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2007-2008 Season Announced, Lucia di Lammermoor: Lee Broomfield/Metropolitan Opera
2007-2008 Season Announced, Macbeth: Nick Heavican/Metropolitan Opera
2007-2008 Season Announced, Iphigénie en Tauride: Chris Militscher/Metropolitan Opera
2007-2008 Season Announced, Hansel and Gretel: Hansel image: Nick Heavican/Metropolitan Opera; Christine Schäfer image: Anne Deniau
2007-2008 Season Announced, Peter Grimes: Photo: Nick Heavican/Metropolitan Opera; Background image (Hastings, England): Aitken Jolly/Metropolitan Opera
2007-2008 Season Announced, Satyagraha: Nick Heavican/Metropolitan Opera
2007-2008 Season Announced, La Fille du Régiment: Covent Garden production photo: Catherine Ashmore/Metropolitan Opera
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Cristina Gallardo-Domâs in Madama Butterfly: The Metropolitan Opera®
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2006-2007 Season: Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera®
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The New Look of Fall: Cristina Gallardo-Domâs in Madama Butterfly: The Metropolitan Opera®
What Should I See: The Magic Flute: Beth Bergman © 2006
2006-07 Season
Andrea Chénier: Beth Bergman © 2006
Il Barbiere di Siviglia © Sepp Gallauer
La Bohème: Beatriz Schiller © 2006
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci: The Metropolitan Opera®
Don Carlo: The Metropolitan Opera®
Eugene Onegin: Jack Vartoogian © 2006
Faust: Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera®
40th Anniversary Gala:
La Gioconda: The Metropolitan Opera®
Giulio Cesare: Jack Vartoogian © 2006
Idomeneo: Beth Bergman © 2006
Jenufa: Jack Vartoogian © 2006
Madama Butterfly: Catherine Ashmore © 2006
The Magic Flute: Jack Vartoogian © 2006
Der Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Beth Bergman © 2006
I Puritani: Johan Elbers © 2006
Rigoletto: Ken Howard/The Metropolitan Opera®
Simon Boccanegra: by Jack Vartoogian © 2006
Tosca: Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera®
La Traviata: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera®
Turandot: Ken Howard/The Metropolitan Opera®
Die Zauberflöte: Ken Howard/The Metropolitan Opera®
What Should I See?
Madama Butterfly: Catherine Ashmore © 2006
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The New Look of Fall: Cristina Gallardo-Domâs in Madama Butterfly: The Metropolitan Opera®
What Should I See: The Magic Flute: Beth Bergman © 2006
For Your Visit
Met Titles screen: The Metropolitan Opera®
Kirov
Kirov Ring Cycle 2007: Valentin Baranovsky
Met in The Parks
Online Gallery:
Central Park’s Sheep Meadow outdoor opera performance, 1970: James Heffernan/Metropolitan Opera
1970s Met concert in Sheep Meadow: Louis Mélançon/Metropolitan Opera
Ignace Strasfogel conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, 1967: Louis Mélançon/Metropolitan Opera
Outdoor concert on Sheep Meadow: James Heffernan/Metropolitan Opera
Carlos Moseley Music Pavillion, Central Park’s Great Lawn, 1992: Winne Klotz/Metropolitan Opera
Tosca, Central Park’s Great Lawn, 2005: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera
Three ladies arrive for a “Parks” performance, 1967: Gary Renaud
Bronx Botanical Garden Met Opera performance, 1971: Laurence Fried
A young fan peruses the latest edition of Opera News with his parents: James Heffernan/Metropolitan Opera
A pre-opera picnic in Prospect Park, Brooklyn: Metropolitan Opera
Subway campaign promoting the Metropolitan Opera’s free outdoor concert performances, 1975: Metropolitan Opera
Rudolf Bing, Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, and August Heckscher, 1969: E. Fred Sher/Metroplitan Opera Guild
Rosalind Elias and Mary Ellen Pracht, 1968: Metropolitan Opera Archives
