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Great Performances at the Met Season 17 Episodes
Season 17 Episode Guide
14 Episodes 2023 - 0
Episode 1
The Hours
Fri, Mar 17, 2023 90 mins
Enjoy Renée Fleming's return in this new opera inspired by Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway."
Episode 2
La Traviata
Sun, Apr 2, 2023 90 mins
Verdi's beloved tragedy stars soprano Nadine Sierra as Violetta, the consumptive heroine fighting to find true happiness. Tenor Stephen Costello portrays Violetta's ardent, yet impetuous lover, Alfredo, and baritone Luca Salsi rounds out the principal cast as Alfredo's disapproving father.
Episode 3
Fedora
Sun, May 7, 2023 90 mins
Experience soprano Sonya Yoncheva in Umberto Giordano's drama.
Episode 4
Medea
Fri, Jun 16, 2023 90 mins
Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role with tenor Matthew Polenzani as her husband.
Episode 5
Lohengrin
Sun, Jul 9, 2023 90 mins
Wagner's 1850 opera about a mysterious knight who agrees to marry a maiden on the condition that she never ask his name and origin.
Episode 6
Falstaff
Sun, Aug 6, 2023 90 mins
Featuring Michael Volle baritone, Robert Carsen staging.
Episode 7
Der Rosenkavalier
Sun, Sep 10, 2023 90 mins
Enjoy Strauss' Viennese comedy with Lise Davidsen opposite Samantha Hankey. Simone Young conducts.
Episode 8
Don Giovanni
Sun, Oct 1, 2023 90 mins
Tony-winning director Ivo van Hove's Met debut is experienced with Mozart's tragicomedy.
Episode 9
Champion
Fri, Nov 3, 2023 90 mins
Terence Blanchard's opera based on the true story of Emile Griffith, who rose from obscurity to become a champion boxer. Bass-baritone Eric Owens co-stars with soprano Latonia Moore. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Episode 10
Die Zauberflote
Sun, Dec 10, 2023 90 mins
Director Simon McBurney's Met debut of Mozart's opera is conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann.
Episode 11
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Sun, Feb 4, 2024 90 mins
Anthony Davis's groundbreaking opera is directed by Tony Award nominee Robert O'Hara.
Episode 12
Dead Man Walking
Fri, Mar 15, 2024 90 mins
Experiencing Ivo van Hove's production of composer Jake Heggie's opera in its Met premiere. With a libretto by Terrence McNally, Joyce DiDonato stars as Sister Helen based on the real-life memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer.
Episode 13
Florencia en el Amazonas
Sun, Apr 7, 2024 90 mins
Mexican composer Daniel Catan's 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of an opera diva who returns to her native South America to perform at the legendary opera house of Manau.
Episode 14
Nabucco
Sun, May 5, 2024 90 mins
Baritone George Gagnidze debuts at the Met as King Nabucco in one of Verdi's early musical plays. Soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprises the role of Abigaille, the vengeful princess of the fictional kingdom set in ancient Babylon.