First Act
7:45PM: Dinner
8:45PM: Second Act

$60 per person
Sponsored by: Christina & Russ Fisher

One of the world's foremost Butterfly's, Kristine Opolais, takes on the title role of the spurned geisha in Anthony Minghella's breathtaking production, which has thrilled audiences ever since its 2006 premiere. 

Star tenor Roberto Alagna is the callous naval officer who breaks Butterfly's heart.

Karel Mark Chichon conducts.