Luciano Pavarotti, 1980: James Heffernan/Metropolitan Opera
Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, and James Levine, 1981: James Heffernan/Metropolitan Opera
Marcello Giordani and Hei-Kyung Hong, 1999: Winnie Klotz/Metropolitan Opera
Watch & Listen
Madama Butterfly: Catherine Ashmore © 2006
CDs & DVDs
CDs: Rigoletto: Ken Howard/The Metropolitan Opera®
DVDs: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera®
Historic Broadcast Recordings: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera®
News & Features
The New Look of Fall: Cristina Gallardo-Domâs in Madama Butterfly: The Metropolitan Opera®
Anthony Minghella's Butterfly Effect: Catherine Ashmore © 2006
Bartlett Sher: Team Photogenic
Tan Dun: courtesy of Parnassus Productions
What Should I See: The Magic Flute: Beth Bergman © 2006
New Contemporary-Art Gallery Opens: Helena | John Currin
Met Titles
Met Titles Screen: The Metropolitan Opera
Features
Joyce DiDonato: Sheila Rock
The Wallflower: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Renée Fleming: Andrew Eccles
Karita Mattile: Lauri Eriksson
Zhang Ziyi: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
The Met's Golden Tones: Koichi Miura/Metropolitan Opera
The Met goes Global: Metropolitan Opera Archives
Swarovski Exhibition: Louis Mélançon
Kids' Day at the Met: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
First Emperor Press Conference: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Beverly Sills, Quiz Mistress: Jonathan Tichler
Flaking Out: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Zhang Yimou Directs at the Met: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Emi Wada: Jun Takahashi
Barbiere: Divine Comedy: Team Photogenic
Barber: Backstage at Letterman: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Bartlett Sher: Beatriz Schiller
Sirius Fun: Jonathan Tichler
How to Sing Rossini: © Sepp Gallauer
Juilliard Rehearsal: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera
Christopher Wheeldon Makes his Met Debut: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Anthony Minghella's Butterfly Effect: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Interviews
Barlett Sher: Team Photogenic
Tan Dun: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera®
Anthony Mighella: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera®
Cristina Gallado-Domâs: Tato Gonçalves © 2006
Cristina Gallado-Domâs with child puppet: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera®
Photo Galleries
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What Should I See: The Magic Flute: Beth Bergman © 2006
Licia Albanese:
Licia Albanese: Robert Tuggle
40th Anniversary at Lincoln Center:
Met Opera House: Metropolitan Opera®
Program: Metropolitan Opera® Archives
Thomas Schippers conducts the inaugural performance: Louis Melançon/Metropolitan Opera®
Antony and Cleopatra starring Justino Díaz and Leontyne Price: Opera News
Support the Met
Madama Butterfly: Catherine Ashmore © 2006
Member & Patron Program
Detail of Madama Butterfly: Johan Persson © 2006/ArenaPal Images
Guild Membership
Children on stage: Susan Cook
Dress rehearsal of La Bohème: Beth Bergman © 2006
Patron Program
Master class: Beth Bergman
Costume shop: Marilyn van Houten
Young Associates Program
Lindemann Young Artist performs for Members: Elizabeth Venesky
Young Associates meet for pre-performance cocktails: Elizabeth Venesky
Planned Gifts Testimonials
Sarah and her sisters, 1938: Private collection
Roberta Peters and Richard Tucker: Sedge LeBlang
Met Opera Chandeliers: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera
The end of Act I of Martha (1915-1916 season): White Studio
Milanov, Hawkins, Stevens,Oliviero, Hargrave, Ezekiel (leaving on a Met tour mid 1940's): Louis Melançon
