Opera

From composer Kurt Weill and playwright Bertolt Brecht — creators of “The Threepenny Opera” — comes a savage and lyrical satire told in a highly entertaining blend of opera and raucous music hall songs, conducted by LA Opera Music Director James Conlon.

Premiering in 1967, “Jewels” is the co-founder of New York City Ballet’s, George Balanchine’s, only plotless work in three acts.

Meet the “bad boy of opera.”

This production of Die Soldaten, staged in the Park Avenue Armory, achieves the intimate and immersive “total theater” experience

Directed by Laurent Pelly, this production features Natalie Dessay’s fearless coloratura and impeccable comic timing paired with Juan Diego Florez’s remarkable musicality, including, of course, the famous aria featuring nine high Cs.

Exciting young conductor Nicola Luisotti presides over a glorious vocal ensemble led by Angela Gheorghiu, who sings Mimì at the Met for the first time in twelve years, opposite tenor Ramón Vargas as her lover, Rodolfo.

Deborah Voigtone of the world’s most celebrated Wagnerian sopranos undertakes the iconic role of Isolde for the first time at the Met.

Acclaimed tenor Anthony Dean Griffey tackles the title role in Benjamin Britten’s haunting Peter Grimes.

Joined by acclaimed tenor Marcello Giordani and conducted by James Levine, Karita Mattila finds the perfect vehicle for her exhilarating charisma in Puccini’s title heroine.

Meet Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met, and learn how he’s re-energized the Met’s programming.