Metropolitan Opera

Let’s give it up for the Met’s Education department! This past October, the Met’s Education department welcomed more than 80 HD Live in Schools educators and administrators to the opera house for its annual National Educator Conference, moderated by Susan Blackwell. The conference featured curricular workshops, live performances, and conversations with composer Jeanine Tesori, baritone Quinn Kelsey, and leaders from the Met’s Artistic and Production departments. Bravi tutti to everyone involved in bringing this event to life! Photos by Jenny Gorman / Met Opera #MetOpera #NYC #MusicEducators #Educators #Music #ClassicalMusic #Opera #NYC #Conference #meetopera

Join us for a celebratory evening to mark the centenary of the death of beloved composer Giacomo Puccini! Tosca returns to the Met stage this Tuesday, November 12, starring soprano Lise Davidsen in her highly anticipated company role debut as the title diva. Don’t miss out as we celebrate the Met’s long and distinguished history with one of opera’s greatest composers, with tickets starting at $37. Davidsen is on stage as Tosca through November 23. Met Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts. Book your tickets: bit.ly/3YOdAvg Photo by Karen Almond / Met Opera #MetOpera #Gala #Celebration #NYCArts #Puccini #meetopera

Amazing news! The Met’s productions of Kevin Puts and librettist Greg Pierce’s The Hours and Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas have both been nominated for the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording! Congratulations to the entire cast of both productions—including sopranos Kelli O’Hara, Renée Fleming, and Ailyn Pérez and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato—as well as the Met Orchestra and Chorus, Met Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and producer David Frost on this incredible achievement. Bravi tutti! Photos by Evan Zimmerman (1) and Ken Howard (2) / Met Opera #MetOpera #Grammys #Opera #meetopera

This #WorldOperaDay, we’re celebrating an era of new works on the Met stage! Since 2021, we’ve brought eleven operas by contemporary composers to life on the world’s greatest stage, including powerful stories of heartbreak, hope, romance, and more. Your donations directly impact our ability to ignite real, relevant stories through a timeless artform. Support the Met this World Opera Day at the link in our bio.? You can also donate via text message. Simply text METOPERA to 44321. Standard text messaging rates apply. Pictured: Terence Blanchard and librettist Kasi Lemmons’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, 2021; Ken Howard / Met Opera Matthew Aucoin and librettist Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, 2021; Marty Sohl / Met Opera Brett Dean and librettist Matthew Jocelyn’s Hamlet, 2022; Karen Almond / Met Opera Kevin Puts and librettist Greg Pierce’s The Hours, 2022; Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera Terence Blanchard and librettist Michael Cristofer’s Champion, 2023; Ken Howard / Met Opera Jake Heggie and librettist Terrence McNally’s Dead Man Walking, 2023; Karen Almond / Met Opera Anthony Davis and librettist Thulani Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, 2023; Marty Sohl / Met Opera Daniel Catán and librettist Marcela Fuentes-Berain’s Florencia en el Amazonas, 2023 / Ken Howard / Met Opera John Adams’s El Ni?o, 2024; Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera Jeanine Tesori and librettist George Brant’s Grounded, 2024; Ken Howard / Met Opera Osvaldo Golijov and librettist David Henry Hwang’s Ainadamar, 2024; Marty Sohl / Met Opera #MetOpera #WorldOperaDay #meetopera

“Ainadamar is a near masterpiece by the Argentine composer [Osvaldo Golijov], and the production and performances are so stunning that they threaten to spoil the audience for the rest of the season.” —Financial Times We couldn’t agree more. Everyone loves Deborah Colker’s dramatic production of Osvaldo Golijov and librettist David Henry Hwang’s Ainadamar. Don’t miss out on mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack’s powerful portrayal of Federico García Lorca, opposite soprano Angel Blue as Margarita Xirgu. Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts. Ainadamar is on stage through November 9. Book your tickets: bit.ly/4cpHb1B Photo by Marty Sohl / Met Opera #MetOpera #Flamenco #Drama #Dance #Opera #Spanish #ClassicalMusic #Romance #NYC #meetopera

The 2024–25 season of The Met: Live in HD kicks off this Saturday, October 5! Head to your local cinema to experience dazzling live performances directly from the Met stage, along with exclusive behind-the-scenes content, including interviews with the production’s stars and more. Find your cinema and learn more here: bit.ly/46lAMTm #MetOpera #MetHD #ClassicalMusic #NewYorkCity #Opera #NYC #meetopera

Let’s take one last look back at Opening Night of our 2024–25 season. Bravi tutti to everyone who was involved in bringing such a powerful piece to life!? There are plenty more chances to see this moving Met premiere. Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s Grounded is on stage through October 19, starring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Jess. Met Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts. In cinemas October 19. Book your tickets: bit.ly/3SNy6IH Find your cinema: bit.ly/46lAMTm Photos by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera #MetOpera #Opera #NYC #Pilot #AirForce #Veteran #FemalePilot #ClassicalSinging #Theater #meetopera

??Two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera?Grounded?premieres at the Metropolitan Opera this fall, opening the 2024-25 Season!? ? Commissioned by the Met and based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play,?Grounded?wrestles with the ethical quandaries and psychological toll of 21st-century warfare, this powerful piece stars mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, one of opera’s most compelling young stars.?? ? In the leadup to the premiere in September, the Met will be hosting talks and events across New York City to welcome in new audiences, connect with communities of veterans, and ensure that this moving story is heard across the city. Head to the Met’s website to explore its partnerships with Pioneer Works, The Guggenheim Museum, The Intrepid Museum, and The Moth, as well as a post-performance talk on October 19 for Veterans:?bit.ly/4dIz6G2?? ? Grounded opens on September 23. On stage through October 19. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.?Book your tickets:?bit.ly/3SNy6IH?? ? #BABSpotlight #MetOpera #Opera #NYC #ThingsToDoNYC #Veterans #ClassicalMusic Photo by Paola Kudacki / Met Opera?

We’ve got exciting news!?? After six years of incredible artistic partnership, the Met is thrilled to announce that Maestro Nezet-Seguin will continue as the company’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director through the 2029–30 season. A tireless champion of new work and a master of opera’s classic staples, Maestro Nézet-Séguin will extend an extraordinary relationship with the Met that has already produced some of the brightest moments in company history. And, beginning with the 2027–28 season, he and the Met will embark on the ultimate collaboration between a conductor and an opera company: an exhilarating new staging of Wagner’s Ring cycle, directed by Yuval Sharon and starring soprano Lise Davidsen as Brünnhilde, a project that will culminate in full cycles in spring 2030. Here’s to many more years of exceptional musicmaking together! For more information and highlights of Maestro Nézet-Séguin’s future Met projects, visit bit.ly/3WTIuBo

We had an absolute blast taking part in this year’s NYC Pride March! With soprano Brittany Olivia Logan and bass-baritone Davone Tines performing on our float and a slew of Met staff, artists, and more leading the charge, we couldn’t have asked for a better crew! Enjoy these shots from the day by Evan Zimmerman.?? #MetOpera #NYC #NYCPride #PrideMonth #Opera #meetopera