The Met’s award-winning series of live broadcasts returns to the Clark with an extraordinary lineup, including exciting company premieres, new productions, and classic repertory favorites!

The season kicks off on October 21 with the highly anticipated Met-premiere production of Jake Heggie’s powerful story of redemption, Dead Man Walking, the most widely performed opera of the last twenty years, starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as Sister Helen Prejean and death-row inmate Joseph De Rocher.

Tickets are on sale now! Click the links below or visit clarkart.edu.

The Met: Live in HD performances include:

Dead Man Walking
October 21, 2023, 12:55 pm
Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of its subject with Heggie’s beautiful and poignant music and a brilliant libretto by Terrence McNally.

X: The Life and Times of Malcom X
November 18, 2023, 12:55 pm
Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader’s life.

Florencia en el Amazonas
December 9, 2023, 12:55 pm
Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle.

The Magic Flute
December 30, 2023, 12:55 pm
The Met’s family-friendly production of Mozart’s dazzling fairy tale returns with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting Tony Award–winner Julie Taymor’s colorful, puppet-filled production. Please note, this is an encore presentation.

Nabucco
January 6, 2024, 12:55 pm
Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille.

Carmen
January 27, 2024, 12:55 pm
Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell brings a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries.

La Forza del Destino
March 9, 2024, 12:55 pm, 11:55 am
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented—and thrilling—heroines. This is the first new Forza in nearly thirty years, setting the scene in a contemporary world. 

Roméo et Juliette
March 23, 2024, 12:55 pm
Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores.

La Rondine
April 20, 2024, 12:55 pm
Puccini’s bittersweet love story transports audiences from the heart of Parisian nightlife to a dreamy vision of the French Riviera, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess.

Madama Butterfly
May 11, 2024, 12:55 pm
Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. Acclaimed maestro Xian Zhang takes the podium to conduct Anthony Minghella’s vivid production.

The live high-definition simulcasts feature the full performance along with backstage interviews and commentary.

Tickets $25 ($22 members, $18 students, $5 children 15 and under). Advance registration encouraged; capacity is limited. No refunds. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.