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.
Celebrating more than 20 years of performance, the Poulenc Trio brings the distinctive combination of oboe, bassoon, and piano to life with a program that blends beloved chamber music with contemporary works and new commissions.
Season finale with a large orchestra plus the University Singers and Oratorio Society on stage for Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.
Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning first opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce, when soldiers spontaneously set aside the horrors of the First World War and crossed the trenches to mingle, exchange gifts, and sing carols with the enemy.
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.
The feature film will be projected onto a large screen above the Orchestra at the Collins Center while you experience John Williams’ score, live
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)