Met Opera on Demand Insights
Designed specifically for university students and instructors, this new initiative provides exclusive access to conversations with Met composers, multimedia curricular resources, and rare archival materials through institutional subscriptions to Met Opera on Demand.
Each semester will feature core content highlighting thematic connections between one contemporary Met premiere and one title available on Met Opera on Demand.
FALL 2023: OPERA AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Conversations on Contemporary Opera
A livestream interview with Anthony Davis, the Pulitzer Prize–winning composer of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, featuring questions submitted by students
Multimedia Resources
A collection of radio interviews with members of the cast and creative team behind the Met’s production of Philip Glass’s Satyagraha, about the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
Archival Materials
A selection of documents detailing Met General Manager Rudolf Bing’s efforts to bring racial integration to the Met
SPRING 2024: OPERA AND LANGUAGE
Conversations on Contemporary Opera
A livestream interview with John Adams, the composer of El Niño, and his collaborator Peter Sellars, featuring questions submitted by students
Multimedia Resources
A collection of radio interviews with members of the cast and creative team behind the Met’s 2008 production of John Adams’s Dr. Atomic, which incorporates Sanskrit and Tewa sources in the libretto
Archival Materials
A selection of documents detailing the 1916 world premiere of Granados’s Goyescas, the Met’s first Spanish-language opera