The Met Opera

Divas both ancient and modern reign supreme in this week’s opera streams. Read on to acquaint yourself with the lineup of leading ladies.

Nightly opera stream this Saturday: The Opera House A 2017 feature-length documentary by Susan Froemke about the creation and 1966 opening of the new Met at Lincoln Center.

We regret to announce that the remainder of the 2019–20 Live in HD season has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The opera screening of Der Fliegende Hollander has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak

In the Met’s first-ever performances of Agrippina, Handel’s satire of sex and power politics, Sir David McVicar reconceives a production he originally created for the Monnaie in Brussels in 2000, evoking a scandalous world in which the Roman Empire never fell but simply kept going right up to the present.

America’s “folk opera,” as the 1935 creators described it, tells the story of disabled beggar Porgy, sung by Eric Owens, and his love for the drug-addicted Bess, portrayed by Angel Blue.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s expressionistic masterpiece Wozzeck, regarded for its intense emotional power and brilliant score as one of the most significant operas of the 20th century.

Anthony Roth Costanzo sings the title role of the Egyptian pharaoh who attempted to inspire his people to adopt a new religion, abandoning the worship of the old gods for that of a single deity.

Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the devoted geisha who gives everything for the American naval officer Pinkerton, sung by Bruce Sledge.

Manon’s story—from innocent country girl to celebrated courtesan to destitute prisoner—is one of the great tragic tales in literature and music.