Opera

The Met's award-winning series of live, high-definition performance transmissions returns to BFI IMAX.

The Met Opera Encore shows are recorded from the live performances of the Saturday Opera, without losing any of their magic and immediacy.

L'Elisir D'Amore (Met Opera)

Bartlett Sher's new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera.

Otello (Met Opera)

Verdi's Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with Johan Botha in the title role.

The Tempest (Met Opera)

An inventive staging of the premiere of Thomas Adès' latest work.

Clemenza Di Tito (Met Opera)

The virtuosic Elīna Garanča sings Sesto in Mozart's drama set in ancient Rome.

Un Ballo in Maschera (Met Opera)

David Alden's dreamlike setting provides a compelling backdrop for this dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance.

Aida (Met Opera)

The Met's unforgettable production of Verdi's ancient Egyptian drama.

Les Troyens (Met Opera)

A rare opportunity to witness Berlioz's vast epic.

Maria Stuarda (Met Opera)

The second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, which explores regal characters at fateful moments of their lives.

Rigoletto (Met Opera)

Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi's towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960.

Parsifal (Met Opera)

Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom in François Girard's new vision for Wagner's final masterpiece.

Francesca Di Rimini (Met Opera)

Zandonai's compelling opera, inspired by an episode from Dante's Inferno.

Giulio Cesare (Met Opera)

David Daniels, sings the title role opposite Natalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra.