The Metropolitan Opera’s 2026–27 The Met: Live in HD Season Features Eight Live Cinema Transmissions, Three Popular Encores, and a Special 20th-Anniversary Presentation in Theaters
Three new productions: the Met premiere of Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s Silent Night and new stagings of Verdi’s Macbeth and Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West
The Met presents Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration on September 19
First live transmission of the season is Mozart’s Così fan tutte on October 3
Season highlights include soprano Lise Davidsen in the role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth, soprano Nadine Sierra in the title role of Massenet’s Manon, the return of Wagner’s Parsifal led by Piotr Beczała, and three encore performances in celebration of the series’s 20th-anniversary season
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin to conduct two live transmission
New York, NY (August 31, 2026)—The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts to theaters worldwide, celebrates its 20th-anniversary season. The 2026–27 season features eight live cinema transmissions—with three new productions, including the company premiere of Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer Prize–winning opera, Silent Night, and new stagings of Verdi’s Macbeth and Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West.
The anniversary season begins on Saturday, September 19, 2026, with a special presentation, Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration, hosted by soprano Renée Fleming. The program features highlights from the Met’s two decades of Live in HD performances by many of opera’s greatest stars, including Lise Davidsen, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Elīna Garanča, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Nadine Sierra, and Fleming herself. The Peabody and Emmy Award–winning series has sold more than 33 million tickets since its inception in December 2006 and has reached more than 2,200 screens in more than 70 countries across six continents.
October 3, 2026, marks the first live transmission of the season with Phelim McDermott’s production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, starring soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, with tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as their lovers, Guglielmo and Ferrando.
The 2026–27 Live in HD season also features the Met premiere and live transmission of Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s Silent Night, starring soprano Elza van den Heever and tenor Ben Bliss; a new staging of Verdi’s Macbeth directed by Louisa Proske in her Met debut, with a cast led by soprano Lise Davidsen and baritone Quinn Kelsey; and a new production of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West, with soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė in her Met debut, directed by Richard Jones. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts Verdi’s Macbeth and Wagner’s Parsifal.
Repertory productions broadcast this season include Darko Tresnjak’s production of Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila, starring tenor Clay Hilley in his Met debut, alongside mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina; Massenet’s Manon, with soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Matthew Polenzani, alongside baritone Andrzej Filończyk; Bartlett Sher’s production of Verdi’s Otello, starring tenor Brian Jagde and soprano Ailyn Pérez; and Wagner’s Parsifal, with tenor Piotr Beczała, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča, and baritone Peter Mattei.
Complete details, including casting, for the upcoming season are available below.
2026–27 Live in HD Season at a Glance:
The Live in HD season will begin on September 19, 2026, with Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration and continues with Mozart’s Così fan tutte (October 3, 2026), Verdi’s Macbeth (October 17, 2026), Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila (December 5, 2026), Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West (January 23, 2027), Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s Silent Night (March 20, 2027), Massenet’s Manon (April 3, 2027), Verdi’s Otello (April 24, 2027), and Wagner’s Parsifal (June 5, 2027). All performances will be Saturday matinees transmitted live from the Met stage.
Encores of Bizet’s Carmen from 2010 will be presented on November 14, 2026; of Mozart’s The Magic Flute from 2006 will be presented on December 12, 2026; and of Puccini’s Tosca from 2024 will be presented on May 8, 2027. Encore dates will vary internationally.
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THE MET: LIVE IN HD 2026–27 SCHEDULE
Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration
Special Presentation
Screening Date: September 19, 2026 (with dates varying internationally)
Featuring Performances by: Lise Davidsen, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Elīna Garanča, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Nadine Sierra, and more.
Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas is a celebration of the Met’s two decades of onstage glory as experienced in movie theaters, featuring highlights from the company’s collection of more than 185 extraordinary onscreen performances. With star soprano Renée Fleming as host, this special presentation will showcase unforgettable moments from some of opera’s greatest stars, culled from the series’s vast archive of transmissions.
