Met in Williamsburg

Who sang, who died, and how

42 evenings
Date Opera Composer Leads Conductor Director Language Length Synopsis Hero's fate
Sep 23, 2026 Così fan tutte Mozart Federica Lombardi, Samantha Hankey, Duke Kim Nimrod David Pfeffer Phelim McDermott Italian
May 22, 2026 El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego Frank Isabel Leonard, Carlos Álvarez, Gabriella Reyes Yannick Nézet-Séguin / Steven Osgood (sources conflict — verify) Deborah Colker Spanish 2:25
You can return from the dead, but it won't be easy.
Grief is joined by gratitude.
Apr 14, 2026 Innocence Saariaho Joyce DiDonato, Vilma Jää, Lucy Shelton Susanna Mälkki Simon Stone English 1:45
A wedding is shattered by resurfacing trauma.
psychological reckoning.
Mar 31, 2026 La Traviata Verdi Lisette Oropesa, Piotr Buszewski, Luca Salsi Antonello Manacorda Michael Mayer Italian 3:00
Real love can't stop a real sick party girl.
Acute tuberculosis
Mar 29, 2026 Tristan und Isolde Wagner Lise Davidsen, Michael Spyres, Ekaterina Gubanova Yannick Nézet-Séguin Yuval Sharon German 4:50
Don't let your maid mix your death potion.
Both lovers die.
Nov 15, 2025 Arabella Strauss Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Tomasz Konieczny, Louise Alder Nicholas Carter Otto Schenk German
Nov 12, 2025 La Fille du Régiment Donizetti Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, Peter Kálmán Giacomo Sagripanti Laurent Pelly French 2:15
Girl defies nobility to marry the man she loves.
Gains love, freedom, and identity
Nov 11, 2025 Don Giovanni Mozart Kyle Ketelsen, Tommaso Barea, Guanqun Yu Daniele Rustioni Ivo van Hove Italian 3:16
Dissolute Don gets what he deserves.
Dragged to hell by demons
May 2, 2025 Salome Strauss Elza van den Heever, Peter Mattei, Gerhard Siegel Yannick Nézet-Séguin Claus Guth German 1:40
Judean princess dances for a head from her creepy stepfather.
Herod is pushed too far.
Mar 31, 2025 Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart Michael Sumuel, Olga Kulchynska, Federica Lombardi Joana Mallwitz Richard Eyre Italian 3:30
Lecherous count has designs on Suzanna, but gets outwitted.
Only a little embarassment.
Mar 29, 2025 Moby-Dick Heggie Brandon Jovanovich, Stephen Costello, Peter Mattei Karen Kamensek Leonard Foglia English 3:15
Gray captain, blue sea, white whale, black mood.
Ship sinks, whale and Ishmael get away.
Nov 2, 2024 Ainadamar Golijov Angel Blue, Daniela Mack, Elena Villalón Miguel Harth-Bedoya Deborah Colker Spanish 1:20
Poet Federico Garcia Lorca's life was a fountain of tears.
Firing squad.
Oct 13, 2024 Les Contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach Benjamin Bernheim, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Erin Morley Marco Armiliato Bartlett Sher French 3:35
ETA Hoffman's surreal and complex stories of his love and art.
Happy enough.
Sep 27, 2024 Grounded Tesori Emily D'Angelo, Ben Bliss, Kyle Miller Yannick Nézet-Séguin Michael Mayer English 2:20
Pilot gets pregnant, flies drone, loses soul.
Prosecuted and imprisoned.
May 8, 2024 El Niño Adams Julia Bullock, J'Nai Bridges, Davóne Tines Marin Alsop Lileana Blain-Cruz English & Spanish
Oratorio about the nativity and its aftermath
All good for now, he dies later
Mar 29, 2024 La Forza del Destino Verdi Lise Davidsen, Brian Jagde, Igor Golovatenko Yannick Nézet-Séguin Mariusz Treliński Italian
Half-Incan hero can't stop killing the Calatravas.
Stabbed to death
Jan 23, 2024 Carmen Bizet Aigul Akhmetshina, Piotr Beczała, Angel Blue Daniele Rustioni Carrie Cracknell French 3:25
She was born free and free she will die.
Stabbed to death
Jan 21, 2024 Nabucco Verdi George Gagnidze, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Dmitry Belosselskiy Daniele Callegari Elijah Moshinsky Italian 2:50
The Israelites battle the king of Babylon
Poisons herself
Jan 4, 2024 La Bohème Puccini Elena Stikhina, Stephen Costello, Adam Plachetka Marco Armiliato Franco Zeffirelli Italian 3:00
Paris is too sexy for two starving, freezing artists.
