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Listen to Manon Lescaut: "Donna non vidi mai" by Luciano Pavarotti, James Levine & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

Manon Lescaut: "Donna non vidi mai"Luciano Pavarotti, James Levine & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Listen to Carmen, WD 31, Act I: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" by Marilyn Horne, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, The Manhattan Opera Chorus & John Mauceri, see lyrics, music video & more!

Carmen, WD 31, Act I: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"Marilyn Horne, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, The Manhattan Opera Chorus & John Mauceri

Listen to The Hours, Act I: Here on This Corner (Clarissa) [Live] by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Renée Fleming, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Hours, Act I: Here on This Corner (Clarissa) [Live]Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Renée Fleming

Listen to Aida: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! Celeste Aida (Radamès) by Plácido Domingo, Aprile Millo, James Morris, Samuel Ramey, Terry Cook, Dolora Zajick, James Levine, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, see lyrics, music video & more!

Aida: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! Celeste Aida (Radamès)Plácido Domingo, Aprile Millo, James Morris, Samuel Ramey, Terry Cook, Dolora Zajick, James Levine, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Listen to The Barber of Seville: "Largo al factotum" by Robert Merrill, Cesare Valletti, Fernando Corena, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi, Margaret Roggero, Calvin Marsh, Erich Leinsdorf, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Barber of Seville: "Largo al factotum"Robert Merrill, Cesare Valletti, Fernando Corena, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi, Margaret Roggero, Calvin Marsh, Erich Leinsdorf, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Listen to I puritani: Qui la voce sua soave (Live) by Anna Netrebko, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers, see lyrics, music video & more!

I puritani: Qui la voce sua soave (Live)Anna Netrebko, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Summertime (Live)Golda Schultz, David Robertson, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Listen to Das Rheingold, Scene 1: Vorspiel - Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle! by Lisette Oropesa, Jennifer Johnson, Tamara Mumford, Eric Owens, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine, see lyrics, music video & more!

Das Rheingold, Scene 1: Vorspiel - Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle!Lisette Oropesa, Jennifer Johnson, Tamara Mumford, Eric Owens, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine

Listen to Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I by The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act IThe Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine

Listen to The Hours, Act I: Prologue. Flowers... Flowers (Chorus) [Live] by The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Hours, Act I: Prologue. Flowers... Flowers (Chorus) [Live]The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Listen to Puts: The Hours (Live) by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Joyce DiDonato, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Kelli O'Hara & Renée Fleming

ALBUMPuts: The Hours (Live)Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Joyce DiDonato, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Kelli O'Hara & Renée Fleming

Albums by The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Listen to Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11 (Live) by The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Yannick Nézet-Séguin

ALBUMVerdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11 (Live)The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Yannick Nézet-Séguin

ALBUMVerdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11 (Live)The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani & Eric Owens

Listen to Mozart: The Magic Flute, K. 620 by Roberta Peters, Jerome Hines, Brian Sullivan, Lucine Amara, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Bruno Walter

ALBUMMozart: The Magic Flute, K. 620Roberta Peters, Jerome Hines, Brian Sullivan, Lucine Amara, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Bruno Walter

Listen to Verdi: A Masked Ball (Highlights) [2021 Remastered Version] by Marian Anderson, Dimitri Mitropoulos & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

ALBUMVerdi: A Masked Ball (Highlights) [2021 Remastered Version]Marian Anderson, Dimitri Mitropoulos & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Listen to Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58 by Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Jean Madeira, Thomas Stewart, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Karl Böhm

ALBUMStrauss: Elektra, Op. 58Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Jean Madeira, Thomas Stewart, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Karl Böhm

Listen to Strauss: Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215 by Birgit Nilsson, Karl Liebl, Walter Cassel, Irene Dalis, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Karl Böhm

ALBUMStrauss: Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215Birgit Nilsson, Karl Liebl, Walter Cassel, Irene Dalis, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Karl Böhm

