The Metropolitan Opera 2023/2024 season

The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring seven new productions.
New Productions
Joyce DiDonato, Ryan McKinny, Latonia Moore, and Susan Graham star in the Met premiere of Ivan van Hove's production of Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking.” Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Steven Osgood will make his Met debut conducting two performances.
Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 21, 2023
Anthony Davis’ “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” directed by Robert O’Hara, makes its Met premiere with Will Liverman as Malcolm X, Leah Hawkins as Louise, and Malcolm’s wife, Betty Shabazz, Kazem Abdullah conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 3-Dec. 2, 2023
Ailyn Perez leads Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas” in its Met Premiere. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts this Spanish-language opera by the Mexican composer Daniel Catán. The cast also stars Gabriella Reyes, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, and Mario Chang.
Performance Dates: Nov. 16-Dec. 14, 2023
Aigul Akhmetshina and Clémentine Margaine star in the title role of “Carmen,” with co-stars Piotr Beczała, Michael Fabiano, Kyle Ketelsen, Ryan Speedo Green, Ailyn Pérez, and Angel Blue leading a new production by Carrie Cracknell. Daniele Rustioni & Diego Matheuz conduct.
Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2023-Jan. 27, 2024 & April 21-May 25, 2024
Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” stars Elena Stichina, Lise Davidsen, Brian Jagde, Ekaterina Semenchuck, and Igor Golovatenko in this Mariusz Treliński production, co-produced with Teatr Wielki-Polish National Opera. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 26-Mar. 29, 2024
The Met premiere of John Adams’ “El Niño” stars Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines, with J’Nai Bridges, Daniela Mack, Key’mon W. Murrah, and Siman Chung in this Lileana Blain-Cruz production. Marin Alsop conducts.
Performance Dates: April 23-May 17, 2024
Revivals
Verdi’s “Requiem” will star Leah Hawkins, Karen Cargill, Dmitry Belosselskiy, and Matthew Polenzani. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 27-30, 2023
Verdi’s “Nabucco” stars George Gagnidze and Liudmyla Monastyrska in this Elijah Moshinsky production. Daniele Callegari conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 28, 2023-Jan. 26, 2024
Federica Lombardi, Anita Hartig, Olga Kulchynska, Heidi Stober, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Stephen Costello, Joseph Calleja, Matthew Polenzani, and Adam Plachetka, and Alexey Markov star in Franco Zeffirelli’s magical production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Maestros Carlo Rizzi and Marco Armiliato conduct.
Performance Dates: Oct. 10 2023-Jan. 13, 2024
Charles Castronuovo headlines Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” with Olesya Petrova, Elena Stikhina, and Quinn Kelsey. Carlo Rizzi conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct 20-Nov 18, 2023
Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” returns with Andreas Schager and Elza van den Heever in Otto Schenk’s classic production. Ekaterina Gubanova is Venus. Donald Runnicles conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 30-Dec. 23 2023
“The Magic Flute” will be presented in Julie Taymor’s production with Janai Brugger and Liv Redpath as Pamina. Joshua Blue, Rolando Villazón, Alexander Birch Elliott, Patrick Carfizzi, William Guanbo Su, Brindley Sherratt, and James Cresswell round out the cast.
Performance Dates: Dec. 8 - 30, 2023
For “Madama Butterfly,” audiences will see Aleksandra Kurzak, Eleonora Buratto, and Asmik Grigorian alternating as Cio-Cio San. Elizabeth DeShong, Eve Gigliotti, Jonathan Tetelman, Matthew Polenzani, Davide Luciano, and Lucas Meachem round out the two casts. Xian Zhang and Derrick Inouye share conducting duties.
Performance Dates: Jan. 11 - May 11, 2024
“Turandot” will be conducted by Oksana Lynic and Marco Armiliato, with Elena Pankratova and Christine Goerke sharing the title role. Aleksandra Kurzak and others will perform the role of Liù while Roberto Alagna and SeokJong Baek alternate as Calaf.
Performance Dates: Feb. 28 - June 7, 2024
For “Roméo et Juliette,” audiences will see Benjamin Bernheim, Nadine Sierra, Samantha Hankey, Frederick Ballentine, Will Liverman, and Alfred Walker. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Performance Dates: March 7 - 30, 2024
Angel Blue, Emily Pogorelc, Jonathan Tetelman, and Bekhzod Davronov star in “La Rondine.” Speranza Scappucci conducts.
Performance Dates: March 26, 2024
“Fire Shut Up in My Bones” stars Brittany Renee, Latonia Moore, and Ryan Speedo Green. Evan Rogister conducts.
Performance Dates: April 8 - May 2, 2024
“The Hours” gets a revival with Joyce DiDonato, Kelli O’Hara, and Renée Fleming. Kensho Watanabe conducts.
Performance Dates: May 5 - 31, 2024
Closing out the Metropolitan Opera season will be “Orfeo ed Euridice” with Elena Villalón, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and Ying Fang. Christian Curnyn conducts.
Performance Dates: May 16 - June 8, 2024.
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