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New York CityMedea
Cherubini: Médée/Medea
Carlo Rizzi; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; Doey Lüthi; Paule Constable; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York CityLincoln in the BardoWorld premiere
Mazzoli: Lincoln in the Bardo
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Lileana Blain-Cruz; Metropolitan Opera; Steven Osgood; Adam Rigg; Montana Levi Blanco; Yi Zhao
New York CityTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Oksana Lyniv; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; John Macfarlane; David Finn; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York CityJenůfaNew production
Janáček: Jenůfa
Tomáš Hanus; Claus Guth; Metropolitan Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; James Farncombe; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York CityLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Marco Armiliato; Franco Zeffirelli; Metropolitan Opera; Peter J. Hall; Gil Wechsler; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York CitySamson et Dalila
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Giacomo Sagripanti; Darko Tresnjak; Metropolitan Opera; Alexander Dodge; Linda Cho; Donald Holder; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Sonya Yoncheva electrifies the Met Opera’s revival of Medea
Four years after the Met’s first-ever staging of Cherubini’s rarely performed take on Euripides’ ancient Greek tragedy, the opera returns with the Bulgarian soprano conquering the notoriously difficult title role.
Lincoln in the Bardo: a spectacularly spooky world premiere at the Met
George Saunders’ prize-winning novel moves from page to stage in Lileana Blain-Cruz’s genre-defying, visually breathtaking and surprisingly cheerful production of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s operatic adaptation.
Federica Lombardi and Samantha Hankey shine in the Met’s Così revival
The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Phelim McDermott’s bustling production combines circus-like hijinks with superb singing and acting from a fine cast.
Quinn Kelsey dazzles in the Met Opera’s new Macbeth
The American baritone delivers a career-defining performance of the title role in Louisa Proske’s post-apocalyptic setting of Verdi’s first Shakespearean opera, which opens the company’s new season.
The Met’s Frida y Diego proves visually stunning, musically thrilling
Deborah Colker and her design team create visually vibrant worlds for the Met’s new production of El último sueño de Frida y Diego, by Pulitzer Prize winner Gabriela Lena Frank.
Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin
The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.
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New York CityVerdi Otello, Metropolitan Opera, 1978
Verdi: Otello
James Levine; Franco Zeffirelli; Metropolitan Opera; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Jon Vickers; Renata Scotto
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Inside out and upside down: Opera world premieres 2026–27
This season, new operas are depositing characters in limbo between this life and the next – from Lincoln in Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo, to Bassem Akiki’s supernatural retelling of the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
The crisis facing US classical music: Douglas McLennan
Longtime music journalist and founder of ArtsJournal talks about the multiple crises facing orchestras and arts organisations in the United States, amid the damage wrought by the second Trump administration.
A jack of all trades: Michael Spyres on Vienna, Tristan and Verdi
Chanda VanderHart talks to the American tenor about his Tristan debut at the Met, his love for Vienna and Otto Schenk, and the incredible scope of his repertoire.