The Rhinemaidens being hoisted aloft at the start of Das Rheingold, circa 1940's: Culver Pictures
Family and phonograph: Culver Pictures
Inge Rappaport as the Empress in Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame: Culver Pictures
Risë Stevens as Carmen: The Metropolitan Opera
Lucrezia Bori and Beniamino Gigli taking a curtain call at The Met premiere of La Rondine in 1928: Carlo Edwards
Giuseppe Campora and Dorothy Kirsten in Act 3 of the 1954 production of La Bohème: Sedge LeBlang
Photo of The Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus in Carmen: OPERA NEWS Archives
About the Met
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Banner: Madama Butterfly: Catherine Ashmore © 2006
Sidebar: The New Look of Fall: Cristina Gallardo-Domâs in Madama Butterfly: The Metropolitan Opera®
Peter Gelb: Dario Acosta/Metropolitan Opera®
James Levine: Koichi Miura
Archives
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Christine Nilsson as Marguerite in Faust: Mora
Anna Pavlova: Herman Mishkin
Enrico Caruso as Canio in Pagliacci: Aimé Dupont
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Lily Pons in the title role of Lakmé: Carlo Edwards
Helen Traubel as Sieglinde in Die Walküre: James Abresch
Igor Stravinsky and Hilde Güden: Sedge LeBlang
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Marian Anderson and her mother: The Metropolitan Opera
Franco Corelli as Calaf and Birgit Nilsson in the title role of Turandot: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera
Dialogues des Carmélites: James Heffernan
An Introduction to The Metropolitan Opera
The final scene of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) at the world premiere in 1910: White Studio
Renata Scotto and Luciano Pavarotti in the 1977 "Live from the Met" telecast of La Bohème: The Metropolitan Opera®
Deborah Voigt and Plácido Domingo in Act I of Die Walküre: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
Sights & Sounds of The Met
Marcella Sembrich as Lucia di Lammermoor: Mora
Leopold Damrosch and his son, Walter: Rockwood
Lilli Lehmann as Isolde in Tristan und Isolde: The Metropolitan Opera®
Max Alvary and his son as Siegfried: Dimmers' Photo Studio (Alvary, Jr.), E. Bieber, Berlin (Alvary)
Jean de Reszke as Roméo in Roméo et Juliette: J. Mieczkowski
Emma Calvé as Carmen: Falk
Francisco Tamagno as Otello: Falk
Victor Maurel as Falstaff: The Metropolitan Opera®
Ballet rehearsal in a studio of the Metropolitan Opera House, circa. 1898: The Metropolitan Opera®
Ernestine Schumann-Heink as Erda in Das Rheingold: The Metropolitan Opera®
Nellie Melba: Falk
Pol Plançon on tour with the Metropolitan Opera: Lionel Mapleson
Antonio Scotti as Scarpia in Tosca: The Metropolitan Opera®
Lionel Mapleson with his cylinder recorder: The Metropolitan Opera®
Enrico Caruso as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto: Aimé Dupont.
Milka Ternina as Kundry in Parsifal: W. Höffert.
The Company returning to New York: The Metropolitan Opera®
Olive Fremstad as Salome: Byron.
Louise Homer and Geraldine Farrar in Madama Butterfly: Byron
Louise Homer and Geraldine Farrar in Madama Butterfly (2): Byron
Gustav Mahler: Aimé Dupont
Arturo Toscanini: The Metropolitan Opera®
Anna Pavlova: Herman Mishkin.
A scene from The Pipe of Desire with Louise Homer as Naoia: The Metropolitan Opera®
Final scene from La Fanciulla del West: White Studio
Hermann Jadlowker and Geraldine Farrar in Königskinder: White Studio
Enrico Caruso as Canio in Pagliacci: Herman Mishkin
Patron arriving at the opera house by automobile: The Metropolitan Opera®
1912-13 production of Die Zauberflöte designed by Hans Kautsky: White Studio
A scene from Boris Godunov with Adamo Didur in the title role: White Studio
Frieda Hempel and Margarete Ober in Der Rosenkavalier: White Studio.
