Three new productions: The Met premiere of Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s “Silent Night” and new stagings of Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West”
“The Met: Live in HD,” the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts to theaters worldwide, celebrates its 20th-anniversary season. The 2026–27 season features eight live cinema transmissions—with three new productions, including the company premiere of Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer Prize–winning opera, “Silent Night,” and new stagings of Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West.”
The anniversary season begins on Saturday, September 19, 2026, with a special presentation, “Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration,” hosted by soprano Renée Fleming. The program features highlights from the Met’s two decades of “Live in HD” performances by many of opera’s greatest stars, including Lise Davidsen, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Elīna Garanča, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Nadine Sierra, and Fleming herself. The Peabody and EMMY AwardÒ–winning series has sold more than 33 million tickets since its inception in December 2006 and has reached more than 2,200 screens in more than 70 countries across six continents.
October 3, 2026, marks the first live transmission of the season with Phelim McDermott’s production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, starring soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, with tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as their lovers, Guglielmo and Ferrando.
The 2026–27 “Live in HD” season also features the Met premiere and live transmission of Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s “Silent Night,” starring soprano Elza van den Heever and tenor Ben Bliss; a new staging of Verdi’s “Macbeth” directed by Louisa Proske in her Met debut, with a cast led by soprano Lise Davidsen and baritone Quinn Kelsey; and a new production of Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West,” with soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė in her Met debut, directed by Richard Jones. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Wagner’s “Parsifal.”
Repertory productions broadcast this season include Darko Tresnjak’s production of Saint-Saëns’s “Samson et Dalila,” starring tenor Clay Hilley in his Met debut, alongside mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina; Massenet’s “Manon,” with soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Matthew Polenzani, alongside baritone Andrzej Filończyk; Bartlett Sher’s production of Verdi’s “Otello,” starring tenor Brian Jagde and soprano Ailyn Pérez; and Wagner’s “Parsifal,” with tenor Piotr Beczała, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča, and baritone Peter Mattei.
Complete details, including casting, for the upcoming season are available below.
2026–27 Live in HD Season at a Glance:
The Live in HD season will begin on September 19, 2026, with “Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration” and continues with Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” (October 3, 2026), Verdi’s “Macbeth” (October 17, 2026), Saint-Saëns’s “Samson et Dalila” (December 5, 2026), Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” (January 23, 2027), Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s “Silent Night” (March 20, 2027), Massenet’s “Manon” (April 3, 2027), Verdi’s “Otello” (April 24, 2027), and Wagner’s “Parsifal” (June 5, 2027). All performances will be Saturday matinees transmitted live from the Met stage with Fathom Entertainment also providing encores of the live performances on each of the subsequent following Wednesdays, respectively.
Encores of Bizet’s “Carmen” from 2010 will be presented on November 14, 2026; of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” from 2006 will be presented on December 12, 2026; and of Puccini’s “Tosca” from 2024 will be presented on May 8, 2027.
Tickets for “The Met 2026–27 Live in HD” performances in theatres are available online and at participating theatre box offices (theatre locations are subject to change). For more information, visit Fathom Entertainment
“The Met: Live in HD” 2026–27 Schedule
“Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration”
Special Presentation
Screening Date: September 19, 2026
Featuring Performances by: Lise Davidsen, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Elīna Garanča, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Nadine Sierra, and more.
“Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas” is a celebration of the Met’s two decades of onstage glory as experienced in movie theaters, featuring highlights from the company’s collection of more than 185 extraordinary onscreen performances. With star soprano Renée Fleming as host, this special presentation will showcase unforgettable moments from some of opera’s greatest stars, culled from the series’s vast archive of transmissions.
“Così fan tutte”
Revival
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Live in HD: October 3, 2026, 1PM ET
Encores: October 7 at 1PM and 6:30PM (local time)
Conductor:
Nimrod David Pfeffer
Production:
Phelim McDermott
Fiordiligi:
Federica Lombardi
Set Designer:
Tom Pye
Dorabella:
Samantha Hankey
Costume Designer:
Laura Hopkins
Despina:
Ana María Martínez
Lighting Designer:
Paule Constable
Ferrando:
Duke Kim
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director:
Tilman Michael
Guglielmo:
Andrey Zhilikhovsky
Don Alfonso:
Gerald Finley
“The Met: Live in HD” season continues with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (“The New York Times”) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley is the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina.
