MET Orchestra Movies

  • 2006
    The Magic Flute

    The Magic Flute

    The Magic Flute

    8.82006HD

    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...

    The Magic Flute
  • 1999
    The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]

    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...

    The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]
  • 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
  • 2008
    Massenet: Thaïs

    Massenet: Thaïs

    Massenet: Thaïs

    02008HD

    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...

    Massenet: Thaïs
  • 2009
    The Met — Tosca

    The Met — Tosca

    The Met — Tosca

    02009HD

    Puccini’s musical thriller of lust, murder, and politics is one of the most dramatically riveting operas in the repertoire. Luc Bondy’s...

    The Met — Tosca
  • 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
  • 2008
    Britten: Peter Grimes

    Britten: Peter Grimes

    Britten: Peter Grimes

    02008HD

    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
  • 2012
    The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

    The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

    The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

    02012HD

    A contemporary take on the 17th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and...

    The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche
  • 1985
    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met

    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met

    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met

    01985HD

    From the "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" DVD box set. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmark production of Mozart’s most human...

    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met
  • 1986
    Lohengrin

    Lohengrin

    Lohengrin

    01986HD

    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...

    Lohengrin
  • 1991
    L'Elisir d'Amore

    L'Elisir d'Amore

    L'Elisir d'Amore

    9.51991HD

    John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the beloved superstar Luciano Pavarotti. As the simple,...

    L'Elisir d'Amore
  • 2017
    Verdi: Nabucco

    Verdi: Nabucco

    Verdi: Nabucco

    02017HD

    The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla...

    Verdi: Nabucco
  • 2023
    The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

    The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

    The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

    02023HD

    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...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
  • 2008
    Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

    Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

    Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

    102008HD

    Radiant mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and dashing Italian tenor Marcello Giordani are unlucky lovers in La Damnation de Faust, Hector Berlioz’s...

    Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
  • 2008
    Adams: Doctor Atomic

    Adams: Doctor Atomic

    Adams: Doctor Atomic

    02008HD

    John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human...

    Adams: Doctor Atomic
  • 1983
    Ernani

    Ernani

    Ernani

    01983HD

    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...

    Ernani
  • 1982
    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

    01982HD

    In this stunning performance from 1982, Strauss’s enchanting fairy tale for adults is blessed with a cast, conductor, and production that have...

    Der Rosenkavalier
  • 1993
    Falstaff

    Falstaff

    Falstaff

    7.51993HD

    It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great...

    Falstaff
  • 1995
    Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    01995HD

    This evocative production by Giancarlo Del Monaco sumptuously captures the look and feel of 14th century Genoa and is a perfect compliment to...

    Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
  • 2009
    Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    02009HD

    Live from the Metropolitan Opera 19 December 2009.

    Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann