
Elīna Garanča, Lise Davidsen, Aigul Akhmetshina, Sondra Radvanovsky, Brian Jagde, Piotr Beczała, Ailyn Pérez Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2026-27 Live in HD Season
By David SalazarThe Metropolitan Opera will present seven productions as part of its 2026-27 Live in HD season.
The first HD of the year will be “Così fan tutte” starring Ana María Martinez, Samantha Hankey, Federica Lombardi, Gerald Finley, Duke Kim, and Andrey Zhilikhovsky. Nimrod David Pfeffer conducts.
Then comes the company’s new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” starring Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Freddie De Tommaso, and Ryan Speedo Green. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a production by Louisa Proske.
Screening Date: Oct. 17, 2026
Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Saint-Saens’ “Samson Et Dalila” with Aigul Akhmetshina, Clay Hilley, Quinn Kelsey, Alfred Walker, Thomas Hall, and Morris Robinson.
Screening Date: Dec. 5, 2026
Richard Jones’ new production of “La Fanciulla del West” comes next on the HD slate. The production stars Sondra Radvanovsky, SeokJong Baek, and Christopher Maltman. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts.
Screening Date: Jan. 23, 2027
Then comes Puts and Campbell’s “Silent Night” in a new production by James Robinson. Dalia Stasevska conducts a cast starring Elza van den Heever, Ben Bliss, Rolando Villazón, Ben Reisinger, Mattia Oliveri, Justin Austin, Ryan McKinny, and Kyle Ketelson.
Screening Date: March 20, 2027
Nadine Sierra and Matthew Polenzani headline “Manon.”
Screening Date: April 3, 2027
Brian Jagde, Ailyn Pérez, Artur Ruciński, Piotr Buszweski, Deborah Nansteel, and Vitalij Kowaljow star in “Otello.” Michele Mariotti conducts.
Screening Date: April 24, 2027
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts “Parsifal” which stars Elīna Garanča, Piotr Beczała, Peter Mattei, Ryan Speedo Green, Jongmin Park, and Alfred Walker.
Screening Date: June 5, 2027
Special Events
The Met will celebrate its Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas with soprano Renée Fleming hosting a special presentation that will showcase unforgettable moments from some of opera’s greatest stars, culled from the series’ vast archive of transmissions, featuring such remarkable artists as Lise Davidsen, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Matthew Polenzani, Sondra Radvanovsky, Nadine Sierra, and, of course, Fleming herself.
Screening Date: Sept. 19, 2026
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