MET Orchestra Movies
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
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Madcap physical comedy and impeccable coloratura come together for Natalie Dessay’s indelible portrayal of the feisty tomboy raised by a regiment of F...
- 1983
Lucia di Lammermoor
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This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove...
- 1979
Don Pasquale
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This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American soprano Beverly Sills, who bid farewell to the Met a...
- 1978
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
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Plácido Domingo accomplishes the rare feat of singing both leads on the same night at the Met in 1978 on opera's most popular double-bill.
- 1980
Un Ballo in Maschera
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Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden.
- 1978
Tosca
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A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi, the pa...
- 1982
Hansel & Gretel - The Met
Hansel & Gretel - The Met01982HD
The Metropolitan Opera's performance of "Hansel and Gretel" features music by Engelbert Humperdinck and is conducted by Thomas Fulton. The Met's story...
- 1982
Der Rosenkavalier
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In this stunning performance from 1982, Strauss’s enchanting fairy tale for adults is blessed with a cast, conductor, and production that have made it...
- 1987
Turandot
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The Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's "Turandot", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera in April, 1987. Éva Marton stars as Turandot, with P...
- 2009
La Sonnambula
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Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to say nothing of her fiancé—asleep in the bedroom of...
- 1988
Ariadne auf Naxos
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Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James Kin...
- 1986
Lohengrin
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Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just what we have here. Is it possible for a Knight of th...
- 2007
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
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Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy closer to the...
- 1985
Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met
Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met01985HD
From the "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" DVD box set. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmark production of Mozart’s most human comedy provide...
- 2008
Massenet: Thaïs
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When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to...
- 2008
Puccini: La Bohème
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Puccini’s evergreen paean to young love and the bohemian life has captivated generations of Met-goers through Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic production. M...
- 1986
Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus01986HD
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 31 December 1986.
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
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Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted level it’s stil...
- 1988
Il Trovatore
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Luciano Pavarotti brings his spectacular voice and artistry to one of the most famous of all tenor roles—Manrico, the ardent troubadour, trapped in an...
- 2006
The Magic Flute
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Tamino, a handsome prince, and Papageno, a bird-catcher, are sent by the Queen of Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high pr...