“Macbeth”
New Production
Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei
Live in HD: October 17, 2026, 1PM ET
Encores: October 21 at 1PM and 6:30PM (local time)
Conductor:
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production:
Louisa Proske*
Lady Macbeth:
Lise Davidsen
Set Designer:
Jon Bausor
Macduff:
Freddie De Tommaso
Costume Designer:
Montana Levi Blanco
Macbeth:
Quinn Kelsey
Lighting Designer:
Adam Silverman
Banquo:
Ryan Speedo Green
Choreographer:
Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson*
Fight Director:
Ran Arthur Braun*
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director:
Tilman Michael
Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists return to “The Met: Live in HD” for Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean tale of the scheming couple determined to seize power at any cost. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is the Scottish king haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent to the throne, opposite soprano Lise Davidsen as the power-mad Lady Macbeth, whose ruinous ambition damns them both. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for a penetrating production by Louisa Proske. Rounding out the all-star cast are tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo.
*Met Debut
“Carmen” Encore
Encore Presentation—originally transmitted live on January 16, 2010
Composed by Georges Bizet | Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Live in HD Encore Date: November 14, 2026
Conductor:
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production:
Richard Eyre
Micaëla:
Barbara Frittoli
Set Designer:
Rob Howell
Carmen:
Elīna Garanča
Costume Designer:
Rob Howell
Don José:
Roberto Alagna
Lighting Designer:
Peter Mumford
Escamillo:
Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Richard Eyre’s beloved production of Bizet’s masterpiece returns to theaters, led by mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as the title character and tenor Roberto Alagna as Don José in the indelible 2010 Met performance—a fan favorite of “The Met: Live in HD” series. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts in his company-debut season.
“Samson et Dalila”
Revival
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns | Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire
Live in HD: December 5, 2026, 12PM ET
Encores: December 9 at 1PM and 6:30PM (local time)
Conductor:
Giacomo Sagripanti
Production:
Darko Tresnjak
Dalila:
Aigul Akhmetshina
Set Designer:
Alexander Dodge
Samson:
Clay Hilley*
Costume Designer:
Linda Cho
High Priest of Dagon:
Quinn Kelsey
Lighting Designer:
Donald Holder
Abimélech:
Alfred Walker
Choreographer:
Austin McCormick
Old Hebrew:
Morris Robinson
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director”
Tilman Michael
Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece is a feast for the eyes and ears. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts an electrifying cast led by the formidable star pairing of mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley, transmitted live to cinemas worldwide.
*Met Debut
“The Magic Flute” Encore
Holiday Presentation—originally transmitted live on December 30, 2006
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Live in HD Encore Date: December 12, 2026
Conductor:
James Levine
Production:
Julie Taymor
Pamina:
Ying Huang
Set Designer:
George Tsypin
Queen of the Night:
Erika Miklósa
Costume Designer:
Julie Taymor
Tamino:
Matthew Polenzani
Lighting Designer:
Donald Holder
Monostatos:
Greg Fedderly
Puppet Designers:
Julie Taymor and Michael Curry
Papageno:
Nathan Gunn
Speaker:
David Pittsinger
Choreographer:
Mark Dendy
Sarastro:
René Pape
English Adaptation:
J. D. McClatchy
The Met made history in December 2006 when it presented its first “Live in HD” transmission to cinemas worldwide: the abridged English-language version of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Julie Taymor’s whimsical production features a winning ensemble—including tenor Matthew Polenzani, baritone Nathan Gunn, and bass René Pape—and returns to select movie theaters for a special encore presentation during the holiday season.
“La Fanciulla del West”
New Production
Music by Giacomo Puccini | Libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini
Live in HD: January 23, 2027, 1PM ET
Encores: January 27 at 1PM and 6:30PM (local time)
Conductor:
Keri-Lynn Wilson
Production:
Richard Jones
Minnie:
Vida Miknevičiūtė*
Set Designer:
Miriam Buether*
Dick Johnson:
SeokJong Baek
Costume Designer:
Nicky Gillibrand
Jack Rance:
Christopher Maltman
Lighting Designer:
Mimi Jordan Sherin
Choreographer:
Lucy Burge*
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director:
Tilman Michael
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of “La Fanciulla del West” in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes her Met debut as Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide.
*Met Debut
“Silent Night”
Met Premiere
Music by Kevin Puts | Libretto by Mark Campbell
Live in HD: March 20, 2027, 1PM ET
Encores: March 24 at 1PM and 6:30PM (local time)
Conductor:
Dalia Stasevska*
Production:
James Robinson
Anna Sørensen:
Elza van den Heever
Set Designer:
Mimi Lien
Nikolaus Sprink:
Ben Bliss
Costume Designer:
Catherine Zuber
Ponchel:
Rolando Villazón
Lighting Designer:
Lap Chi Chu*
Jonathan Dale:
Ben Reisinger
Sound Designer:
Rick Jacobsohn
Lt. Audebert:
Mattia Olivieri
Choreographer:
Seán Curran
Lt. Gordon:
Justin Austin
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director:
Tilman Michael
Lt. Horstmayer:
Ryan McKinny
Father Palmer:
Kyle Ketelsen
Following his smash-hit company debut with “The Hours,” composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce. A poignant depiction of shared humanity in the most inhumane circumstances, Puts’s grand, cinematic opera—with a libretto in English, French, and German by Mark Campbell—has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as “an overwhelming emotive experience” by “The Guardian.” The evocative staging by James Robinson takes the audience directly to the battlefields of the Western Front with a star-studded cast, featuring soprano Elza van den Heever and tenors Ben Bliss and Rolando Villazón, conducted by Maestro Dalia Stasevska live from the Met to cinemas worldwide.
