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Best Classical & Opera This Spring

in New York

The Pirates of Penzance at Todd Haimes Theatre

The Pirates of Penzance

Set sail with the legendary Gilbert and Sullivan for this high spirited, jazzed-up reimagining of the classic adventure on the high seas! A delight for audiences of all ages since 1879, it features a side-splitting, swashbuckling story with jazz and blues-infused reworks of the some of the duo's most beloved melodies, including the unforgettable lyrical labyrinth that is 'The Modern Major General's Song'!

Apr 4, 2025 - May 31, 2025

Todd Haimes Theatre

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Metropolitan Opera - Aida at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera - Aida

The Egyptian-inspired epic returns to delight audiences once more as part of the Metropolitan Opera's 2024/25 season. The story of an Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radames, be swept up by Verdi's monumental score and the shimmering glory of this exciting, brand-new staging from Michael Mayer!

Mar 14, 2025 - May 9, 2025

Metropolitan Opera House

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Metropolitan Opera: Salome at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera: Salome

Rich and intense, Salome is the equal parts shocking and thrilling tale of a petulant and beautiful Princess, the stepdaughter of the lecherous King Herod, and the dark path that her lustful wiles drag her down. Based on Oscar Wilde's famously passionate play, Richard Strauss' operatic adaptation is a creative masterpiece that continues to linger in your mind. Don't miss this exciting new version from the Metropolitan Opera from Claus Guth, moving the action from ancient times to the Victorian era.

Apr 29, 2025 - May 24, 2025

Metropolitan Opera House

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Metropolitan Opera - La Boheme at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera - La Boheme

Franco Zeffirelli's spectacular production returns to the Met once more. One of the most recognizable productions in the world, Zeffirelli's La Boheme has grown into one of the most beloved Met traditions. Prepare to be transported to the snowy streets of 19th Century Paris, where Puccini's group of ill-fated bohemians collide in this epic tale of romance and tragedy that echoes through the ages.

Mar 5, 2025 - May 29, 2025

Metropolitan Opera House

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Anne-Sophie Mutter at Isaac Stern Auditorium

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Anne-Sophie Mutter has achieved much in her four-decade long music career, let alone being named of the greatest violin virtuosos of our time. She was awarded the esteemed Siemens Music Prize in 2008, was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London at just 22-years old, and has received four Grammy awards for solo orchestral and chamber music performances.

Apr 3, 2025 - May 6, 2025

Isaac Stern Auditorium

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Metropolitan Opera - Moby Dick at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera - Moby Dick

A vengeful obsession becomes a deadly pursuit for the crew of the Pequod as their Captain takes them across the thrashing sea in search of a monstrous whale in this much anticipated Met Opera premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's 'blaze of glory' operatic adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel.

Metropolitan Opera - The Queen of Spades at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera - The Queen of Spades

One man's dangerous obsession with winning at the card tables drives this devastating tale of terror from Pytor and Modest Tchaikovsky. In a sweeping production from Elijah Moshinsky, we're taken back to the St. Petersburgh of Catherine The Great, where opulence and terror walk hand in hand as we follow a desperate soldier whose mission to rise above his station via the gaming tables proves to be his chaotic undoing. Bursting with Russian romanticism, The Queen of Spades is an intense and sweeping work that asks how high would you bet on the odds of success.

Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio

Beethoven's only opera fizzes with heroism, sweeping you up in the story and glorious score. An unmissable ode to freedom, justice, and liberty, Fidelio is the tale of Leonore (played by Lise Davidsen), a determined woman who creates a daring plan to free her husband from secret imprisonment. Conducted by Susanna Malkki, The Met moves the action from 18th Century Seville to a contemporary prison setting.

Metropolitan Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro

Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro returns to the Met, in this brilliant production by Sir Richard Eyre. Yet another madcap escapade, we re-join the iconic characters of Figaro, Rosina and Count Almivira from The Barber of Seville, and the servants that have to outwit their increasingly outrageous behavior as the titular valet's nuptials approach.

Metropolitan Opera - Antony and Cleopatra at Metropolitan Opera House

Metropolitan Opera - Antony and Cleopatra

As part of the Metropolitan Opera's latest season comes this incredible production of John Adams' Egyptian epic, specially commissioned in 2022 by San Francisco Opera! Created in collaboration with stage director and librettist Elkhanah Pulitzer, Adams himself will be at the podium to conduct, overseeing Julia Bullock and Gerald Finely playing Shakespeare's ultimate power couple.

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