The Metropolitan Opera Movies
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
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Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted...
- 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...
- 1977
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...
- 2015
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
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Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind...
- 1988
Ariadne auf Naxos
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Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James...
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
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Madcap physical comedy and impeccable coloratura come together for Natalie Dessay’s indelible portrayal of the feisty tomboy raised by a...
- 2015
Verdi: Macbeth
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Star soprano Anna Netrebko created a sensation in her first Met performances as the malevolent Lady Macbeth, the central character in Verdi’s...
- 2015
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
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Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta,...
- 2008
Massenet: Thaïs
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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...
- 2023
The Met: Live in HD – Die Zauberflöte
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The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina. Aided by the lovelorn bird...
- 2003
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
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Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose certain crimes of the nobleman Pizarro. In revenge,...
- 1979
Don Pasquale
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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...
- 1980
Un Ballo in Maschera
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Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden.
- 2009
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
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Live from the Metropolitan Opera 19 December 2009.
- 1991
L'Elisir d'Amore
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John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the beloved superstar Luciano Pavarotti. As the simple,...
- 2024
The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco
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The success of Verdi’s third opera, a stirring drama about the fall of ancient Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco), catapulted...
- 2024
The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine
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Puccini’s bittersweet love story returns to cinemas, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan...
- 2025
The Metropolitan Opera: Salome
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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...
- 1997
Carmen
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Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.
- 2008
Adams: Doctor Atomic
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John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human...