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Best Classical & Opera in October 2024

Metropolitan Opera: Tosca at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera: Tosca

Undoubtedly the most highly regarded and beloved works in the canon, Puccini's tragic tale of revenge and murder returns to the Met in Sir David McVicar's stunning production, with the sizzling trio Sondra Radvanosky, Lise Davidsen, and Aleksandra Kursak sharing the title role. Sit back and be transported to Rome on the edge of invasion in this marvelous melodrama. As perfect for first-timers as it is for seasoned audiences.

Metropolitan Opera - Rigoletto at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera - Rigoletto

Multi-Tony Award winning Director Barlett Sher's hit production of Verdi's powerful tragedy sees 1500s Mantua updated to the 1920s, with Art Deco-inspired sets and fantastic period costumes. Holding up a mirror to the eternal conflict of depravity and innocence, it's a boiling pot of revenge, punctuated by some of the great composer's most thrilling and unforgettable music.

Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore

One of Verdi's most outlandish operas returns to the Met guided by the capable hands of Sir David McVicar. A tale of mistaken identity, obsessive love and horrifying tragedy plays against a backdrop of the Spanish Civil War. Gypsies, counts, troubadours and noblewomen all cross paths in a breakneck tale of revenge. What is the connection between the partisan Manrico and the devious Count di Luna? What dark secret does the mysterious gypsy guard with her life? And will the faithful, virginal Leonora ever be with her beloved Manrico?

Metropolitan Opera - Ainadamar at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera - Ainadamar

A night of debuts at the Metropolitan Opera will be happening this fall as conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya and director and choreographer of Cirque Du Soleil fame, Deborah Colker make their first appearances with a new production of Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar. Golijov's work, a dramatization of the life and death of poet Federico Garca Lorca, first debuted in Massachusetts in 2003. The cast includes soprano Angel Blue, mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack, and in yet another Met debut, Alfredo Tejada. A powerful opera of love and war that will take your breath away, and can't be missed!

Metropolitan Opera - Grounded at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera - Grounded

Metropolitan Opera present Grounded, a new production from Tony Award-winner Jeanine Tesori specially commissioned by the Met and adapted from the 2012-written play of the same name by George Brant. The story centers around Jess, a pilot who used soar through the skies in an F-16, but now must grapple with the disconnect between her family life and the traumatic realities of her work.

New York City Ballet: Coppelia at David H Koch Theater

New York City Ballet: Coppelia

This delightful masterpiece performed by the iconic New York City Ballet tells the enchanting story of a whimsical inventor and his astonishing creation. This lifelike doll sparks both curiosity and chaos in a quaint village. For more than a century, Copplia has been enchanting audiences. In 1974, when Balanchine decided to add Copplia to NYCB's repertory, he took the opportunity to update the ballet, adding some male solos gently, more pas de deux, and a new third act.