MET Orchestra Movies

  • 1982
    La traviata

    La traviata

    La traviata

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    This “Traviata” became one of the most succesful of all opera films, especially in France, where 800,000 Parisian cinemagoers flocked to...

    La traviata
  • 1991
    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera

    01991HD

    Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.

    Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 1980
    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera

    01980HD

    Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden.

    Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 2015
    Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

    Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

    Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

    52015HD

    Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind...

    Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
  • 2007
    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    92007HD

    Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy...

    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
  • 2015
    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

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    Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta,...

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
  • 2008
    Puccini: La Bohème

    Puccini: La Bohème

    Puccini: La Bohème

    02008HD

    Puccini’s evergreen paean to young love and the bohemian life has captivated generations of Met-goers through Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic...

    Puccini: La Bohème
  • 1983
    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Lucia di Lammermoor

    01983HD

    This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She...

    Lucia di Lammermoor
  • 1992
    The Ghosts of Versailles

    The Ghosts of Versailles

    The Ghosts of Versailles

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    What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John...

    The Ghosts of Versailles
  • 2010
    Wagner: Das Rheingold

    Wagner: Das Rheingold

    Wagner: Das Rheingold

    02010HD

    Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of the 2010–11 and 2011–12...

    Wagner: Das Rheingold
  • 1978
    Tosca

    Tosca

    Tosca

    01978HD

    A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi,...

    Tosca
  • 1982
    Puccini: La Boheme

    Puccini: La Boheme

    Puccini: La Boheme

    01982HD

    "La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera....

    Puccini: La Boheme
  • 2010
    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

    02010HD

    When this sumptuous production by Giancarlo del Monaco opened in 1995, legendary tenor Plácido Domingo gave a riveting performance as the...

    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]
  • 2006
    The Magic Flute

    The Magic Flute

    The Magic Flute

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    Tamino, a handsome prince, and Papageno, a bird-catcher, are sent by the Queen of Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high...

    The Magic Flute
  • 1984
    Francesca da Rimini

    Francesca da Rimini

    Francesca da Rimini

    01984HD

    Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni.

    Francesca da Rimini
  • 1988
    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos

    01988HD

    Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James...

    Ariadne auf Naxos
  • 2015
    The Met — Il Trovatore

    The Met — Il Trovatore

    The Met — Il Trovatore

    82015HD

    Soprano Anna Netrebko appears in her highly anticipated Met role debut as Leonora, the tortured heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of...

    The Met — Il Trovatore
  • 2007
    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette

    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette

    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette

    82007HD

    The world’s most famous love story comes to operatic life with superstars Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna playing the star-crossed young...

    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
  • 2016
    Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

    Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

    Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

    82016HD

    Bizet’s rarely heard opera returned to the Met for the first time in a century on New Year’s Eve 2015, in Penny Woolcock’s...

    Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
  • 1996
    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

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    This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here we have the whole performance, up to three hours. I...

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary