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MET PREMIERE MARCH 3 AT 8PM

Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick

LIBRETTO BY GENE SCHEER

Jake Heggie’s grand adaptation of Herman Melville’s sea-drenched, heaven-storming epic has its awaited Met premiere. A cast of standouts comes together on the decks of the Pequod, including Brandon Jovanovich as Captain Ahab, Stephen Costello as Greenhorn, Peter Mattei as Starbuck, and Ryan Speedo Green as Queequeg, with Maestro Karen Kamensek at the helm.

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Jake Heggie’s grand adaptation of Herman Melville’s sea-drenched, heaven-storming epic has its awaited Met premiere. A cast of standouts comes together on the decks of the Pequod, including Brandon Jovanovich as Captain Ahab, Stephen Costello as Greenhorn, Peter Mattei as Starbuck, and Ryan Speedo Green as Queequeg, with Maestro Karen Kamensek at the helm.

OPENS MARCH 4 AT 7:30PM

Beethoven’s Fidelio

Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore in Beethoven’s stirring paean to freedom, alongside David Butt Philip as Florestan, Tomasz Konieczny as Don Pizarro, and René Pape as Rocco. Susanna Mälkki takes the podium.

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Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore in Beethoven’s stirring paean to freedom, alongside David Butt Philip as Florestan, Tomasz Konieczny as Don Pizarro, and René Pape as Rocco. Susanna Mälkki takes the podium.

RETURNS MARCH 5 AT 7:30PM

Puccini’s La Bohème

Kristina Mkhitaryan and Joseph Calleja star as the tragic bohemian lovers in Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque staging. Alexander Soddy conducts Puccini’s perennial heartbreaker.

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Kristina Mkhitaryan and Joseph Calleja star as the tragic bohemian lovers in Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque staging. Alexander Soddy conducts Puccini’s perennial heartbreaker.

Celebrating Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month, the Met showcases the exceptional African American artists who have made invaluable contributions to the company’s legacy. All month long, explore a curated collection of content, including free access to the Live in HD presentation of Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.

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LIVE IN HD | MARCH 15

Fidelio

Following a string of awe-inspiring Met performances, soprano Lise Davidsen returns to cinemas as the noble Leonore, who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny. Tenor David Butt Philip is the political prisoner Florestan, sharing the stage with bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny as the villainous Don Pizarro and veteran bass René Pape as the jailer Rocco. Susanna Mälkki conducts the Met’s striking production, which finds modern-day parallels in Beethoven’s sole opera.

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Hell or High Water

In his grand adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic novel, composer Jake Heggie welcomes audiences aboard the Pequod to experience literature’s immortal search for the white whale—and for answers to life’s deepest questions.

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Paul Plishka, 1941–2025

The Met mourns the death of bass Paul Plishka, whose 51-year career with the company spanned a wide repertory in an astounding 88 roles and a total of 1,672 performances.

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