Otto Goritz as Alberich and Albert Reiss as Mime: White Studio
Lucrezia Bori as Iris: White Studio
Giuseppe Bonfiglio and Rosina Galli in Prince Igor: Herman Mishkin
Margaret Harshaw and Norman Condon in Act I of Le Coq d'Or: The Metropolitan Opera®
Rosa Ponselle as Leonora in La Forza del Destino: White Studio
Luigi Montesanto, Claudia Muzio, Giulio Crimi in Il Tabarro: White Studio
Geraldine Farrar as Suor Angelica: White Studio
Giuseppe di Luca as Gianni Schicchi: White Studio
Florence Easton as Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi: White Studio
Beniamino Gigli as Faust in Mefistofele: Herman Mishkin
Maria Jeritza as Tosca: Setzer, Vienna
Photograph session with Claudia Muzio in Loreley: Arthur Weidhaas
Claudia Muzio as Loreley: White Studio
Lawrence Tibbett as Ford in Falstaff: Herman Mishkin
Lauritz Melchior as Tannhäuser: Herman Mishkin
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi and Maria Jeritza in Turandot: Herman Mishkin
Rosa Ponselle as Norma: Herman Mishkin
Ezio Pinza as Don Giovanni: Carlo Edwards
Giulio Setti rehearses the Metropolitan Opera Chorus: The Metropolitan Opera®
Lily Pons as Lucia di Lammermoor: The Metropolitan Opera
Backstage after the performance: Carlo Edwards. Collection of Gervice Archer
Lawrence Tibbett as Simon Boccanegra: Carlo Edwards
Lawrence Tibbett in The Emperor Jones: Carlo Edwards
Göta Ljungberg and Max Lorenz in Salome: Wide World Studio
Kirsten Flagstad as Sieglinde in Die Walküre: Carlo Edwards
Rosa Ponselle on the cover of the new magazine, Opera News: Opera News
Bidú Sayão as Manon: Bill Seward Collection
Helen Traubel in The Man Without a Country: Wide World Studio
Tristan und Isolde curtain call: The Metropolitan Opera
Cast of the new Le Nozze di Figaro: Wide World Studio
Armand Tokatyan sings Canio in the Met's first telecast: The Metropolitan Opera®
Helen Traubel donates her Brünnhilde shield, helmet, and spear: The Metropolitan Opera ®
Scene from Don Giovanni (1943): The Metropolitan Opera®
Edward Johnson's new singers: The Metropolitan Opera®
Debut photo of Richard Tucker as Enzo Grimaldo in La Gioconda: The Metropolitan Opera®
Opening Night audience on November 26, 1945, with Fritz Busch on the podium: The Metropolitan Opera®
Jerome Hines as Méphistophélès in Faust: The Metropolitan Opera®
Risë Stevens, Nadine Conner, and Edward Johnson at the Hänsel und Gretel recording session: The Metropolitan Opera®
Scene from Das Rheingold, 1948: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Licia Albanese and Ramon Vinay rehearsing Otello: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Leonard Warren as Iago in Otello in the opening night telecast, November 29, 1949: The Metropolitan Opera®
Edward Johnson backstage with Ljuba Welitsch and Fritz Reiner after their debuts in Salome: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Designer H. M. Krehan-Crayon shows Björling and Kirsten the set of Manon Lescaut: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Don Carlo rehearsal: Sedge LeBlang
Jussi Björling as Don Carlo and Delia Rigal as Elizabeth of Valois in Don Carlo: Sedge LeBlang
Jack Gilford as Frosch and Patrice Munsel as Adele in Die Fledermaus: Sedge LeBlang
Blanche Thebom, Alfred Lunt, Eleanor Steber, Patrice Munsell in Così Fan Tutte rehearsal: Sedge LeBlang
Risë Stevens as Carmen and Richard Tucker as Don José in Carmen: Gjon Mili
Percussion rehearsal with Dick Horowitz, Abraham Marcus, Mildred Miller, and Renato Cellini: Sedge LeBlang
Igor Stravinsky and Hilde Güden rehearsing The Rake's Progress: Sedge LeBlang
Charles Anthony's photograph is added to the lobby gallery: Sedge LeBlang
Un Ballo in Maschera curtain call with Tucker, Peters, Milanov, Anderson, Warren: Sedge LeBlang
Marian Anderson backstage with her mother after making her debut in Un Ballo in Maschera: The Metropolitan Opera®
Two scenes from Otello, Act I and Act III, with Renata Tebaldi and Mario del Monaco: Sedge LeBlang
View of Lincoln Center area before construction: The Metropolitan Opera®
Early design concept for Lincoln Center: The Metropolitan Opera®
Chorus rehearsal for Die Zauberflöte with Kurt Adler, Walter Taussig and Bruno Walter: Sedge LeBlang
Cast of Die Zauberflöte: The Metropolitan Opera®
Final scene from Die Zauberflöte with Brian Sullivan, Jerome Hines, and Lucine Amara: Sedge LeBlang
George London as Scarpia and Maria Callas as Tosca on the Ed Sullivan television show: The Metropolitan Opera®
Cesare Siepi as Don Giovanni: Louis Mélançon The Metropolitan Opera®
Eleanor Steber, Rosalind Elias, and Regina Resnik: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Mario del Monaco as Canio: Gjon Mili
Audience arriving for premiere of Wozzeck: Gjon Mili