*Met Debut
“Manon”
Revival
Music by Jules Massenet | Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille
Live in HD: April 3, 2027, 12PM ET
Encores: April 7 at 1PM and 6:30PM (local time)
Conductor:
Yves Abel
Production Designer:
Laurent Pelly
Manon:
Nadine Sierra
Costume Designer:
Laurent Pelly
Chevalier des Grieux:
Matthew Polenzani
Set Designer:
Chantal Thomas
Guillot de Morfontaine:
Carlo Bosi
Lighting Designer:
Joël Adam
Lescaut:
Andrzej Filończyk
Choreographer:
Lionel Hoche
de Brétigny:
Rod Gilfry
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director:
Tilman Michael
Comte des Grieux:
Jean Teitgen*
Following her radiant performance in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette”—which garnered raves for “high notes that spun like liquid gold … Sierra touched the operatic firmament” (“The New York Times”)—superstar soprano Nadine Sierra takes on another alluring French heroine, the irresistible title character of Massenet’s passionate drama, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. Leading tenor Matthew Polenzani is her idealistic lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, with rising-star baritone Andrzej Filończyk as her stalwart cousin, Lescaut, in a breathtaking staging by director Laurent Pelly.
“Otello”
Revival
Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto by Arrigo Boito
Live in HD: April 24, 2027, 1PM ET
Encores: April 28 at 1PM and 6:30PM (local time)
Conductor:
Michele Mariotti
Production:
Bartlett Sher
Desdemona:
Ailyn Pérez
Set Designer:
Es Devlin
Emilia:
Deborah Nansteel
Costume Designer:
Catherine Zuber
Otello:
Brian Jagde
Lighting Designer:
Donald Holder
Cassio:
Piotr Buszewski
Projection Designer:
Luke Halls
Iago:
Artur Ruciński
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director:
Tilman Michael
Lodovico:
Vitalij Kowaljow
One of today’s leading dramatic tenors, Brian Jagde takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, live to cinemas worldwide. Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy also features soprano Ailyn Pérez in her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Artur Ruciński as the sinister Iago. Michele Mariotti leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.
*Met Debut
“Tosca” Encore
Encore Presentation—originally transmitted live on November 23, 2024
Composed by Giacomo Puccini | Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Live in HD Encore Date: May 8, 2027
Conductor:
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production:
David McVicar
Tosca:
Lise Davidsen
Set Designer:
John Macfarlane
Cavaradossi:
Freddie De Tommaso
Costume Designer:
John Macfarlane
Scarpia:
Quinn Kelsey
Lighting Designer:
David Finn
Sacristan:
Patrick Carfizzi
Movement Director:
Leah Hausman
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director:
Tilman Michael
Soprano Lise Davidsen sings the title role of Puccini’s ultimate diva, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi and baritone Quinn Kelsey as Scarpia in the acclaimed 2024 Met performance of David McVicar’s thrilling production. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
“Parsifal”
Revival
Composed by Richard Wagner | Libretto by the composer
Live in HD: June 5, 2027, 12PM ET
Encores: June 9 at 12PM and 6:30PM (local time)
Conductor:
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production:
François Girard
Kundry:
Elīna Garanča
Set Designer:
Michael Levine
Parsifal:
Piotr Beczała
Costume Designer:
Thibault Vancraenenbroeck
Amfortas:
Peter Mattei
Lighting Designer:
David Finn
Klingsor:
Ryan Speedo Green
Video Designer:
Peter Flaherty
Gurnemanz:
Jongmin Park
Choreographer:
Carolyn Choa
Titurel:
Alfred Walker
Dramaturg:
Serge Lamothe
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director:
Tilman Michael
A profound philosophical meditation on compassion and reconciliation, this transcendent rendering of a medieval knight’s heroic quest for the Holy Grail returns to the big screen in François Girard’s celebrated production, a “thoughtful and intrepid staging, full of striking imagery” (“The New York Times”). Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast of Wagnerian superstars, including tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as the enigmatic Kundry, baritone Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the sorcerer Klingsor, and bass Jongmin Park as the wise Gurnemanz.
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