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Metropolitan Opera House is the Metropolitan Opera's multi-tiered Lincoln Center auditorium for repertory opera and new productions.

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Lincoln in the Bardo

Tuesday, November 3 at 7:30 PM · Ticket information

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  • Restaurant

    Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi ↗

    A reservation-oriented restaurant inside David Geffen Hall for a full meal before a Lincoln Center performance; confirm service and reservation timing.

  • Restaurant

    The Smith — Lincoln Square ↗

    A Broadway brasserie for a more casual pre-performance meal near the Lincoln Center campus; reserve when useful and allow for service time.

  • Quick bite

    Breads Bakery — Lincoln Square ↗

    A bakery and café on Broadway for coffee, pastries, sandwiches, or a faster stop before the performance; check current counter hours.

  • Attraction

    New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ↗

    Visit performing-arts exhibitions and collections on the Lincoln Center campus before an evening event, checking gallery hours and closures first.

  • Attraction

    American Folk Art Museum ↗

    A compact museum by Lincoln Square that can fit before a matinee or evening performance; confirm the current exhibition and closing time.

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Date: Tue, Nov 3, 7:30 PM EST

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Venue: Metropolitan Opera House • Neighborhood: New York Metro • • Details

World Premiere - New Production October 19–November 14 George Saunders’s, Booker Prize–winning novel arrives at the Met in operatic form, with music by American composer Missy Mazzoli—hailed by The New Yorker as a “once-in-a-generation magician of the orchestra”—and libretto by Royce Vavrek. The supernatural story takes place in the “bardo,” a transitional plane between the end of this life and the beginning of the next, populated by those who resist all the powers of light and darkness and refuse to accept their fates. The action revolves around 11-year-old Willie, recently deceased son of Abraham Lincoln, whose grief-stricken visits to Willie’s tomb prevent his son’s spirit from moving on. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts an ensemble cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as Lincoln, alongside a superlative group of singers as the kaleidoscopic residents of the bardo, who band together to help Willie escape being trapped there for eternity—including soprano Christine Goerke, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo. Director Lileana Blain-Cruz has created an otherworldly setting for one of the great literary achievements of the 21st century.

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Date: Tue, Nov 3, 7:30 PM EST

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Venue: Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House • Neighborhood: New York Metro • • Details

Program: Mazzoli , Lincoln in the Bardo Performers: Metropolitan Opera; Yannick Nézet-Séguin , Conductor; Steven Osgood , Conductor; Lileana Blain-Cruz , Director; Peter Mattei , Lincoln

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Date: Wed, Nov 4, 7:30 PM EST

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Venue: Metropolitan Opera House • Neighborhood: New York Metro • • Details

Revival October 30–November 21 Cherubini’s rarely performed take on classic Greek tragedy stars leading diva Sonya Yoncheva as the ultimate woman scorned, the sorceress whose betrayal drives her to an unthinkable act of revenge. Clarion tenor Michael Spyres is Giasone, Medea’s unfaithful Argonaut husband, in David McVicar’s “impressive and enjoyable” (The New York Times) setting of the timeless myth.

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Date: Fri, Nov 6, 8:00 PM EST

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Venue: Metropolitan Opera House • Neighborhood: New York Metro • • Details

Revival November 1–May 27 Searing passion, edge-of-your-seat action, and a career-defining title role: No opera is more dramatic than Puccini’s classic thriller. The ever-popular story of a jealous diva, the ardent painter who loves her, and the villainous chief of police who tears them asunder features several of opera’s biggest stars in a grand, immersive production by David McVicar that transports audiences to three picturesque locations in Rome. Music Director Yannick Nézet- Séguin and Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni each take the podium.

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Date: Fri, Nov 6, 8:00 PM EST

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Venue: Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House • Neighborhood: New York Metro • • Details

Program: Puccini , Tosca Performers: Metropolitan Opera; Oksana Lyniv , Conductor; Sir David McVicar , Director; Saioa Hernández , Floria Tosca; SeokJong Baek , Mario Cavaradossi; Quinn Kelsey , Baron Scarpia

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Date: Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 PM EST

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Venue: Metropolitan Opera House • Neighborhood: New York Metro • • Details

World Premiere - New Production October 19–November 14 George Saunders’s, Booker Prize–winning novel arrives at the Met in operatic form, with music by American composer Missy Mazzoli—hailed by The New Yorker as a “once-in-a-generation magician of the orchestra”—and libretto by Royce Vavrek. The supernatural story takes place in the “bardo,” a transitional plane between the end of this life and the beginning of the next, populated by those who resist all the powers of light and darkness and refuse to accept their fates. The action revolves around 11-year-old Willie, recently deceased son of Abraham Lincoln, whose grief-stricken visits to Willie’s tomb prevent his son’s spirit from moving on. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts an ensemble cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as Lincoln, alongside a superlative group of singers as the kaleidoscopic residents of the bardo, who band together to help Willie escape being trapped there for eternity—including soprano Christine Goerke, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo. Director Lileana Blain-Cruz has created an otherworldly setting for one of the great literary achievements of the 21st century.

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Date: Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 PM EST

Format: OperaSee ticket options
Venue: Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House • Neighborhood: New York Metro • • Details

Program: Mazzoli , Lincoln in the Bardo Performers: Metropolitan Opera; Yannick Nézet-Séguin , Conductor; Steven Osgood , Conductor; Lileana Blain-Cruz , Director; Peter Mattei , Lincoln

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