Birgit Nilsson with poster announcing her debut: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Leonie Rysanek and George London in Der Fliegende Holländer: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Backstage after their debuts in Il Trovatore, Franco Corelli and Leontyne Price with Rudolf Bing: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Act II of Turandot: The Metropolitan Opera®
Joan Sutherland in her debut as Lucia: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Otello curtain call for James McCracken: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Triumphal scene from Aida with Carlo Bergonzi as Radames: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Judith Raskin, Leonard Bernstein, and Gabriella Tucci in rehearsal for Falstaff: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Gabriella Tucci, Regina Resnik, and Rosalind Elias in rehearsal for Falstaff: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Franco Zeffirelli and Regina Resnik in rehearsal for Falstaff: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Scene from Act II, Scene 2 of Falstaff: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Lisa Della Casa: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
With the New York State Theater and Philharmonic Hall finished, work on the new opera house continues: The Metropolitan Opera®
The auditorium of the new Met under construction as viewed from the stage: Opera News
Teachers and students make their way to the nearly finished opera house: Louis Mélançon
Zinka Milanov says farewell to the Met audience: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
The auditorium of the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center: The Metropolitan Opera®
The control panel in the old house and the sophisticated new equipment of the new Met at Lincoln Center: The Metropolitan Opera®
Opening night, new Metropolitan Opera House: The Metropolitan Opera®
Justino Díaz and Leontyne Price in Antony and Cleopatra: Opera News
Renata Tebaldi in La Gioconda: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Robert Merrill and Anna Moffo in Act II La Traviata: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Rehearsal for Die Frau ohne Schatten: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, and Leonie Rysanek in Die Frau ohne Schatten: Frank Dunand/The Metropolitan Opera Guild
Scene from Lohengrin: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Scene from Peter Grimes with Jon Vickers in the title role: Frank Dunand/The Metropolitan Opera Guild
Nicolai Gedda as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte: Frank Dunand/The Metropolitan Opera Guild
Final scene of Die Zauberflöte with Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines, Pilar Lorengar: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
National Company performance of La Bohème: Martha Swope
Franco Corelli, John Macurdy, Mirella Freni in Roméo et Juliette: Frank Dunand / Metropolitan Opera Guild
Birgit Nilsson backstage preparation for Die Walküre: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Die Walküre curtain call with Herbert von Karajan, Régine Crespin, Birgit Nilsson, and Thomas Stewart: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Montserrat Caballé, Richard Tucker, Sherrill Milnes in Luisa Miller: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Luciano Pavarotti backstage before his Met debut as Rodolfo in La Bohème: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Plácido Domingo at his Met debut with Renata Tebaldi: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Reri Grist as Sophie and Christa Ludwig as Octavian in Act II of Der Rosenkavalier: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne in Norma: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Birgit Nilsson and Jess Thomas in Act II of Tristan und Isolde: Frank Dunand/The Metropolitan Opera Guild
James Levine conducting the University Circle Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music, circa 1970: The Metropolitan Opera®
The company bids farewell to Rudolf Bing: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Act I of Carmen: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Jon Vickers as Aeneas in Les Troyens: Louis Mélançon / The Metropolitan Opera®
Martti Talvela as Boris Godunov: Frank Dunand/The Metropolitan Opera Guild
Beverly Sills as Pamina in The Siege of Corinth: James Heffernan
Opening scene from Dialogues des Carmélites: James Heffernan
Renato Scotto as Mimì and Luciano Pavarotti as Rodolfo in Act III of La Bohème: James Heffernan
James Levine and John Dexter, circa 1978: Peter Schaaf
The execution of Billy Budd: James Heffernan
Teresa Stratas with Nedda Casei, Louis Wohlafka, Joann Grillo, Klara Barlow, Isola Jones, and Gwynn Cornell: James Heffernan
