Galas & Special Events

Cherubini’s Medea
Opening Night Gala

Tuesday, September 27, 2022 6PM ET

The 2022–23 season gets off to a rousing start with the Met premiere of Cherubini’s thrilling masterpiece, in a vivid new staging by David McVicar that stars soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role. Celebrate Opening Night in style with cocktails before curtain and a post-performance dinner with Maestro Carlo Rizzi and the cast, which also features soprano Janai Brugger, tenor Matthew Polenzani, mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova, and bass Michele Pertusi.

Kevin Puts’s The Hours
Gala Premiere

Tuesday, November 22, 2022 8PM ET

Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’s new adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Michael Cunningham has its world premiere in a production that radiates with star power. Soprano Renée Fleming returns to the Met, joining Kelli O’Hara, and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as the opera’s trio of heroines, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct Phelim McDermott’s new staging. The gala includes cocktails and dinner before the performance, followed by Champagne and dessert at intermission.

 

To purchase gala tickets, please contact the Special Events Office at (212) 870-7492 or specialevents@metopera.org. 

Giordano's Fedora
New Year's Eve Gala

Saturday, December 31, 2022 6:30PM ET

To ring in the new year, Umberto Giordano’s exhilarating drama returns to the Met repertory for the first time in 25 years, with a cast of thrilling voices headlined by soprano Sonya Yoncheva and tenor Piotr Beczała. After the premiere of David McVicar’s new production, the star duo—as well as soprano Rosa Feola, baritone Artur Ruciński, and Maestro Marco Armiliato—join the evening’s festivities: dinner, dancing, and fireworks on the Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier.

 

To purchase gala tickets, please contact the Special Events Office at (212) 870-7492 or specialevents@metopera.org. 

Wagner’s Lohengrin
Gala Premiere

Sunday, February 26, 2023 2PM ET

Wagner’s soaring masterpiece makes a long-awaited return to the Met stage, in an evocative new staging by François Girard. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a supreme cast led by tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role, alongside sopranos Tamara Wilson and Christine Goerke, bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin, and bass Günther Groissböck. The gala begins with a reception at intermission, followed by a dinner with the cast after the performance.

 

To purchase gala tickets, please contact the Special Events Office at (212) 870-7492 or specialevents@metopera.org. 

Terence Blanchard’s Champion
Gala Premiere

Monday, April 10, 2023 8PM ET

Following the historic Met premiere of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones to open the 2021–22 season, the company raises the curtain on another compelling opera by the six-time Grammy-winning composer, directed once again by James Robinson. The cast is led by bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the young boxer Emile Griffith and bass-baritone Eric Owens as the fighter’s older self, and also features soprano Latonia Moore and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium. Take part in the gala festivities with cocktails and dinner before the performance.

 

To purchase gala tickets, please contact the Special Events Office at (212) 870-7492 or specialevents@metopera.org.