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• From: Sunday, 27 October 2019

  MET Opera: Turandot (Exempt)

  Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular production returns to cinemas, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducting his first Puccini opera with the company. Powerhouse soprano Christine Goerke takes on the icy title princess, alongside tenor Yusif Eyvazov as the unknown prince vying for her love.

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• From: Saturday, 23 November 2019

  MET Opera: Manon (Exempt)

  Massenet’s tale of passion, excess, and their consequences stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in the effervescent title role. Tenor Michael Fabiano is her ardent admirer, Chevalier des Grieux, with Maurizio Benini conducting Laurent Pelly’s enchanting production.

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• From: Saturday, 18 January 2020

  MET Opera: Madama Butterfly (Exempt)

  Anthony Minghella’s vividly cinematic staging returns to cinemas, featuring soprano Hui He in the devastating title role. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts one of opera’s most beautiful and heartbreaking scores, with a cast that also includes tenor Piero Pretti as Pinkerton and baritone Paulo Szot as Sharpless.

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• From: Saturday, 15 February 2020

  MET Opera: Akhnaten (Exempt)

  Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo headlines American composer Philip Glass’s transcendent contemporary creation, with Karen Kamensek conducting. Phelim McDermott’s stunning production employs a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers to conjure a mystical reimagining of ancient Egypt.

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• From: Saturday, 14 March 2020

  MET Opera: Wozzeck (Exempt)

  Berg’s 20th-century shocker stars baritone Peter Mattei in the title role, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium and soprano Elza van den Heever as the long-suffering Marie. Groundbreaking visual artist and director William Kentridge unveils a bold new staging set in an apocalyptic wasteland.

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• From: Saturday, 4 April 2020

  MET Opera: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (Exempt)

  The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, starring bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue in the title roles.

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• From: Saturday, 2 May 2020

  MET Opera: Agrippina (Exempt)

  As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of Handel’s tale of deception and deceit. Harry Bicket conducts Sir David McVicar’s wry new production, which gives this Baroque black comedy a politically charged, modern updating.

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• From: Saturday, 30 May 2020

  MET Opera: The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer) (Exempt)

  Sir Bryn Terfel returns to the Met for the first time since 2012, as the mysterious seafarer searching for salvation. Director François Girard, whose mesmerising production of Parsifal recently wowed Met audiences, returns to stage Wagner’s eerie early masterwork.

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• From: Saturday, 20 June 2020

  MET Opera: Tosca (Exempt)

  Superstar soprano Anna Netrebko appears in her 16th Live in HD transmission, taking on the soaring title diva of Puccini’s grand melodrama. Bertrand de Billy conducts Sir David McVicar’s evocative production, with tenor Brian Jagde as Tosca’s impassioned lover, Cavaradossi, and baritone Michael Volle as the sinister Scarpia.

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• From: Saturday, 18 July 2020

  MET Opera: Maria Stuarda (Exempt)

  A pseudo-historical opera about Mary, Queen of Scots, and her bitter rivalry with Queen Elizabeth I, Donizetti’s drama thrills with intense stand-offs and impressive vocal displays. Soprano Diana Damrau and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton square off as two of history’s most formidable monarchs, with Maurizio Benini conducting.

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