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. Bartlett Sher’s elegant staging also features baritone Will Liverman and tenor Frederick Ballentine as the archrivals Mercutio and Tybalt, mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as the mischievous pageboy Stéphano, and bass-baritone Alfred Walker as Frère Laurent.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A y...

With his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and persona...

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues...

In 1336, Pedro, heir to the Portuguese crown, marries Constanza Manuel de Villena, a Castilian noble...

Richard Wagner's Parsifal, staged at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo in 2020, opened the opera season ...

On a summer day in the 1950s, a native girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car...

Deep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is scor...

After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with ...

A rarely performed bel canto gem, Rossini’s Semiramide returned to the Met for the first time in nea...

Premiered immediately before the enduring masterpieces Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, Lui...

1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for m...

A libidinous construction worker uses his charm and bravado in an attempt to attain enough finances ...

Aging opera singer Maria Callas tries to make a comeback by performing in a production of Bizet's "C...

A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wea...

Franz Woyzeck, a lowly soldier stationed in a mid-nineteenth century provincial German town, is the ...

Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are...

With World War II looming, a prominent family in China must confront the contrasting ideas of tradit...

The great singing actress Nina Stemme gives a heart-wrenching performance in the title role of Strau...

Prince Tamino promises the Queen of the Night that he will rescue her daughter Pamina from the encha...