Così fan tutte
Revival
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Live in HD: October 3, 2026, 1PM ET
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Conductor |
Nimrod David Pfeffer |
Production |
Phelim McDermott |
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Fiordiligi |
Federica Lombardi |
Set Designer |
Tom Pye |
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Dorabella |
Samantha Hankey |
Costume Designer |
Laura Hopkins |
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Despina |
Ana María Martínez |
Lighting Designer |
Paule Constable |
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Ferrando |
Duke Kim |
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director |
Tilman Michael |
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Guglielmo |
Andrey Zhilikhovsky |
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Don Alfonso |
Gerald Finley |
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The Met: Live in HD season continues with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley is the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina.
Macbeth
New Production
Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei
Live in HD: October 17, 2026, 1PM ET
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Conductor |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
Production |
Louisa Proske* |
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Lady Macbeth |
Lise Davidsen |
Set Designer |
Jon Bausor |
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Macduff |
Freddie De Tommaso |
Costume Designer |
Montana Levi Blanco |
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Macbeth |
Quinn Kelsey |
Lighting Designer |
Adam Silverman |
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Banquo |
Ryan Speedo Green |
Choreographer |
Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson* |
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Fight Director |
Ran Arthur Braun* |
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C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director |
Tilman Michael |
Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists return to The Met: Live in HD for Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean tale of the scheming couple determined to seize power at any cost. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is the Scottish king haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent to the throne, opposite soprano Lise Davidsen as the power-mad Lady Macbeth, whose ruinous ambition damns them both. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for a penetrating production by Louisa Proske. Rounding out the all-star cast are tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo.
*Met Debut
Carmen Encore
Encore Presentation—originally transmitted live on January 16, 2010
Composed by Georges Bizet | Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Live in HD Encore Dates: November 14, 2026 (with dates varying internationally)
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Conductor |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
Production |
Richard Eyre |
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Micaëla |
Barbara Frittoli |
Set Designer |
Rob Howell |
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Carmen |
Elīna Garanča |
Costume Designer |
Rob Howell |
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Don José |
Roberto Alagna |
Lighting Designer |
Peter Mumford |
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Escamillo |
Teddy Tahu Rhodes |
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Richard Eyre’s beloved production of Bizet’s masterpiece returns to theaters, led by mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as the title character and tenor Roberto Alagna as Don José in the indelible 2010 Met performance—a fan favorite of The Met: Live in HD series. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts in his company-debut season.
Samson et Dalila
Revival
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns | Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire
Live in HD: December 5, 2026, 12PM ET
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Conductor |
Giacomo Sagripanti |
Production |
Darko Tresnjak |
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Dalila |
Aigul Akhmetshina |
Set Designer |
Alexander Dodge |
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Samson |
Clay Hilley* |
Costume Designer |
Linda Cho |
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High Priest of Dagon |
Quinn Kelsey |
Lighting Designer |
Donald Holder |
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Abimélech |
Alfred Walker |
Choreographer |
Austin McCormick |
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Old Hebrew |
Morris Robinson |
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director |
Tilman Michael |
Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece is a feast for the eyes and ears. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts an electrifying cast led by the formidable star pairing of mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley, transmitted live to cinemas worldwide.
*Met Debut
The Magic Flute Encore
Holiday Presentation—originally transmitted live on December 30, 2006
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Live in HD Encore Date: December 12, 2026 (with dates varying internationally)
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Conductor |
James Levine |
Production |
Julie Taymor |
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Pamina |
Ying Huang |
Set Designer |
George Tsypin |
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Queen of the Night |
Erika Miklósa |
Costume Designer |
Julie Taymor |
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Tamino |
Matthew Polenzani |
Lighting Designer |
Donald Holder |
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Monostatos |
Greg Fedderly |
Puppet Designers |
Julie Taymor |
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Papageno |
Nathan Gunn |
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and Michael Curry |
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Speaker |
David Pittsinger |
Choreographer |
Mark Dendy |
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Sarastro |
René Pape |
English Adaptation |
J. D. McClatchy |
The Met made history in December 2006 when it presented its first Live in HD transmission to cinemas worldwide: the abridged English-language version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Julie Taymor’s whimsical production features a winning ensemble—including tenor Matthew Polenzani, baritone Nathan Gunn, and bass René Pape—and returns to select movie theaters for a special encore presentation during the holiday season.
