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The Metropolitan Opera was founded in 1883, and is currently under the direction of General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Each year, the Met stages more than 200 opera performances in New York, and transmits 10 productions to movie theaters around the world through the popular Live in HD series, reaching more than 2,000 venues in 73 countries across six continents. Th

e Met has also developed a nationwide program for students to attend Live in HD transmissions for free in their schools, among numerous other educational programs. Thank You for Your Support
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09/06/2026

Stairway to Heaven 🎻

During their recent European Festival Tour, Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and members of the Met Orchestra visited Lucerne’s Wagner Museum, which is located in a villa that the composer called home from 1866 to 1872.

While there, Maestro Nézet-Séguin led the musicians in a memorable performance of the Siegfried Idyll—which premiered on the villa’s staircase on Christmas morning 1870—and had the opportunity to sit down at Wagner’s own piano.

Musicians featured include Benjamin Bowman (concertmaster), Angela Wee (principal associate concertmaster), Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez (principal second violin), Sylvia Danburg Volpe (associate principal second violin), Zoë Martin-Doike (viola), Rafael Figueroa (principal cello), Rex Surany (principal bass), Seth Morris (principal flute), John Upton (principal oboe), Anton Rist (principal clarinet), Shari A. Hoffman (clarinet), Evan Epifanio (principal bassoon), Erik Ralske (principal horn), Hugo A. Valverde (horn), and David Krauss (principal trumpet).

Videography by Pete Scalzitti / Met Opera

The place to be since 1966 🎭Some things never change. Opening Night at the Met has always been an occasion, especially w...
09/06/2026

The place to be since 1966 🎭

Some things never change. Opening Night at the Met has always been an occasion, especially when the new Met at Lincoln Center opened its doors six decades ago this month.

What’s your favorite part of Opening Night?

Photo courtesy of the Met Archives

The perfect opening act ✨Illuminated by the dazzling constellation of sputnik chandeliers, the Met’s grand lobby is hard...
09/05/2026

The perfect opening act ✨

Illuminated by the dazzling constellation of sputnik chandeliers, the Met’s grand lobby is hard to top.

What’s the first thing you look for when you arrive at the Met?

Photo by Muriel Steinke / Met Opera

09/05/2026

NYC’s treasured holiday tradition is just around the corner... ⌛

Mozart’s heartwarming fairy tale The Magic Flute returns to our stage this holiday season in an abridged, English-language production by Julie Taymor—the Tony Award–winning director of Broadway’s The Lion King.

Featuring some of opera’s most popular melodies and brought to life with colorful sets and costumes and dazzling puppetry, it’s perfect for audiences of all ages.

📅 On stage December 11–January 2

🎥 In cinemas December 12. Find your theater at metopera.org/hd

🎟️ Get your tickets at the box office, on the Met Opera app, or at metopera.app.link/Flute

Fair is foul, and foul is fair 👑⚔️Opening Night of the 2026–27 season is just weeks away, and the cast for Louisa Proske...
09/04/2026

Fair is foul, and foul is fair 👑⚔️

Opening Night of the 2026–27 season is just weeks away, and the cast for Louisa Proske’s new production of Verdi’s Macbeth is hard at work in the rehearsal room.

Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star as the scheming monarchs, opposite Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo. Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts.

📅 On stage September 22–October 20

🎥 In cinemas October 17. Find your theater at metopera.org/hd

🎟️ Get your tickets for Macbeth at the box office, on the Met Opera app, or at metopera.app.link/Macbeth

Photos by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera

09/03/2026

Super singer with superstitions 🔨

One of opera’s most extraordinary singers, Luciano Pavarotti left his indelible mark on many roles at the Met, including Gustavo in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera.

Check out this incredible costume from the Met Archives and learn more about Pavarotti and one of his unique superstitions.

Videography by Muriel Steinke / Met Opera

Free opera on the big screen 🤩The 2026 Summer HD Festival kicks off tonight, September 2, and runs through September 7, ...
09/02/2026

Free opera on the big screen 🤩

The 2026 Summer HD Festival kicks off tonight, September 2, and runs through September 7, featuring five thrilling performances from the Live in HD series of cinema transmissions.

The lineup includes:
⏳ 9/2, 8PM: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Act I
⏳ 9/3, 8PM: Tristan und Isolde, Acts II and III
⚔️ 9/4, 7:30PM: Bellini’s I Puritani
💌 9/5, 8PM: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
💀 9/6, 8PM: Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
🕯️ 9/7, 8PM: Puccini’s La Bohème

With approximately 2,500 seats set up in front of the opera house each night, there’s room for everyone to enjoy these extraordinary performances. Seating is general admission on a first-come, first-served basis. No advance tickets or reservations are required. The Met’s HD Festival presentations will include full open captions.

🎥 Learn more about the Summer HD Festival at metopera.org/hdfestival

09/01/2026

Heartbreaking beauty 💔

The MET Orchestra Musicians’s 2026 European Festival Tour continued last weekend with a breathtaking concert at the Lucerne Festival, conducted by Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin. In this clip, Maestro Nézet-Séguin leads the orchestra in the poignant third movement from Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.