Listen to Shakespeare in Music, Vol. 8 by Leonie Rysanek, Erich Leinsdorf, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leonard Warren, William Olvis, Harold Sternberg, Emilia Cundari, Osie Hawkins, Jerome Hines, Mildred Allen & Carlo Bergonzi

ALBUMShakespeare in Music, Vol. 8Leonie Rysanek, Erich Leinsdorf, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leonard Warren, William Olvis, Harold Sternberg, Emilia Cundari, Osie Hawkins, Jerome Hines, Mildred Allen & Carlo Bergonzi

Listen to Two Boys by David Robertson & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

ALBUMTwo BoysDavid Robertson & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Listen to Simon Boccanegra (Recorded 1960) by Frank Guarrera, Zinka Milanov, Giorgio Tozzi, Carlo Bergonzi, Ezio Flagello, Norman Scott, Robert Nagy, Marie Janger, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Dimitri Mitropoulos

ALBUMSimon Boccanegra (Recorded 1960)Frank Guarrera, Zinka Milanov, Giorgio Tozzi, Carlo Bergonzi, Ezio Flagello, Norman Scott, Robert Nagy, Marie Janger, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Dimitri Mitropoulos

Listen to Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Live Recording 1947) by Daniza Ilitsch, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jan Peerce, Pierrette Alarie, Leonard Warren, Giacomo Vaghi, Margaret Harshaw, Lorenzo Alvary, Giuseppe Antonicelli & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

ALBUMVerdi: Un ballo in maschera (Live Recording 1947)Daniza Ilitsch, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jan Peerce, Pierrette Alarie, Leonard Warren, Giacomo Vaghi, Margaret Harshaw, Lorenzo Alvary, Giuseppe Antonicelli & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra's Popular Music Videos

Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug: The Ride of the Valkyries

Kelly Cae Hogan, Molly Fillmore, Marjorie Elinor Dix, Mary Phillips, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Eve Gigliotti, Mary Ann McCormick, Lindsay Ammann, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine

Requiem: II. Dies irae: No. 1, Dies irae (The Met Remembers 9/11 - Live)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Requiem: Ia. Requiem: Requiem aeternam (The Met Remembers 9/11 - Live)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Requiem: II. Dies irae: No. 2, Tuba mirum (The Met Remembers 9/11 - Live)

Eric Owens, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Requiem: II. Dies irae: No. 5, Rex tremendae (The Met Remembers 9/11 - Live)

Eric Owens, Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Requiem: Ib. Requiem: Kyrie eleison (The Met Remembers 9/11 - Live)

Matthew Polenzani, Eric Owens, Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Requiem: II. Dies irae: No. 3, Liber scriptus (The Met Remembers 9/11 - Live)

Michelle DeYoung, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Requiem: II. Dies irae: No. 4, Quid sum, miser! (The Met Remembers 9/11 - Live)

Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani, Ailyn Pérez, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Requiem: II. Dies irae: No. 6, Recordare (The Met Remembers 9/11 - Live)

Michelle DeYoung, Ailyn Pérez, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Eurydice: Act II: This is what it is to love an artist (Live)

Erin Morley, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Artist Biography

New York's Metropolitan Opera Orchestra dates back as an established ensemble almost to the Metropolitan Opera's founding in the 1880s. New York upper-crust families launched an effort to establish a world-class opera company in 1880, and the Metropolitan Opera was launched with the 1883-1884 season. Important early conductors included Alfred Hertz, Gustav Mahler, and Arturo Toscanini. Through the middle of the 20th century and beyond, the Metropolitan Opera was led by conductors who were also prominent in the field of orchestral music. The company pioneered operatic broadcasts on radio (from 1930) and television (from 1940), which arguably increased the prominence of the orchestra. Doubtless, the most significant of the orchestra's more recent conductors has been James Levine. Levine was succeeded by Fabio Luisi and by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director since 2018. The orchestra has issued several recordings independent of operatic productions, including A Concert for Ukraine in 2022.

Hometown

New York, NY, United States

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Classical