Live in HD – The Metropolitan Opera’s live, high definition broadcast to thousands of theatres – begins the 2023-24 season on Saturday, October 21, 2023.
The Met: Live in HD series is produced with HD cameras placed around and behind the stage, capturing the beauty and power of live performances. Each broadcast is hosted by opera stars and includes behind-the-scenes features and live interviews during intermission. Subtitles in English and other languages are provided to theatre goers.
Each performance is a live broadcast starting at 12:55 pm Saturdays followed by an encore on the next Wednesday. The live performances are broadcast in real time from The Met stage, brought to theatres by The Met and Fathom Events.
The 2023-24 schedule includes modern operas like “The Life and Times of Malcom X” and traditional favorites like Puccini’s “La Rondine.” The 2023-24 Live in HD schedule is:
- SAT, OCT 21, 2023 12:55 PM ET Dead Man Walking
American composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, arrives in cinemas on October 21 in a haunting new production by Ivo van Hove. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of its subject with Heggie’s beautiful and poignant music and a brilliant libretto by Terrence McNally. Read More - SAT, NOV 18, 2023 12:55 PM ET: X – The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at in cinemas on November 18. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader’s life. Read More - SAT, DEC 09, 2023 12:55 PM ET: Florencia en el Amazonas
Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. The December 9 performance stars soprano Ailyn Pérez as Florencia Grimaldi, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to lead a spellbinding new production by Mary Zimmerman that brings the mysterious and magical realm of the Amazon to the Met stage. Read More - SAT, JAN 06, 2024 12:55 PM ET: Nabucco
On January 6, ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille. Mezzo-soprano Maria Barakova and tenor SeokJong Baek are Fenena and Ismaele, whose love transcends politics, and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy repeats his celebrated portrayal of the high priest Zaccaria. Daniele Callegari conducts Verdi’s exhilarating early masterpiece, which features the ultimate showcase for the great Met Chorus, the moving “Va, pensiero.” Read More - SAT, JAN 27, 2024 12:55 PM ET: Carmen
On January 27, acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell brings a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries. Dazzling young mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the complex and volatile title role, alongside tenor Piotr Beczała as Carmen’s troubled lover Don José, soprano Angel Blue as the loyal Micaëla, and bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen as the swaggering Escamillo. Read More - SAT, MAR 09, 2024 12:00 PM ET: La Forza del Destino
On March 9, Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented—and thrilling—heroines. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world and making extensive use of the Met’s turntable to represent the unstoppable advance of destiny that drives the opera’s chain of calamitous events. Read More - SAT, MAR 23, 2024 12:55 PM ET: Roméo et Juliette
On March 23, two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores. Read More - SAT, APR 20, 2024 12:55 PM ET: La Rondine
Puccini’s bittersweet love story arrives in cinemas on April 20, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess. Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts Nicolas Joël’s Art Deco–inspired staging, which transports audiences from the heart of Parisian nightlife to a dreamy vision of the French Riviera. Read More - SAT, MAY 11, 2024 12:55 PM ET: Madama Butterfly
Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman stars as the callous American naval officer Pinkerton, whose betrayal destroys her. Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong reprises the role of the steadfast maid Suzuki, and baritone Lucas Meachem is the American consul Sharpless. Acclaimed maestro Xian Zhang takes the podium on May 11 to conduct Anthony Minghella’s vivid production. Read More
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Metropolitan Opera Live in HD 2023-24 Season
Below is a season preview.
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Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Season
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season returns with live performances on September 26, 2023. Below is a preview.
On-stage operas for the new season include La Boheme, Carmen, The Magic Flute more classics from the great masters. For the complete Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 season, visit:
Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Season
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Met Opera on SiriusXM Radio
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