Great Performances at the Met

The Metropolitan Opera's series of live performance transmissions to movie theaters around the world.

Seasons

20

Episodes aired

194

Latest aired

S20E07

Total runtime

18d 15h

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 January 2007 – June 2007 6 episodes
2. Season 2 March 2008 – June 2008 8 episodes
3. Season 3 September 2008 – May 2009 11 episodes
4. Season 4 October 2009 – May 2010 10 episodes
5. Season 5 January 2011 – August 2011 10 episodes
6. Season 6 January 2012 – September 2012 12 episodes
7. Season 7 January 2013 – September 2013 12 episodes
8. Season 8 January 2014 – September 2014 10 episodes
9. Season 9 January 2015 – September 2015 10 episodes
10. Season 10 January 2016 – September 2016 10 episodes
11. Season 11 January 2017 – September 2017 10 episodes
12. Season 12 January 2018 – September 2018 9 episodes
13. Season 13 October 2018 – May 2019 10 episodes
14. Season 14 January 2020 – September 2020 9 episodes
15. Season 15 March 2021 – December 2021 13 episodes
16. Season 16 February 2022 – October 2022 10 episodes
17. Season 17 March 2023 – December 2023 10 episodes
18. Season 18 February 2024 – October 2024 9 episodes
19. Season 19 March 2025 – October 2025 8 episodes
20. Season 20 March 2026 – October 2026 9 episodes

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  S01E01 The Magic Flute

  January 24 · 180min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Mozart's "The Magic Flute," with Matthew Polenzani (Tamino); Nathan Gunn (Papageno); Erika Miklósa (Queen of the Night); René Pape (Sarastro); Ying Huang (Pamina); Greg Fedderly (Monostatos); and Jennifer Aylmer (Papagena). James Levine conducts.

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  S01E02 I Puritani

  February 17 · 180min find the promo

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  Anna Netrebko stars in Bellini's bel canto opera "I Puritani" as a bride-to-be whose wedding day is disrupted when her betrothed (Eric Cutler) helps the condemned Queen Enrichetta (Maria Zifchak) escape from the Roundheads (Oliver Cromwell supporters during the English Civil War of the 1640s). Sir Riccardo Forth: Franco Vassallo. Sir Giorgio Walton: John Relyea. Lord Walton: Valerian Ruminski. Sir Bruno Robertson: Eduardo Valdes.

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  S01E03 The First Emperor

  March 24 · 180min find the promo

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  Placido Domingo stars in “The First Emperor” as Chinese ruler Qin Shi Huang, who attempts to unify his kingdom with a national anthem penned by a childhood-friend-turned-composer (Paul Groves). Complications arise, however, when Qin's daughter Yueyang (Elizabeth Futral) seduces the songsmith. Composed by Tan Dun, who won an Oscar for his “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” score and cowrote the libretto with novelist Ha Jin. Shaman: Michelle DeYoung. Yueyang's Mother: Susanne Mentzer.

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  S01E04 Eugene Onegin

  April 21 · 180min find the promo

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  Tchaikovsky's “Eugene Onegin,” starring Renée Fleming as Tatiana, a young Russian who's rebuffed by the object of her affection, Eugene Onegin (Dmitri Hvorostovsky). Years later, after she has married a prince (Sergei Aleksashkin), the two meet again and Onegin realizes his error. Olga: Elena Zaremba. Larina: Svetlana Volkova. Lenski: Ramón Vargas.

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  S01E05 The Barber of Seville

  May 26 · 180min find the promo

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  Gioacchino Rossini's classic comic opera “The Barber of Seville” stars Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva, whose pursuit of the lovely Rosina (Joyce DiDonato) is aided by the wily barber Figaro (Peter Mattei). Standing in his way is her guardian Dr. Bartolo (John Del Carlo), who plans to marry her himself. Don Basilio: John Relyea. Fiorello: Brian Davis. Ambrogio: Rob Besserer.

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  S01E06 Il trittico

  June 16 · 180min find the promo

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  “Il Trittico,” Puccini's collection of three one-act operas. “Il Tabarro” concerns doomed lovers (Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra); “Suor Angelica,” is about the salvation of a nun (Barbara Frittoli); “Gianni Schicchi” is a charismatic scoundrel (Alessandro Corbelli) out to steal a fortune willed to the church.