NOTE: On the Coronavirus outbreak and the MET Opera season

We regret to inform the fans of the MET Opera that the series at Main Library is suspended, effective immediately. 

However, every day for the duration of the Met’s closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series will be made available for free streaming on the Met website, with each performance available for a period of 20 hours, from 7:30 p.m. EDT until 3:30 p.m. the following day. The schedule will include outstanding complete performances from the past 14 years of cinema transmissions, starring all of opera’s greatest singers.

Find below the schedule. More dates will be added as they are released to help you plan your nights. 

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MET Opera Live! Schedule All Start Times: 7:30 p.m.
Handel’s Agrippina Tuesday, October 27
Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra Wednesday, October 28
John Adams’s Nixon in China Thursday, October 29
Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov Friday, October 30
John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles Saturday, October 31
Philip Glass’s Satyagraha Sunday, November 1
Handel’s Rodelinda Monday, November 2
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice Tuesday, November 3
Mozart’s Idomeneo Wednesday, November 4
Rossini’s Semiramide Thursday, November 5
Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette Friday, November 6
Verdi’s La Forza del Destino Saturday, November 7
Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Sunday, November 8
Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta / Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle Monday, November 9
Strauss’s Salome Tuesday, November 10
Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West Wednesday, November 11
Berg’s Lulu Thursday, November 12
Britten’s Peter Grimes Friday, November 13
Philip Glass’s Akhnaten Saturday, November 14
Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel Sunday, November 15
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