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October 5, 2024, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, by Offenbach
Offenbach’s only opera, fantastical and gloriously musical. The three heroines will be sung by Erin Morley, Pretty Yende, and Clémentine Margaine, with Benjamin Bernheim (last season’s Romeo) as Hoffmann and Christian Van Horn as the Four Villains. The Bartlett Sher production, with Marco Armiliato conducting.
Emily D’Angelo stars as a hot-shot fighter pilot in an opera that takes on the psychological and emotional issues of modern warmaking. A powerful new opera addressing an important contemporary issue. A Michael Mayer production, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
November 23, 2024, Tosca, by Puccini
The phenomenal Lise Davidsen stars as the passionate diva in the revival of David McVicar’s production. Freddie De Tommaso makes his eagerly anticipated company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi. Quinn Kelsy is the sadistic chief of police, Scarpia.
Maestro Xian Zhang conducts.
January 25, 2025, Aida, by Verdi
This is a new production by Michael Mayer, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. American soprano Angel Blue sings the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country, with mezzo Judit Kutasi as her rival, Amneris. Dramatic tenor Piotr Beczala is the conflicted lover Radames, who opens the heavens with his “Celeste Aida.”
March 15, 2025, Fidelio, by Beethoven
Lise Davidsen returns to the Met, this time as Leonore, the faithful wife who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny. David Butt Philip is the political prisoner Florestan, and Tomasz Konieczny is the villainous Don Pizarro. The classic veteran German bass, René Pape sings the jailer, Rocco. Susanna Mälkki conducts this simulcast.
April 26, 2025, Le Nozze di Figaro, by Mozart
A revival of the Richard Eyre Production. Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut of this timeless comedy with a sparkling cast. Michael Samuel is the clever Figaro who will marry his beloved Susanna (Olga Kulchynska) if he can handle the contrary intentions of Count Almaviva (Joshua Hopkins). It all works out, of course, and everybody is happy at the end.
May 17, 2025, Salome, by Richard Strauss
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts A new production that promises to shed new light on the biblical story dramatized by Oscar Wilde. Elza van den Heever is Salome and Gerhard Siegel is Herod. Michelle DeYoung sings Herodias, and Peter Mattei is the victimized prophet Jochanaan.
May 31, 2025, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, by Rossini
A revival of the Bartlett Sher production completes the other half of the Figaro story, this one conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti. Andrey Zhilikhovsky is Figaro. Rosina is sung by Aigul Akhmetshina, who recently sang a run of Carmen at the Met. Jack Swanson is Count Almaviva.