The Metropolitan Opera Movies

  • 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
  • 1977
    La Bohème

    La Bohème

    La Bohème

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    Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted many famous singers through the years. But with...

    La Bohème
  • 1994
    Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

    Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

    Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

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    Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.

    Il Tabarro & Pagliacci
  • 2014
    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

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    A youthful cast brings Rossini’s immortal comedy to sparkling life, led by Christopher Maltman as Figaro, the resourceful barber and...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
  • 2008
    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth

    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth

    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth

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    Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted...

    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
  • 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
  • 2009
    Rossini: La Cenerentola

    Rossini: La Cenerentola

    Rossini: La Cenerentola

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    "Irresistible" (Opera News) rising-star mezzo Elina Garanca triumphs as Rossini's Cinderella in this delightful Metropolitan Opera production. "As...

    Rossini: La Cenerentola
  • 1997
    Carmen

    Carmen

    Carmen

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    Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.

    Carmen
  • 2008
    Britten: Peter Grimes

    Britten: Peter Grimes

    Britten: Peter Grimes

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    Anthony Dean Griffey creates a haunting portrait of the outcast fisherman who struggles under the burden of presumed guilt. This chilling production...

    Britten: Peter Grimes
  • 2024
    The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine

    The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine

    The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine

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    Puccini’s bittersweet love story returns to cinemas, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan...

    The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine
  • 1987
    Turandot

    Turandot

    Turandot

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    The Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's "Turandot", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera in April, 1987. Éva Marton stars as...

    Turandot
  • 2016
    The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut

    The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut

    The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut

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    Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic end, and Roberto Alagna plays the man who falls...

    The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut
  • 1991
    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera

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

    Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 2015
    Verdi: Otello

    Verdi: Otello

    Verdi: Otello

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    Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher’s bold new production probes the psychological underpinnings of Verdi’s dynamic setting of...

    Verdi: Otello
  • 2011
    Verdi: Il Trovatore

    Verdi: Il Trovatore

    Verdi: Il Trovatore

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    Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece calls for 4 great singers: one weak link and the whole may collapse. The Metropolitan Opera assembled a quartet of stars...

    Verdi: Il Trovatore
  • 1996
    La Forza del Destino - The Met

    La Forza del Destino - The Met

    La Forza del Destino - The Met

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    With James Levine at the helm, Verdi’s multi-faceted masterpiece is revealed as a drama of almost Shakespearean proportions. Superstar...

    La Forza del Destino - The Met
  • 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
  • 2007
    The First Emperor

    The First Emperor

    The First Emperor

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    The incomparable Plácido Domingo began a new chapter in his legendary Met career when he created the role of Emperor Qin in the world premiere...

    The First Emperor
  • 2009
    La Sonnambula

    La Sonnambula

    La Sonnambula

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    Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to say nothing of her...

    La Sonnambula
  • 1988
    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos

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    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