James Courtney
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
as Doctor GrenvilLa Traviata’s sumptuous melodies and timeless depiction of doomed love have made the work a...
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Around the World
as SoldierBandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl...
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The Ghosts of Versailles
as Louis XVIWhat happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas?...
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Air Strike
as James DelaneyTasked with training a group of untested new recruits, a no-nonsense Navy commander faces a host...
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Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
as SelfThis tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here...
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Strauss: Salome
as Fifth JewIt is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome....
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Ariadne auf Naxos
as LackeyJessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera,...
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The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
as A DoctorVerdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu
as The Physician / The Professor / The Police CommissionerWilliam Kentridge’s multi-layered production of Berg’s masterpiece stars charismatic soprano...
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Verdi: Macbeth
as MedicoStar soprano Anna Netrebko created a sensation in her first Met performances as the malevolent...
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La Forza del Destino
as The Mayor of HornachuelosLeonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who...
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Fedora
as BorovPrincess Fedora, who is to marry the Count the following day, arrives and sings of her love for...
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Idomeneo
as Trojan SoldiersOpera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982...
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An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti
as SelfOpera greats Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland -- one of the most acclaimed tenors and one...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
as The Newspaper ClerkAcclaimed artist William Kentridge directed and designed this visually dazzling Met premiere...
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La Fanciulla del West
as SidGiancarlo Del Monaco’s atmospheric production brings to colorful life a 19th-century mining camp...
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Tristan und Isolde
as SteersmanInspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Marnie
as Dr RomanComposer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of...
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The Met - Tristan und Isolde
as SteersmanJames Levine’s love for this monumental opera shimmers throughout this exciting performance. It...
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
as LaocoönBerlioz’s epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and...
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
as Second Trojan soldierBerlioz’s epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and...
Movie pageThe Met — Tosca
as SciarronePuccini’s musical thriller of lust, murder, and politics is one of the most dramatically...
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The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
as A NotaryThis production of Strauss’s most sumptuous work by director Nathaniel Merrill and designer...
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Billy Budd
as Mr. FlintJohn Dexter’s brilliant production of Britten’s searing opera stars Dwayne Croft in the title...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
as First PriestMozart’s allegorical fairy tale has charmed audiences and inspired artists, for more than 200...
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Falstaff
as PistolaIt is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian...
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Manon Lescaut – The Met
as A sergeantOne of today’s most compelling singing actresses, Karita Mattila takes on the irresistible role...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca
as SciarroneLuc Bondy’s dramatic production of Puccini’s operatic thriller stars Patricia Racette in the...
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