Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas is a celebration of the Met’s two decades of onstage glory as experienced in movie theaters, featuring highlights from the company’s collection of more than 185 extraordinary onscreen performances.

Hosted by star soprano Renée Fleming, this special presentation 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, Elīna Garanča, Dmitri Hvorostovsky,  Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Matthew Polenzani, Nadine Sierra, and, of course, Fleming herself.

TWENTY YEARS OF THE MET IN CINEMAS: AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Hosted by Renée Fleming

ROSSINI IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
“Largo al factotum,” 2007
Peter Mattei

DONIZETTI LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT
“Au bruit de la guerre,” 2008
Natalie Dessay | Alessandro Corbelli

MOZART LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
“Voi che sapete,” 2014
Isabel Leonard

MASSENET WERTHER
“Pourquoi me réveiller,” 2014
Jonas Kaufmann

WAGNER DAS RHEINGOLD
“Bin ich nun frei? Wirklich frei?,” 2010
Eric Owens

PHILIP GLASS AKHNATEN
Funeral of Amenhotep III, 2019

ROSSINI LA CENERENTOLA
“Non più mesta,” 2014

PUCCINI LA BOHÈME
“Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì,” 2025
Juliana Grigoryan | Freddie De Tommaso

VERDI NABUCCO
“Va, pensiero,” 2024
Metropolitan Opera Chorus

PUCCINI TOSCA
“Vissi d’arte,” 2018
Sonya Yoncheva

STRAUSS SALOME
“Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan,” 2025 Elza van den Heever
Gerhard Siegel

BIZET CARMEN
Final Scene, 2010
Elīna Garanča | Roberto Alagna

STRAUSS DER ROSENKAVALIER
“Marie Theres’! ... Hab’ mir’s gelobt,” 2017 
Renée Fleming | Elīna Garanča | Erin Morley 



INTERMISSION

WAGNER DIE WALKÜRE
Ride of the Valkyries, 2019
Jessica Faselt |. Daryl Freedman | Eve Gigliotti | Wendy Bryn Harmer 
Kelly Cae Hogan | Maya Lahyani | Mary Phillips | Renée Tatum

WAGNER LOHENGRIN
“In fernem Land,” 2023
Piotr Beczała | Günther Groissböck

DONIZETTI L’ELISIR D’AMORE
“Una furtiva lagrima,” 2018
Matthew Polenzani

PUCCINI MADAMA BUTTERFLY
“Un bel dì,” 2024
Asmik Grigorian

THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY AND BESS
“Summertime,” 2020
Golda Schultz

CATÁN FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS
“Escúchame,” 2023
Ailyn Pérez

VERDI RIGOLETTO
“Cortigiani, vil razza dannata,” 2022 
Quinn Kelsey

VERDI LA TRAVIATA
“Follie! Follie! ... Sempre libera degg’io,” 2022 
Nadine Sierra | Stephen Costello

TCHAIKOVSKY EUGENE ONEGIN
Final Scene, 2007
Renée Fleming | Dmitri Hvorostovsky

WAGNER TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
“Mild und leise,” 2026
Lise Davidsen