THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
2025 Season
A new season packed with opera's most talented stars, a wide range of repertoire, and a handful of new productions from some of our most gifted stage directors.
The Metropolitan Opera:
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the titular barber of Seville, with bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.
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The Metropolitan Opera:
La Traviata
Michael Mayer’s sumptuous production of Verdi’s beloved
tragedy returns, featuring soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Juan Diego Flórez in this
2018 performance. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Originally broadcast December 15, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera:
Roméo et Juliette
In this dazzling 2024 Met performance, soprano Nadine
Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim are the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s operatic
adaptation of Shakespeare’s immortal love story. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Originally broadcast March 23, 2024
The Metropolitan Opera:
Lucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti’s tragedy returns to cinemas, starring
soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Javier Camarena in this 2022 performance of Simon
Stone’s gripping, modern-day staging. Riccardo Frizza conducts.
The Metropolitan Opera:
Rigoletto
In this electric performance from 2013, baritone Željko Lučić
sings the title role in Michael Mayer’s 1960s-era production of Verdi’s great drama,
sharing the stage with soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Piotr Beczała. Michele Mariotti