The new season at the Browning Cinema features 12 high-definition broadcasts. Don’t miss the special ticketing periods in advance of sales to the general public. Met members at or above the supporting level and Presenting Series subscribers receive priority access.

Met Subscription On-sale Dates

Qualified Met members: Friday, August 24, 2012

Presenting Series subscribers: Friday, August 31, 2012

Single Ticket On-sale Dates

General public: Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Prices

Subscription: $20 (five or more broadcasts)

Regular: $23

Child/Student: $16

There’s no reason to miss the groundbreaking presentations that bring the Metropolitan Opera House to you—the opera lover or curious to learn. Select from a live or encore presentation to fit your schedule. All start times are 1 p.m. EST/EDT.

L’ELISIR D’AMORE—Donizetti 

New production!

Oct 21, 2012 (encore only, no live broadcast)

Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in Bartlett Sher's new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera, as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Mariusz Kwiecien is the blustery sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is Dulcamara, the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts.

OTELLO—Verdi

Oct 27, 2012

Nov 4, 2012 (encore)

Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with Johan Botha in the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming. Semyon Bychkov conducts.

THE TEMPEST—Adès 

Met premiere!

Nov 10, 2012

Nov 18, 2012 (encore)

Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of his own work, with baritone Simon Keenlyside starring as Prospero. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala in this inventive staging.

LA CLEMENZA DI TITO—Mozart

Dec 1, 2012

Dec 16, 2012 (encore)

The virtuosic Elīna Garanča sings Sesto in Mozart’s drama set in ancient Rome. Giuseppe Filianoti is the noble Tito and Barbara Frittoli is Vitellia, in this handsome revival of one of the composer’s final masterpieces. Harry Bicket conducts.

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA—Verdi 

New production!

Dec 8, 2012

Jan 6, 2012 (encore)

Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting provides a compelling backdrop for this dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance. Marcelo Álvarez stars as the conflicted king; Karita Mattila is Amelia, the object of his secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is her suspicious husband. Kathleen Kim is the page Oscar, and Stephanie Blythe sings the role of the fortune-teller Ulrica. Fabio Luisi conducts.

AIDA—Verdi

Dec 15, 2012

Jan 13, 2013 (encore)

The Met's unforgettable production of Verdi's ancient Egyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radamès, played by Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptian princess Amneris, sung by Olga Borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts. 

LES TROYENS—Berlioz

Jan 5, 2013

Jan 20, 2013 (encore)

The Met offers a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic, last performed at the Met in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the starry cast, portraying characters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi marshals the large-scale musical forces.

MARIA STUARDA—Donizetti  

Met premiere!

Jan 19, 2013

Jan 26, 2013 (encore)

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, one of the world’s most exciting singers, takes on the virtuosic bel canto role of the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots. Director David McVicar turns to the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, which explores regal characters at fateful moments of their lives. Elza van den Heever sings Elizabeth I, and Maurizio Benini conducts.

RIGOLETTO—Verdi 

New production!

Feb 16, 2013

Feb 24, 2013 (encore)

Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. In this production, inspired by the antics of the Rat Pack, Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke of Mantua, Željko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto's daughter, Gilda.

PARSIFAL—Wagner 

New production!

Mar 2, 2013

Mar 9, 2013 (encore)

Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom in François Girard's new vision for Wagner's final masterpiece. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.

FRANCESCA DA RIMINI—Zandonai

Mar 16, 2013

Mar 24, 2013 (encore)

Zandonai's compelling opera, inspired by an episode from Dante's Inferno, returns in the Met's ravishingly beautiful production, last seen in 1986. Dramatic soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers. Marco Armiliato condudcts.

GIULIO CESARE—Handel 

New production!

Apr 27, 2013

May 5, 2013 (encore)

The opera that conquered London in Handel’s time comes to the Met in David McVicar’s lively production. The world’s leading countertenor, David Daniels, sings the title role opposite Natalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.