Illness and exposure
Dec 14, 2023 Florencia en el Amazonas Catán Ailyn Pérez, Gabriella Reyes, Mario Chang Yannick Nézet-Séguin Mary Zimmerman Spanish
Boat ride down the Amazon of magical realism.
Transformed into a butterfly
Nov 24, 2023 X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X Davis Will Liverman, Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis Kazem Abdullah Robert O'Hara English
Life of the civil rights leader Malcom X
Shot and assassinated
Oct 21, 2023 Dead Man Walking Heggie Joyce DiDonato, Ryan McKinny, Latonia Moore Yannick Nézet-Séguin Ivo van Hove English 2:50
Nun fights for the soul of a condemned murderer.
Lethal injection
May 5, 2023 Don Giovanni Mozart Peter Mattei, Adam Plachetka, Federica Lombardi Nathalie Stutzmann Ivo van Hove Italian 3:16
Dissolute Don gets what he deserves.
Dragged to hell by demons
Apr 22, 2023 Champion Blanchard Ryan Speedo Green, Eric Owens, Latonia Moore Yannick Nézet-Séguin James Robinson English
Gay boxer remembers his sad but heroic life.
Dementia or CTE
Mar 19, 2023 Falstaff Verdi Michael Volle, Ailyn Pérez, Christopher Maltman Daniele Rustioni Robert Carsen Italian 2:36
Hobo woos married women; humiliation ensues.
He only dies on the inside
Jan 21, 2023 Dialogs of the Carmelites Poulenc Ailyn Pérez, Alice Coote, Christine Goerke Bertrand de Billy John Dexter French 3:09
French revolution martyrs nuns. Lots of laughs.
Guillotined with her sisters
Dec 7, 2022 The Hours Puts Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara, Joyce DiDonato Yannick Nézet-Séguin Phelim McDermott English
Women from different eras confront themselves.
Suicide (drowns)
Nov 5, 2022 Peter Grimes Britten Allan Clayton, Nicole Car, Adam Plachetka Nicholas Carter John Doyle English 2:22
Closeted fisherman and his apprentices.
Sinks his own boat (drowns)
Oct 7, 2022 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Shostakovich Svetlana Sozdateleva, Brandon Jovanovich, Nikolai Schukoff Keri-Lynn Wilson Graham Vick Russian 2:40
Bored housewife causes havoc.
Murder-suicide (drowns)
Dec 16, 2021 Eurydice Aucoin Erin Morley, Joshua Hopkins, Jakub Józef Orliński Yannick Nézet-Séguin Mary Zimmerman English
Jan 11, 2020 Wozzeck Berg Peter Mattei, Elza van den Heever, Christopher Ventris Yannick Nézet-Séguin William Kentridge German
Dec 13, 2019 Der Rosenkavalier Strauss Camilla Nylund, Magdalena Kožená, Erin Morley Simon Rattle Robert Carsen German 4:20
Rich lady yields her lover to a girl his own age.
Only love and wisdom here
Nov 8, 2019 Akhnaten Glass Anthony Roth Costanzo, J'Nai Bridges, Dísella Lárusdóttir Karen Kamensek Phelim McDermott Egyptian & English
Sep 27, 2019 Porgy and Bess Gershwin Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Alfred Walker David Robertson James Robinson English 3:30
Disabled black man fights for love and dignity.
Porgy chases Bess to NYC.
May 4, 2019 Götterdämmerung Wagner Andreas Schager, Christine Goerke, Eric Owens Philippe Jordan Robert Lepage German
May 2, 2019 Siegfried Wagner Stefan Vinke, Christine Goerke, Michael Volle Philippe Jordan Robert Lepage German
Apr 30, 2019 Die Walküre Wagner Michael Volle, Christine Goerke, Stuart Skelton Philippe Jordan Robert Lepage German
Apr 29, 2019 Das Rheingold Wagner Michael Volle, Jamie Barton, Norbert Ernst Philippe Jordan Robert Lepage German
Oct 19, 2018 Marnie Muhly Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, Iestyn Davies Robert Spano Michael Mayer English
Apr 29, 2017 Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart Italian 3:30
Lecherous count has designs on Suzanna, but gets outwitted.
Only a little embarassment.
Mar 25, 2017 La Traviata Verdi Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano Nicola Luisotti Willy Decker Italian 3:00
Real love can't stop a real sick party girl.
Acute tuberculosis
Feb 2, 2017 Madama Butterfly Puccini Italian 3:00
Geisha should have known better
Stabs herself