The Metropolitan Opera

Watch video previews of next season’s new productions, including commentary from the directors—three of whom will be making their Met debuts.

Handel’s tale of intrigue and impropriety in ancient Rome receives its first Met performances, with Joyce DiDonato as the scheming empress Agrippina. Harry Bicket conducts a cast of stars in Sir David McVicar’s new production, which ingeniously reframes the action in the present day.

Some of today’s most promising young artists compete for the chance to launch a major operatic career, performing with accompaniment by the Met Orchestra conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Lisette Oropesa hosts, and tenor Javier Camarena makes a special guest appearance.

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François Girard unveils a spellbinding new vision of Wagner’s haunting masterpiece, starring Evgeny Nikitin as the cursed sea captain and Anja Kampe as his redeemer, Senta. Valery Gergiev conducts his first Wagner at the Met in 15 years.

Experience Laurent Pelly’s enchanting production of Massenet’s Manon, starring soprano Lisette Oropesa as the tragic heroine, opposite tenor Michael Fabiano. Now available to stream on Met Opera on Demand.