THE METROPOLITAN OPERA’S 2025–26 SEASON
Six New Productions, Including Three Met Premieres; 12 Revivals;
197 Performances
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SIX NEW PRODUCTIONS
The 2025–26 Season Opens with The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
A Met-Commissioned Opera by Mason Bates in His Met Debut
Led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yuval Sharon Makes His Met Debut Directing Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
Starring Lise Davidsen, in Her Met Role Debut, and Michael Spyres,
Conducted by Nézet-Séguin
Deborah Colker Returns to Direct and Choreograph
El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
Gabriela Lena Frank’s First Opera, Led by Nézet-Séguin
Simon Stone Directs Kaija Saariaho’s Final Opera, Innocence
Featuring Joyce DiDonato and Led by Conductor Susanna Mälkki
Two Leading Bel Canto Sopranos Star in Back-to-Back Bellini Operas
Nadine Sierra Is Amina in La Sonnambula, Conducted by Riccardo Frizza
Lisette Oropesa Headlines the New Year’s Eve Gala Premiere of I Puritani,
Conducted by Marco Armiliato
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OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
Daniele Rustioni’s Inaugural Season as Principal Guest Conductor
Asmik Grigorian Returns to the Met in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
Piotr Beczała and Sonya Yoncheva Join Forces in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier
Angel Blue Returns in Puccini’s Turandot and La Bohème
Erin Morley Stars in Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment
Aigul Akhmetshina Returns in Bizet’s Carmen
Ailyn Pérez, Sonya Yoncheva, and Elena Stikhina Make Their Met Role Debuts
in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Ryan Speedo Green Makes His Met Role Debut in the Title Role of
Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Rachel Willis-Sørensen Stars in Strauss’s Arabella
Louise Alder, Amina Edris, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Adam Smith, and
Andrzej Filończyk, Make Their Met Debuts
Fabien Gabel, Kwamé Ryan, Michele Spotti, Erina Yashima, and Timur Zangiev Make Their Met Conducting Debuts
