Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her spiritual ministry to a condemned man. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato stars as Sister Helen, alongside bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as death-row inmate Joseph De Rocher, in a haunting new staging by Ivo van Hove.

Running Time: 3 hours 15 minutes

Theatre 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.

Running Time: 3 hours 20 minutes

Sung in Spanish and 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.

Running Time: 2 hours 35 minutes

Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Daniele Callegari conducts Verdi’s exhilarating early masterpiece, which features the ultimate showcase for the great Met Chorus, the moving “Va, pensiero.”

Running Time: 3 hours 5 minutes

The Met begins the New Year with a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works. Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day.

Running Time: 3 hours 45 minutes

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.

Time: 4 hours 20 minutes

On 23 March, 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 Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores.

Running Time: 3 hours 30 minutes

Puccini’s bittersweet love story arrives in cinemas on 20 April, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess.

Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes

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.

Running Time: 3 hours 15 minutes