La Fanciulla del West
New Production
Music by Giacomo Puccini | Libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini
Live in HD: January 23, 2027, 1PM ET
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Conductor |
Keri-Lynn Wilson |
Production |
Richard Jones |
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Minnie |
Vida Miknevičiūtė* |
Set Designer |
Miriam Buether* |
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Dick Johnson |
SeokJong Baek |
Costume Designer |
Nicky Gillibrand |
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Jack Rance |
Christopher Maltman |
Lighting Designer |
Mimi Jordan Sherin |
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Choreographer |
Lucy Burge* |
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C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director |
Tilman Michael |
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes her Met debut as Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide.
*Met Debut
Silent Night
Met Premiere
Music by Kevin Puts | Libretto by Mark Campbell
Live in HD: March 20, 2027, 1PM ET
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Conductor |
Dalia Stasevska* |
Production |
James Robinson |
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Anna Sørensen |
Elza van den Heever |
Set Designer |
Mimi Lien |
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Nikolaus Sprink |
Ben Bliss |
Costume Designer |
Catherine Zuber |
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Ponchel |
Rolando Villazón |
Lighting Designer |
Lap Chi Chu* |
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Jonathan Dale |
Ben Reisinger |
Sound Designer |
Rick Jacobsohn |
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Lt. Audebert |
Mattia Olivieri |
Choreographer |
Seán Curran |
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Lt. Gordon |
Justin Austin |
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director |
Tilman Michael |
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Lt. Horstmayer |
Ryan McKinny |
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Father Palmer |
Kyle Ketelsen |
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Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce. A poignant depiction of shared humanity in the most inhumane circumstances, Puts’s grand, cinematic opera—with a libretto in English, French, and German by Mark Campbell—has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as “an overwhelming emotive experience” by The Guardian. The evocative staging by James Robinson takes the audience directly to the battlefields of the Western Front with a star-studded cast, featuring soprano Elza van den Heever and tenors Ben Bliss and Rolando Villazón, conducted by Maestro Dalia Stasevska live from the Met to cinemas worldwide.
*Met Debut
Manon
Revival
Music by Jules Massenet | Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille
Live in HD: April 3, 2027, 12PM ET
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Conductor |
Yves Abel |
Production Designer |
Laurent Pelly |
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Manon |
Nadine Sierra |
Costume Designer |
Laurent Pelly |
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Chevalier des Grieux |
Matthew Polenzani |
Set Designer |
Chantal Thomas |
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Guillot de Morfontaine |
Carlo Bosi |
Lighting Designer |
Joël Adam |
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Lescaut |
Andrzej Filończyk |
Choreographer |
Lionel Hoche |
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de Brétigny |
Rod Gilfry |
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director |
Tilman Michael |
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Comte des Grieux |
Jean Teitgen* |
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Following her radiant performance in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette—which garnered raves for “high notes that spun like liquid gold … Sierra touched the operatic firmament” (The New York Times)—superstar soprano Nadine Sierra takes on another alluring French heroine, the irresistible title character of Massenet’s passionate drama, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. Leading tenor Matthew Polenzani is her idealistic lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, with rising-star baritone Andrzej Filończyk as her stalwart cousin, Lescaut, in a breathtaking staging by director Laurent Pelly.
