MET Orchestra Movies
- 2006
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute8.82006HD
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...
- 1999
The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]
The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]01999HD
Elijah Moshinsky’s atmospheric production, designed by Mark Thompson, sets the stage for this gripping performance of Tchaikovsky’s...
- 2008
Puccini: La Bohème
Puccini: La Bohème02008HD
Puccini’s evergreen paean to young love and the bohemian life has captivated generations of Met-goers through Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic...
- 2008
Massenet: Thaïs
Massenet: Thaïs02008HD
When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to...
- 2009
The Met — Tosca
The Met — Tosca02009HD
Puccini’s musical thriller of lust, murder, and politics is one of the most dramatically riveting operas in the repertoire. Luc Bondy’s...
- 2016
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers82016HD
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...
- 2008
Britten: Peter Grimes
Britten: Peter Grimes02008HD
Anthony Dean Griffey creates a haunting portrait of the outcast fisherman who struggles under the burden of presumed guilt. This chilling production...
- 2012
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche02012HD
A contemporary take on the 17th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and...
- 1985
Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met
Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met01985HD
From the "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" DVD box set. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmark production of Mozart’s most human...
- 1986
Lohengrin
Lohengrin01986HD
Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just what we have here. Is it possible for a...
- 1991
L'Elisir d'Amore
L'Elisir d'Amore9.51991HD
John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the beloved superstar Luciano Pavarotti. As the simple,...
- 2017
Verdi: Nabucco
Verdi: Nabucco02017HD
The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla...
- 2023
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni02023HD
Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes a major Met debut with a new take on Mozart’s tragicomedy, re-setting the familiar tale of...
- 2008
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust102008HD
Radiant mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and dashing Italian tenor Marcello Giordani are unlucky lovers in La Damnation de Faust, Hector Berlioz’s...
- 2008
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Adams: Doctor Atomic02008HD
John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human...
- 1983
Ernani
Ernani01983HD
Verdi's early masterpiece is based on a Victor Hugo play with a complicated plot concerning a young woman and the three men vying for her...
- 1982
Der Rosenkavalier
Der Rosenkavalier01982HD
In this stunning performance from 1982, Strauss’s enchanting fairy tale for adults is blessed with a cast, conductor, and production that have...
- 1993
Falstaff
Falstaff7.51993HD
It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great...
- 1995
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra01995HD
This evocative production by Giancarlo Del Monaco sumptuously captures the look and feel of 14th century Genoa and is a perfect compliment to...
- 2009
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann02009HD
Live from the Metropolitan Opera 19 December 2009.