The world’s most popular opera returns in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production. Rising star Angel Blue sings the beloved seamstress Mimì, and Russell Thomas is the poet Rodolfo.

The 2017–18 season of the Met’s award-winning global movie-theater transmission series continues with the Met premiere–production of Thomas Adès’s brilliant new opera The Exterminating Angel. The composer himself conducts an outstanding ensemble cast in a gripping production by Tom Cairns.

Thomas Adès’s brilliant new opera, a surreal fantasy about a dinner party from which the guests can’t escape, receives its highly anticipated U.S. premiere. Tom Cairns, who wrote the libretto in collaboration with the composer, directs the gripping production, and Adès himself conducts.

Check out our new content series at TheVoiceMustBeHeard.com, featuring on-camera interviews with actress Julianne Moore, artist Elizabeth Peyton, and composer Nico Muhly, plus other new features and commentary tied to the 2017­–18 season.

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Make a reservation today at the Grand Tier Restaurant for its popular Sunday Brunch as well as dinner service nightly. You can also pre-order intermission drinks and bites for a more seamless opera experience.