The Metropolitan Opera Movies

  • 2022
    The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto

    The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto

    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...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
  • 2008
    Adams: Doctor Atomic

    Adams: Doctor Atomic

    Adams: Doctor Atomic

    02008HD

    John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human...

    Adams: Doctor Atomic
  • 1994
    Arabella

    Arabella

    Arabella

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    Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last...

    Arabella
  • 2015
    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

    6.32015HD

    Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta,...

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
  • 1977
    La Bohème

    La Bohème

    La Bohème

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    Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted many famous singers through the years. But with...

    La Bohème
  • 2008
    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth

    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth

    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth

    02008HD

    Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted...

    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
  • 1987
    Turandot

    Turandot

    Turandot

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    The Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's "Turandot", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera in April, 1987. Éva Marton stars as...

    Turandot
  • 2006
    The Magic Flute

    The Magic Flute

    The Magic Flute

    8.82006HD

    Tamino, a handsome prince, and Papageno, a bird-catcher, are sent by the Queen of Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high...

    The Magic Flute
  • 2023
    The Met: Live in HD – Die Zauberflöte

    The Met: Live in HD – Die Zauberflöte

    The Met: Live in HD – Die Zauberflöte

    02023HD

    The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina. Aided by the lovelorn bird...

    The Met: Live in HD – Die Zauberflöte
  • 2010
    Wagner: Das Rheingold

    Wagner: Das Rheingold

    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...

    Wagner: Das Rheingold
  • 1986
    Die Fledermaus

    Die Fledermaus

    Die Fledermaus

    01986HD

    Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 31 December 1986.

    Die Fledermaus
  • 1979
    Don Pasquale

    Don Pasquale

    Don Pasquale

    01979HD

    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...

    Don Pasquale
  • 1990
    Semiramide

    Semiramide

    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...

    Semiramide
  • 1980
    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera

    01980HD

    Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden.

    Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 2008
    Massenet: Thaïs

    Massenet: Thaïs

    Massenet: Thaïs

    02008HD

    When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to...

    Massenet: Thaïs
  • 2009
    Rossini: La Cenerentola

    Rossini: La Cenerentola

    Rossini: La Cenerentola

    3.32009HD

    "Irresistible" (Opera News) rising-star mezzo Elina Garanca triumphs as Rossini's Cinderella in this delightful Metropolitan Opera production. "As...

    Rossini: La Cenerentola
  • 1978
    Tosca

    Tosca

    Tosca

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    A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi,...

    Tosca
  • 2008
    The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

    The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

    The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

    72008HD

    Madcap physical comedy and impeccable coloratura come together for Natalie Dessay’s indelible portrayal of the feisty tomboy raised by a...

    The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
  • 1996
    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

    01996HD

    Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 27 February, 1996.

    Così fan tutte
  • 2010
    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

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    When this sumptuous production by Giancarlo del Monaco opened in 1995, legendary tenor Plácido Domingo gave a riveting performance as the...

    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]