Plácido Domingo as Otello: James Heffernan
Teresa Stratas as Lulu and Franz Mazura as Dr. Schön: William Harris/The Metropolitan Opera Guild
Luciano Pavarotti as Idomeneo: James Heffernan
Act III of Idomeneo: James Heffernan
Rinaldo curtain call with Dano Raffanti, Benita Valente, Marilyn Horne, Edda Moser, Samuel Ramey: James Heffernan
Charles Williams as Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess: William Harris/The Metropolitan Opera Guild
New York Times clipping of Birgit Nilsson, Franco Zeffirelli, James Levine, Eva Marton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Plácido Domingo backstage at a Turandot performance: Ruby Washington/New York Times
1988 Met finalists: Beth Bergman
Hildegard Behrens as Brünnhilde and James Morris as Wotan in Die Walküre: The Metropolitan Opera®
Matti Salminen as Hagan in Götterdämmerung: William Harris/The Metropolitan Opera Guild
Final scene of Die Zauberflöte: Hans Fahrmeyer
The Ghosts of Versailles: The Metropolitan Opera®
Tatiana Troyanos as Isabella in The Voyage: The Metropolitan Opera®
Kartia Mattila, James and Ben Heppner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: The Metropolitan Opera®
Joseph Volpe and Valery Gergiev: Beth Bergman
Deborah Voigt as Ariadne: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Deborah Voigt as Ariadne and Natalie Dessay as Zerbinetta: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Renée Fleming as Susannah: Christian Stiener
Dawn Upshaw, Jerry Hadley and Mark Baker in The Great Gatsby: The Metropolitan Opera®
Audience watches live relay of Plácido Domingo as Otello from the plaza: Steve J. Sherman
Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Anna Netrebko in War and Peace: The Metropolitan Opera®
Finale of War and Peace with Samuel Ramey as General Kutuzov: The Metropolitan Opera®
Catherine Malfitano and Kim Josephson in A View from the Bridge: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Gregory Turay as Rodolfo in A View from the Bridge: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Kim Begley and Karita Mattila in Jenufa: Henry Grossman/The Metropolitan Opera®
Part I of Les Troyens: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Katarina Dalayman, Jane Eaglen, Ben Heppner and René Pape in Tristan und Isolde: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
Julie Kent, Victor Chernomortsev and Wendy White in Le Rossignol: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Renée Fleming as Imogene in Il Pirata: The Metropolitan Opera®
Neil Shicoff as Eleazar in La Juive: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
Kristine Jepson, Marcello Giordani, Eduardo Valdes, and Isabel Bayrakdarian in Benvenuto Cellini: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
John Tomlinson as Moses in Moses und Aron: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
Susan Graham as Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
Roberto Alagna as Werther and Vessalina Kasarova as Charlotte in Werther: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
Scene from Act I of The Queen of Spades: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Christine Goerke, Hei-Kyung Hong and Thomas Hampson in Don Giovanni: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Phillip Ens and Thomas Hampson in Don Giovanni: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Karita Mattila in the title role of Salome: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus singing "Va Pensiero" from Nabucco: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
James Morris as Wotan in Das Rheingold: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
A scene from Das Rheingold: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
The conclusion of Das Rheingold: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
Deborah Voigt and Plácido Domingo in Die Walküre: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera®
Elena Zaremba and James Morris in Siegfried: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Jon Frederic West and Jane Eaglen in Götterdämmerung: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Jane Eaglen in the immolation scene of Götterdämmerung: Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera®
Matthew Polenzani as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera®
Act II, Scene 1 of Rodelinda: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera®
René Pape as Méphistophélès in Faust: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera®
Scene from Act I of Cyrano de Bergerac: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera ®
Plácido Domingo as Cyrano and Sondra Radvanovsky as Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera®