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OPENING NIGHT | SEPTEMBER 26 AT 6:30PM

Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking

Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her ministry on death row, Jake Heggie’s soul-stirring drama of spiritual redemption has its highly anticipated Met premiere, in a haunting new production by Ivo van Hove. Joyce DiDonato stars as Sister Helen, opposite Ryan McKinny as Joseph De Rocher, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium.

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Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her ministry on death row, Jake Heggie’s soul-stirring drama of spiritual redemption has its highly anticipated Met premiere, in a haunting new production by Ivo van Hove. Joyce DiDonato stars as Sister Helen, opposite Ryan McKinny as Joseph De Rocher, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium.

OPENS SEPTEMBER 27 AT 7PM

Verdi’s Requiem

Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for three performances of Verdi’s transcendent Requiem, one of the repertory’s great showcases of vocal, choral, and orchestral writing. A thrilling quartet of soloists joins the magnificent Met Orchestra and Chorus: soprano Leah Hawkins, mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill, tenor Matthew Polenzani, and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy.

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for three performances of Verdi’s transcendent Requiem, one of the repertory’s great showcases of vocal, choral, and orchestral writing. A thrilling quartet of soloists joins the magnificent Met Orchestra and Chorus: soprano Leah Hawkins, mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill, tenor Matthew Polenzani, and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy.

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