American composer Jake Heggie’s masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, has its highly anticipated Met premiere in a haunting new production. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, DEAD MAN WALKING matches the high drama of its subject with Heggie’s beautiful music and a brilliant libretto by Tony and Emmy Award–winner Terrence McNally. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 40 seats; advance tickets recommended. 2h 50m.

Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera arrives at the Met at long last. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader’s life. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 40 seats; advance tickets recommended.

Inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus – and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. This spellbinding new production brings the mysterious realm of the Amazon to the Met stage. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 40 seats; advance tickets recommended. Sung in Spanish with English subtitles.

Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille. Daniele Callegari conducts Verdi’s exhilarating early masterpiece. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 40 seats; advance tickets recommended. 2h 50m.

Acclaimed director Carrie Cracknell brings a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 40 seats; advance tickets recommended. 3h 25m.

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented – and thrilling – heroines. The company’s first new FORZA in nearly 30 years sets the scene in a contemporary world, making extensive use of the Met’s turntable to represent the unstoppable advance of destiny that drives the opera’s chain of calamitous events. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 40 seats; advance tickets recommended.

Two singers at the height of their powers – radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim – come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 40 seats; advance tickets recommended. 3h.

Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare Met appearance, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman in his highly anticipated company debut as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess. Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts Nicolas Joël’s Art Deco–inspired staging, which transports audiences from the heart of Parisian nightlife to a dreamy vision of the French Riviera. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 40 seats; advance tickets recommended.

Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman stars as the callous American naval officer Pinkerton, whose betrayal destroys her. Acclaimed maestro Xian Zhang takes the podium to conduct Anthony Minghella’s vivid production. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 40 seats; advance tickets recommended. 3h.