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Season Opens Tonight

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The curtain rises on the 2018–19 season with a vivid new production of Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila, with Roberto Alagna and Elīna Garanča in the title roles.

OPENS SEP 25

Puccini’s La Bohème

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Nicole Car makes her highly anticipated Met debut as Mimì, opposite Vittorio Grigolo as Rodolfo. Angel Blue is Musetta, and James Gaffigan, in his own Met debut, conducts.

OPENS SEP 26

Verdi’s Aida

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Anna Netrebko makes her Met role debut as Aida, going toe-to-toe with Anita Rachvelishvili as Amneris. Aleksandrs Antonenko is Radamès, and Nicola Luisotti conducts.

Ways to Experience Opening Night

If you can’t make it to the Opening Night performance of Samson et Dalila in the opera house, you can still take part in the excitement in several ways, including through a free simulcast of the performance in Times Square.

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LIVE IN HD OCT 6

Aida

The 2018–19 season of the Met’s award-winning global movie-theater transmission series kicks off with Verdi’s grandest opera in the company’s monumental production. Anna Netrebko stars in the title role, alongside Anita Rachvelishvili and Aleksandrs Antonenko. Nicola Luisotti conducts.

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OPENS OCT 4

Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West

Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine, with Yusif Eyvazov as the outlaw she loves and Željko Lučić as the vigilante sheriff. Marco Armiliato conducts.

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Create Your Own Series

Save 10% compared to the cost of single tickets when you create your own series of five or more operas, or 5% if you select three or four.

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The Ring Returns

Opera’s supreme experience returns to the Met in spring 2019 with a cast of magnificent Wagnerians, led by the thrilling Christine Goerke making her Met role debut as Brünnhilde. Philippe Jordan conducts.

 

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Kelli O'Hara in Cosi fan Tutte

Met Opera on Demand

Così fan tutte in HD

Tony Award–winner Kelli O’Hara stars in Phelim McDermott’s Coney Island–inspired production of Mozart’s classic comedy, now available to stream on Met Opera on Demand.

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Avoid the Wait

The Grand Tier Restaurant is the perfect addition to your night at the opera. You can now pre-order for the entire 2018–19 season and have your food and drinks waiting for you at intermission.

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