Maestro Nézet-Séguin returns to the podium to conduct the opera about the life of boxer Emile Griffith. Following the historic Met premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Terence Blanchard’s first opera, Champion, arrives in April 2023. Maestro Nézet-Séguin will conduct François Girard’s new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin with Beczała in the title role and a cast featuring sopranos Tamara Wilson, Elena Stikhina, and Christine Goerke.

A New Year’s Eve Gala premiere will welcome McVicar’s second new staging of the season, Giordano’s Fedora, starring soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role alongside tenor Piotr Beczała and soprano Rosa Feola, with Marco Armiliato conducting.

In November, the world-premiere staging of Kevin Puts’s The Hours, based on the acclaimed novel by Michael Cunningham that was adapted into the 2002 Oscar-winning film, arrives on the Met stage with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting a trio of star singers: soprano Renée Fleming - who makes her highly anticipated return to the Met - soprano Kelli O’Hara, and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. Opening Night is September 27 with the company premiere of Cherubini’s Medea, starring soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role alongside tenor Matthew Polenzani in David McVicar’s new staging, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Ten operas will be transmitted live to cinemas across the globe as part of The Met: Live in HD seriesįOR MORE ABOUT THE 2022-23 SEASON CLICK HERE The roster of artists includes Roberto Alagna, Piotr Beczała, Angel Blue, Javier Camarena, Lise Davidsen, Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Christine Goerke, Ryan Speedo Green, Kelli O’Hara, Matthew Polenzani, Sondra Radvanovsky, Sonya Yoncheva, and moreĭebuting conductors include Manfred Honeck, Nathalie Stutzmann, and Jaap van Zweden Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct The Hours, Lohengrin, Champion, and La bohème

The Metropolitan Opera announces the most new productions in ten seasons, featuring the world-premiere staging of The Hours, the company premieres of Champion and Medea, and four more: Fedora, Lohengrin, Don Giovanni, and Die Zauberflöte.

Met opera schedule november 2014