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Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
28 Apr 2026, Tue
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7:30 PM
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic ad...
Composer:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Cast:
Asmik Grigorian,
Igor Golovatenko,
.... + 6
Eugene Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
ACT I
Russia, 19th century. Autumn in the country. On the Larin estate. Madame Larina reflects upon the days before she married, when she was courted by her husband but loved another. She is now a widow with two daughters: Tatiana and Olga. While Tatiana spends her time reading novels, with whose heroines she closely identifies, Olga is being courted by their neighbor, the poet Lenski. He arrives ... Read More
Eugene Onegin
Opera
28 Apr 2026, Tue
•
7:30 PM
Giacomo Puccini chose the subject of his sixth opera after attending a performance of David Belasco’s single-act play, Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, in London in June 1900. Thi...
Cast:
Antonino Fogliani,
Stephen Costello,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act 1
1. A short orchestral prelude with a busy, fugal opening theme, followed by a second theme of more overtly Japanese character, leads straight into the opening scene.
2. E soffitto e pareti ("And ceiling and walls"). Pinkerton and Goro are inspecting a small house which sits on a hill and overlooks the bay. Goro has found the house for Pinkerton and his bride, and is showing him t ... Read More
Madama Butterfly
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
29 Apr 2026, Wed
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7 PM
In his production of Aida director Calixto Bieito focuses on the Kammerspiel-like passages of the opera as well as the conflict between the political events surrounding the piece at the time...
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Marina Rebeka,
René Pape,
.... + 7
Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
Aida
Opera
Prague National Theatre, The Estates Theatre
29 Apr 2026, Wed
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7 PM
The famed musical fairy tale about fidelity and wisdom, as it all played out in Mozart’s imagination.
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
Jaroslav Kyzlink,
Diana Schnürpel,
.... + 7
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
Die Zauberflöte
Opera
29 Apr 2026, Wed
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8 PM
Giacomo Puccini chose the subject of his sixth opera after attending a performance of David Belasco’s single-act play, Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, in London in June 1900. Thi...
Cast:
Antonino Fogliani,
Andrey Zhilikhovsky,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act 1
1. A short orchestral prelude with a busy, fugal opening theme, followed by a second theme of more overtly Japanese character, leads straight into the opening scene.
2. E soffitto e pareti ("And ceiling and walls"). Pinkerton and Goro are inspecting a small house which sits on a hill and overlooks the bay. Goro has found the house for Pinkerton and his bride, and is showing him t ... Read More
Madama Butterfly
Opera
30 Apr 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
This production of Tosca at the Mikhailovsky Theatre is performed as its composer intended, convincingly and considerately following the drama of the music.
Cast:
Mikhailovsky Theatre Orchestra
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
Bolshoi Theatre, New Stage
30 Apr 2026, Thu
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7 PM
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica based on Henry Murger’s novel Scenes de la Vie de Bohème.
Cast:
Bolshoi Theatre Children’s Choir,
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus,
.... + 1
La bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Scene I
A Garret
In an unheated garret Marcello, an artist, is working on his canvas “Crossing the Red Sea”. He has difficulty holding his brush because the cold has so cramped his fingers. His friend, the poet Rodolfo, enviously looks at the smoke emerging from the smokestacks of the well-heated Parisian houses. Marcello sadly muses o ... Read More
Opera
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
30 Apr 2026, Thu
•
7:30 PM
Lieutenant Pinkerton has fallen in love with the geisha Cio-Cio-San, known as Madama Butterfly, and wants to marry her according to Japanese custom without entering into a permanent relationship.
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Staatskapelle Berlin,
Keri-Lynn Wilson,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act 1
1. A short orchestral prelude with a busy, fugal opening theme, followed by a second theme of more overtly Japanese character, leads straight into the opening scene.
2. E soffitto e pareti ("And ceiling and walls"). Pinkerton and Goro are inspecting a small house which sits on a hill and overlooks the bay. Goro has found the house for Pinkerton and his bride, and is showing him t ... Read More
Madama Butterfly
Opera
30 Apr 2026, Thu
•
7:30 PM
Giacomo Puccini chose the subject of his sixth opera after attending a performance of David Belasco’s single-act play, Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, in London in June 1900. Thi...
Cast:
Antonino Fogliani,
Stephen Costello,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act 1
1. A short orchestral prelude with a busy, fugal opening theme, followed by a second theme of more overtly Japanese character, leads straight into the opening scene.
2. E soffitto e pareti ("And ceiling and walls"). Pinkerton and Goro are inspecting a small house which sits on a hill and overlooks the bay. Goro has found the house for Pinkerton and his bride, and is showing him t ... Read More
Madama Butterfly
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