The tour makes its final stop in Paris to kick off the Les Prem’s festival at the Philharmonie de Paris, with a pair of concerts September 1 and 2.

🔎 Learn more at philharmoniedeparis.fr

Videography by Pete Scalzitti / Met Opera

08/31/2026

Live from the Met to movie theaters worldwide 🌎

The 2026–27 season of The Met: Live in HD features eight live transmissions, three popular encore screenings, and a special presentation celebrating 20 years of the Met in cinemas.

🎥 Find your theater at metopera.org/hd

The 2026 Summer HD Festival is just around the corner, and everyone is invited 🤝Grab a friend and head to Plaza from Se...
08/30/2026

The 2026 Summer HD Festival is just around the corner, and everyone is invited 🤝

Grab a friend and head to Plaza from September 2 to 7 for free screenings of five captivating performances from our 2025–26 season.

The lineup includes:
⏳ 9/2: Tristan und Isolde, Act I
⏳ 9/3: Tristan und Isolde, Acts II and III
⚔️ 9/4: I Puritani
💌 9/5: Eugene Onegin
💀 9/6: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
🕯️ 9/7: La Bohème

Seating is general admission on a first-come, first-served basis. No advance tickets or reservations are required.

🎥 The Summer HD Festival runs from September 2–7. Learn more at the link in our bio.

Photos by Richard Termine (1) and Chris Lee (2-5) / Met Opera

08/29/2026

Here’s to 20 years! 👏

Join us in theaters on September 19 for Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration, a special presentation showcasing unforgettable moments from the past two decades of The Met: Live in HD.

Dates may vary; check your local listings.

🎥 Learn more and find your theater at metopera.org/hd

08/29/2026

The Olympics of Classical Music 🏅

We’re still basking in the thrill of the MET Orchestra Musicians’s “magical Proms debut,” hailed by the Financial Times as “an enlightening experience … memorable and uplifting ★★★★★.”

As part of the ensemble’s 2026 European Festival Tour, Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin led the orchestra in a pair of unforgettable concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Maestro Nézet-Séguin and members of the orchestra recently reflected on the experience performing at one of the world’s most prestigious concerts halls for the very first time

Their tour continues with performances at the Lucerne Festival August 30 and Les Prem’s at the Philharmonie de Paris September 1 and 2.

🎟️ Get tickets in the link in our bio.

Videography by Pete Scalzitti / Met Opera

We’re missing this view right about now 😍The wait for the 2026–27 season is almost over.🎟️ Visit metopera.org to learn m...
08/29/2026

We’re missing this view right about now 😍

The wait for the 2026–27 season is almost over.

🎟️ Visit metopera.org to learn more and get your tickets.

Photo by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera

08/28/2026

Two decades of cinematic glory 🎬 one iconic stage 🎭

The 2026–27 season of The Met: Live in HD marks the 20th anniversary of our award-winning series of performance transmissions to theaters worldwide. Of the nearly 200 transmissions over the last 20 seasons, how many have you seen?

Visit your local theater this season and celebrate 20 years of The Met: Live in HD!

🎥 Explore the full 2026–27 Live in HD lineup and find your theater at metopera.org/hd.

08/28/2026

"Stop, I'm singing the wrong words" 😂

The Met Orchestra and soprano Elza van den Heever were performing a beautiful encore during their BBC Proms debut on Wednesday – when suddenly...

Watch Elza, orchestra and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin in 'The Met Orchestra Plays Strauss' from Friday night on iPlayer, and on BBC Sounds.

“Dazzling Proms Debut ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”The MET Orchestra Musicians's 2026 European Festival Tour is off to a triumphant start, with...
08/28/2026

“Dazzling Proms Debut ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”

The MET Orchestra Musicians's 2026 European Festival Tour is off to a triumphant start, with a pair of extraordinary concerts at the BBC Proms The Times and Sunday Times declares that the incomparable ensemble “showed what an incredible force they are in the concert hall as well as the opera house,” conducted by Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin, who “[made] magic.”

The tour continues with performances at the Lucerne Festival August 30 and Les Prem's at the Philharmonie de Paris September 1 and 2.

🎟️ Get tickets in the link in our bio.

Photos by Pete Scalzitti / Met Opera

08/27/2026

Storm warning ⛈️

The ultimate Italian opera, Verdi’s monumental Otello returns to the Met stage in the 2026–27 season, featuring two all-star casts alongside the incomparable Met Chorus.

Experience the Met Opera Chorus in full voice as Verdi goes straight into the deep end with one of the most iconic opening scenes in all of opera.

Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni and Maestro Michele Mariotti conduct Bartlett Sher’s thrilling production.

📅 Otello is on stage January 11–May 1.

🎥 In cinemas April 24. Find your theater at metopera.org/hd

🎟️ Get your tickets for Otello at the box office, on the Met Opera app, or at metopera.app.link/Otello

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