Opera Matinee

Artist's Choice: Soprano Angel Blue chooses a 2007 Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi's La Traviata starring soprano Renée Fleming as the courtesan Violetta in Verdi’s enduring and heartbreaking tale of class prejudice, thwarted love and sacrifice.

Artist's Choice: Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green chooses a 1960 Metropolitan Opera performance of Richard Wagner's haunting tale of redemption through love starring George London as an accursed Dutchman condemned to sail the seas forever unless redeemed by the love of a faithful woman.

Artist's Choice: Soprano Lise Davidsen chooses a 1985 Metropolitan Opera production starring Jessye Norman in Richard Strauss's lighthearted "opera within an opera", a tale of rival entertainment troupes, performing high and low art that resolves in delightful form.

Artist's Choice: Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin chooses a 1964 Metropolitan Opera performance of Leonard Bernstein conducting Verdi's final and comic, Falstaff, a work based on the character from Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor, full of merriment and mischief as the knight Falstaff tries to seduce two wealthy women to gain access to their husbands’ wealth.

The Metropolitan Opera commemorates the 150th anniversary of Georges Bizet's immortal opera, Carmen, the powerful and tragic tale of a passionate women and the men who love her, in this 2010 production featuring Elīna Garanča in the title role.

Puccini’s sensitive portrayal of young bohemian artists in 19th century Paris has captured audiences for generations with some of the most memorable and moving music in opera. A live Metropolitan Opera production featuring Kristina Mikhitaryan and Joseph Calleja.

Beethoven’s only opera is a triumphant drama of love and fidelity prevailing over tyranny.
A live Metropolitan Opera performance with Lise Davidsen as Leonore, led by Susanna Mälkki.

A French double bill! The Metropolitan Opera commemorates the 100th anniversary of Ravel's fantastical L'enfant et les sortilèges in a 1981 performance, along with Poulenc's fanciful Les Mamelles de Tirésias. Led by Manuel Rosenthal.

The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Jake Heggie's 2010 adaptation of Herman Melville’s sea-drenched, heaven-storming epic on board the Pequod with the monomaniacal Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale. Brandon Jovanovich stars as Ahab.

A recorded 2024 performance of the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's work, based on the life of writer Federico Garcia Lorca, who faced political persecution and execution during the Spanish Civil War. With Daniela Mack and Angel Blue.

Mozart's delightful and allegorical tale beautifully depicts a rescue from darkness to light and enlightenment -- and the fiery Queen of the Night aria! A live Metropolitan Opera performance with Ben Bliss and Golda Schultz, led by Evan Rogister.

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates the 50th anniversary of Beverly Sills’s Met debut with a performance from April 19, 1975 of Rossini's dramatic Le siège de Corinthe. Also featuring Shirley Verrett and Justin Diaz, conducted by Thomas Schippers.