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 SPECIAL SERIES 

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The Met Live in HD returns, featuring eight performances transmitted live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide.

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Cinema season includes three new productions: the Met premiere of Grounded by Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori, Verdi’s Aida directed by Michael Mayer and starring American soprano Angel Blue, and Strauss’s Salome led by South African soprano Elza van den Heever in the title role and directed by Claus Guth Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, starring French tenor Benjamin Bernheim, kicks off the season on Saturday, October 5.

Season highlights include the return of once-in-a-generation Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen in Puccini’s Tosca and Beethoven’s Fidelio and rising Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina as Rosina in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

2024 - 2025 Season Details: 

October 5 – LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN (Offenbach) 1:00 p.m. ET / Approx. runtime: 4:06 [2 Intermissions] With Pre-Opera Talk at 11:45 a.m. Marco Armiliato; Erin Morley (Olympia), Pretty Yende (Antonia/Stella), Clémentine Margaine (Giulietta), Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Nicklausse/The Muse), Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), Aaron Blake (Four Servants), Christian Van Horn (Four Villains). October 19 – GROUNDED (Jeanine Tesori) – Libretto by George Brant – New Production/Met Premiere 1:00 p.m. ET / Approx. runtime: 2:44 [1 Intermission] Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Emily D’Angelo (Jess), Ben Bliss (Eric) Michael Mayer (Production); Mimi Lien (Set Designer), Tom Broecker (Costume Designer), Kevin Adams (Lighting Designer), Jason H. Thompson/Kaitlyn Pietras (Co-Projection Designers), Palmer Hefferan (Sound Designer), David Neumann (Choreographer), Paul Cremo (Dramaturg) November 23 – TOSCA (Puccini) 1:00 p.m. ET / Approx. runtime: 3:28 [2 Intermissions] Xian Zhang; Lise Davidsen (Tosca), Freddie De Tommaso (Cavaradossi), Quinn Kelsey (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan) January 25 – AIDA (Verdi) – New Production 12:30 p.m. ET / Approx. runtime: 3:38 [1 Intermission] Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Angel Blue (Aida), Judit Kutasi (Amneris), Piotr Beczała (Radamès), Quinn Kelsey (Amonasro), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis), Morris Robinson (King) Michael Mayer (Production); Christine Jones (Set Designer), Susan Hilferty (Costume Designer), Kevin Adams (Lighting Designer), 59 Productions (Projection Design), Oleg Glushkov (Choreographer) March 15 – FIDELIO (Beethoven) 1:00 p.m. ET / Approx. runtime: 3:04 [1 Intermission] Susanna Mälkki; Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Ying Fang (Marzelline), David Butt Philip (Florestan), Magnus Dietrich (Jaquino), Tomasz Konieczny (Don Pizarro), René Pape (Rocco), Stephen Milling (Don Fernando) April 26 – LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Mozart) 1:00 p.m. ET / Approx. runtime: 3:55 [1 Intermission] Joana Mallwitz; Federica Lombardi (Countess), Olga Kulchynska (Susanna), Marianne Crebassa (Cherubino), Elizabeth Bishop (Marcellina), Joshua Hopkins (Count), Michael Sumuel (Figaro), Maurizio Muraro (Dr. Bartolo) May 17 – SALOME (R. Strauss) – New Production 1:00 p.m. ET / Approx. runtime: 2:15 [No Intermission] Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elza van den Heever (Salome), Michelle DeYoung (Herodias), Gerhard Siegel (Herod), Piotr Buszewski (Narraboth), Peter Mattei (Jochanaan) Claus Guth (Production); Etienne Pluss (Set Designer), Ursula Kudrna (Costume Designer), Olaf Freese (Lighting Designer), rocafilm/Roland Horvath (Projection Designer), Sommer Ulrickson (Choreographer), Yvonne Gebauer (Dramaturg) May 31 – IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini) 1:00 p.m. ET / Approx. runtime: 3:33 [1 Intermission] Giacomo Sagripanti; Aigul Akhmetshina (Rosina), Jack Swanson (Count Almaviva), Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Figaro), Peter Kálmán (Dr. Bartolo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Basilio)

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The MET Live in HD: Les Contes D’Hoffmann (Offenbach)

OCTOBER 5th

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The MET Live in HD: Tosca (Puccini)

DECEMBER 14th

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The MET Live in HD: Fidelio (Beethoven)

MARCH 15th

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The MET Live in HD: Salome (R. Strauss)

MAY 17th

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The MET Live in HD: Grounded (Jeanine Tesori) MET Premiere

OCTOBER 19th

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The MET Live in HD: Aida (Verdi)

JANUARY 25th

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The MET Live in HD: Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)

APRIL 26th

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The MET Live in HD: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Rossini)

MAY 31st

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