The Metropolitan Opera is a vibrant home for the most creative and talented singers, conductors, composers, musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world.

The Metropolitan Opera was founded in 1883, with its first opera house built on Broadway and 39th Street by a group of wealthy businessmen who wanted their own theater. In the company’s early years, the management changed course several times, first performing everything in Italian (even Carmen and Lohengrin), then everything in German (even Aida and Faust), before finally settling into a policy of performing most works in their original language, with some notable exceptions.

The Met continues its hugely successful radio broadcast series—entering its 86th year this fall—the longest-running classical music series in American broadcast history. It is heard around the world on the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network.

  Mar 28:       Artist’s Choice: LA PRISE DE TROIE (LES TROYENS, PART ONE - Berlioz)

  Apr 4:         LA GIOCONDA (Ponchielli)

  Apr 11:        DON GIOVANNI (Mozart)

  Apr 18:        INNOCENCE (Kaija Saariaho – Libretto by Sofi Oksanen – Multilingual Libretto and English Translation by Aleksi Barrière) – New Production/Met Premiere

  Apr 25:        LA SONNAMBULA (Bellini) – New Production

  May 2:        EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovsky)