The Metropolitan Opera Movies
- 2007
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia92007HD
Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy...
- 1990
Semiramide
Semiramide01990HD
In ancient Babylon, SEMIRAMIDE (Anderson) encourages her lover Assur (Ramey) to murder her husband, King Ninus. Her son, Ninius, disappears, believed...
- 2006
The Magic Flute
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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...
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment72008HD
Madcap physical comedy and impeccable coloratura come together for Natalie Dessay’s indelible portrayal of the feisty tomboy raised by a...
- 2009
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann02009HD
Live from the Metropolitan Opera 19 December 2009.
- 2010
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Wagner: Das Rheingold02010HD
Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of the 2010–11 and 2011–12...
- 2009
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Rossini: La Cenerentola3.32009HD
"Irresistible" (Opera News) rising-star mezzo Elina Garanca triumphs as Rossini's Cinderella in this delightful Metropolitan Opera production. "As...
- 1992
The Ghosts of Versailles
The Ghosts of Versailles01992HD
What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John...
- 1996
Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte01996HD
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 27 February, 1996.
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel02008HD
This deliciously dark take on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale, appealing to audiences of all ages, was part of the Met’s popular...
- 2001
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg102001HD
James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René Pape, in this production of Wagner's comic...
- 2015
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow6.32015HD
Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta,...
- 2008
Puccini: La Bohème
Puccini: La Bohème02008HD
Puccini’s evergreen paean to young love and the bohemian life has captivated generations of Met-goers through Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic...
- 2010
Rossini: Armida
Rossini: Armida02010HD
It is a rare opera indeed that calls for one soprano diva and no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman’s fanciful production of Rossini’s...
- 2016
The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut
The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut02016HD
Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic end, and Roberto Alagna plays the man who falls...
- 1979
Don Pasquale
Don Pasquale01979HD
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...
- 1994
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci71994HD
Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.
- 2015
Verdi: Macbeth
Verdi: Macbeth102015HD
Star soprano Anna Netrebko created a sensation in her first Met performances as the malevolent Lady Macbeth, the central character in Verdi’s...
- 2025
The Metropolitan Opera: The Barber of Seville
The Metropolitan Opera: The Barber of Seville02025HD
Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met...
- 1988
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos01988HD
Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James...