*Met Debut
Otello
Revival
Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto by Arrigo Boito
Live in HD: April 24, 2027, 1PM ET
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Conductor |
Michele Mariotti |
Production |
Bartlett Sher |
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Desdemona |
Ailyn Pérez |
Set Designer |
Es Devlin |
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Emilia |
Deborah Nansteel |
Costume Designer |
Catherine Zuber |
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Otello |
Brian Jagde |
Lighting Designer |
Donald Holder |
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Cassio |
Piotr Buszewski |
Projection Designer |
Luke Halls |
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Iago |
Artur Ruciński |
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director |
Tilman Michael |
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Lodovico |
Vitalij Kowaljow |
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One of today’s leading dramatic tenors, Brian Jagde takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, live to cinemas worldwide. Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy also features soprano Ailyn Pérez in her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Artur Ruciński as the sinister Iago. Michele Mariotti leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.
Tosca Encore
Encore Presentation—originally transmitted live on November 23, 2024
Composed by Giacomo Puccini | Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Live in HD Encore Dates: May 8, 2027 (with dates varying internationally)
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Conductor |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
Production |
David McVicar |
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Tosca |
Lise Davidsen |
Set Designer |
John Macfarlane |
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Cavaradossi |
Freddie De Tommaso |
Costume Designer |
John Macfarlane |
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Scarpia |
Quinn Kelsey |
Lighting Designer |
David Finn |
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Sacristan |
Patrick Carfizzi |
Movement Director |
Leah Hausman |
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C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director |
Tilman Michael |
Soprano Lise Davidsen sings the title role of Puccini’s ultimate diva, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi and baritone Quinn Kelsey as Scarpia in the acclaimed 2024 Met performance of David McVicar’s thrilling production. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Parsifal
Revival
Composed by Richard Wagner | Libretto by the composer
Live in HD: June 5, 2027, 12PM ET
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Conductor |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
Production |
François Girard |
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Kundry |
Elīna Garanča |
Set Designer |
Michael Levine |
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Parsifal |
Piotr Beczała |
Costume Designer |
Thibault Vancraenenbroeck |
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Amfortas |
Peter Mattei |
Lighting Designer |
David Finn |
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Klingsor |
Ryan Speedo Green |
Video Designer |
Peter Flaherty |
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Gurnemanz |
Jongmin Park |
Choreographer |
Carolyn Choa |
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Titurel |
Alfred Walker |
Dramaturg |
Serge Lamothe |
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C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director |
Tilman Michael |
A profound philosophical meditation on compassion and reconciliation, this transcendent rendering of a medieval knight’s heroic quest for the Holy Grail returns to the big screen in François Girard’s celebrated production, a “thoughtful and intrepid staging, full of striking imagery” (The New York Times). Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast of Wagnerian superstars, including tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as the enigmatic Kundry, baritone Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the sorcerer Klingsor, and bass Jongmin Park as the wise Gurnemanz.
About The Met: Live in HD
The Met: Live in HD series has made the Met the world’s leading provider of alternative cinema content and the only arts institution with an ongoing global series of this scale. When the series launched in 2006, the Met was the first arts company to experiment with alternative cinema content. Since then, the program has expanded, with more than 33 million tickets sold to date and robust attendance in five global cinema markets: the United States, Germany, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. In North America, weekend box office ratings also remain strong, often placing Live in HD presentations—with only one showing—among the weekend’s top-grossing films.
The Met: Live in HD series has increased accessibility to Met performances for audiences around the world. With a global average ticket price of $23, the series has made world-class performances accessible to millions of opera lovers each season.
Met artists and celebrity opera lovers serve as hosts for the Live in HD series, providing background on the operas, introducing exciting behind-the-scenes features, and conducting live interviews with stars, crew, and production teams.
The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, the Neubauer Family Foundation. Digital support of The Met: Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Met: Live in HD series is in partnership with Rolex.
Within months of their initial live transmissions, the Live in HD programs are shown on PBS in the United States. The PBS series Great Performances at the Met is produced in association with PBS and the WNET Group.
For more information about The Met: Live in HD, visit metopera.org/hd.