Grammy-winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s memoir marks the Met’s first performance of an opera by a Black composer and its first production back in its theater following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. Featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells the story of a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship.

Recorded December 2020, the legendary bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel performs a holiday program accompanied by Jeff Howard on piano and the Welsh traditional folk group Calan from Brecon Cathedral in the singer’s native Wales.

Enjoy Ailyn Pérez, Nadine Sierra and Isabel Leonard as they perform in France’s cultural landmark.

Enjoy the talent of Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva as she performs arias by Verdi, Puccini and more from the Baroque Library in Schussenried Cloister in southwest Germany accompanied by Julien Quentin on piano.

Experience a performance from the husband-and-wife duo on breathtaking location in the south of France, performing favorite arias and duets.

An encore of the 2018 production of Aida, Verdi’s grandest opera.

Celebrated American soprano Renée Fleming performs arias by Puccini and Massenet to selections by Handel and Korngold from the intimate music salon of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC.

The Hours, features Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara and Joyce DiDonato in a new production inspired by Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway.

Great Performances at the Met presents Agrippina, Handel’s dark comedy of intrigue and impropriety. In this production from David McVicar set in the present, Joyce DiDonato stars as the cunning title character, with Kate Lindsey, Brenda Rae, Iestyn Davies and Nicholas Tamagna. Harry Bicket conducts.

Join us on Halloween for GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET for a ghostly tale of a ship captain doomed to sail the seas for eternity. This maritime myth goes back hundreds of years, and is captured in the 187-year-old opera Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman). Francois Girard’s production of the opera stars Evgeny Nikitin (pictured) in the title role, opposite Anja Kampe in her Met debut. Valery Gergiev conducts.