With a devilish sway of the hips and a hint of Andalusian flair, Carmen, the beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José. Fate will do the rest. Composed to a libretto by Meilhac and Halévy based on Prosper Mérimée’s novella, the opera exploded the boundaries between tragedy and comedy with a modernity that caused a scandal at the time. Can we kill the one we love with love? The fiery beauty of Bizet’s music, where one unforgettable aria follows another, has worked year in, year out to make it the world’s most performed opera.

Starring Jonas Kaufmann as Bacchus and featuring Emily Magee with Daniel Harding conducting the Vien...

Two mystical beings emerge from the scenery, embarking on a journey through Gallup— Na'nízhoozhí in ...

An operatic film adaptation of the poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar of the same name.

Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there ...

This tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigol...

For the first time in company history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verd...

Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who curses ...

The painter Lili Elbe was the first person to have gender confirmation surgery in the 1930s. The hom...

Set in 16th-century France and Spain, Don Carlos tells of the political and amorous rivalry between ...

A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterp...
Politics and love leads to a love triangle between father, son and stepmother.

In the 50's, in Paris, the neighbors Rodolfo and Mimi meet each other when Mimi's candle blows out i...

Nabucco - live from Metropolitan Opera, June 2002. On its surface, Nabucco is about the epic strugg...

Starring the exquisite coloratura soprano Emma Matthews as the innocent girl priestess Lakmé, and su...

Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orche...

This superb 2006 production of the Los Angeles Opera's La Traviata stars Renée Fleming, who joins th...

Idi and Rita live with their grandmother, Manie. Idi tries to keep the memories they have of their m...

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

Passion, jealousy and betrayal take center stage at Londons Royal Opera House in a spectacular produ...