Tickets are now on sale for the
20th anniversary season of THE MET: Live in HD!
Individual operas may be purchased be clicking on the links below.
The 2026-2027 Met Live Opera season in Sedona is
generously sponsored by Chris Fladlien.
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Met Live Opera: Live in HD series for the 2026-27 season. Once again, the festival will host the productions via satellite at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre, 2030 W. State Route 89A in West Sedona.
Each opera will be shown LIVE and then repeated the following Wednesday as an encore.
Met stars serve as hosts for the HD series, conducting live interviews with cast, crew, and production teams, and introducing the popular behind-the-scenes features.
The 2026-27 Met Live Operas coming up in the season are:
Mozart’s
Così fan tutte
REVIVAL
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Live: Saturday, Oct. 3 at 10:00 a.m.
Encore: Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 2:00 p.m.
There will be a pre-opera talk led by John Steinbrunner one hour before the LIVE performance on Saturday.
Conductor: Nimrod David Pfeffer
CAST: Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi), Samantha Hankey (Dorabella), Ana María Martínez (Despina), Duke Kim (Ferrando), Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Guglielmo), Gerald Finley (Don Alfonso)
The Met: Live in HD season opens with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley reprises his portrayal of the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina.
Overflowing with gorgeous melody, Mozart’s witty romantic comedy follows two sailors who switch places to test their fiancées’ faithfulness, with hilarious results. Hailed as “colorful, inventive” by The New York Times, Phelim McDermott’s (Satyagraha, Akhnaten, The Hours, The Enchanted Island) production updates the setting to an amusement park inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, featuring sword swallowers, fire breathers, contortionists, and more.
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Verdi’s
Macbeth
NEW PRODUCTION
Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei
Live: Saturday, Oct. 17 at 10:00 a.m.
Encore: Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 2:00 p.m.
There will be a pre-opera talk led by John Steinbrunner one hour before the LIVE performance on Saturday.
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
CAST: Lise Davidsen (Lady Macbeth), Freddie De Tommaso (Macduff), Quinn Kelsey (Macbeth), Ryan Speedo Green (Banquo)
Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists return to The Met: Live in HD for Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean tale of the scheming couple determined to seize power at any cost. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is the Scottish king haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent to the throne, opposite soprano Lise Davidsen as the power-mad Lady Macbeth, whose ruinous ambition damns them both. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for a penetrating production by Louisa Proske. Rounding out the all-star cast are tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo.
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Saint-Saëns
Samson et Dalila
REVIVAL
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns | Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire
Live: Saturday, Dec. 5 at 10:00 a.m.
Encore: Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 2:00 p.m.
There will be a pre-opera talk led by John Steinbrunner one hour before the LIVE performance on Saturday.
Conductor: Giacomo Sagripanti
CAST: Aigul Akhmetshina (Dalila), Clay Hilley (Samson), Quinn Kelsey (High Priest of Dagon), Alfred Walker (Abimélech), Morris Robinson (Old Hebrew)
Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece is a feast for the eyes and ears. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts an electrifying cast led by the formidable star pairing of mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley, transmitted live to cinemas worldwide.
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Puccini’s
La Fanciulla del West
NEW PRODUCTION
Music by Giacomo Puccini | Libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini
Live: Saturday, Jan. 23 at 11:00 a.m.
Encore: Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 2:00 p.m.
There will be a pre-opera talk led by John Steinbrunner one hour before the LIVE performance on Saturday.
Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson
CAST: Vida Miknevičiūtė (Minnie), SeokJong Baek (Dick Johnson), Christopher Maltman (Jack Rance)
Set during the California Gold Rush, Minnie, the gun-slinging tavern owner with a heart of gold, finds love in the arms of a dashing outlaw. Celebrated British director Richard Jones brings a new production of Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West to the Met, which marks the company’s first new staging of “La Fanciulla del West” in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Met debut as Minnie, starring alongside tenor SeokJong Baek as Dick Johnson.
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Puts’
Silent Night
MET PREMIERE
Music by Kevin Puts | Libretto by Mark Campbell
Live: Saturday, March 20 at 10:00 a.m.
Encore: Wednesday, March 24 at 2:00 p.m.
There will be a pre-opera talk led by John Steinbrunner one hour before the LIVE performance on Saturday.
Conductor: Dalia Stasevska
CAST: Elza van den Heever (Anna Sørensen), Ben Bliss (Nikolaus Sprink), Rolando Villazón (Ponchel), Ben Reisinger (Jonathan Dale), Mattia Olivieri (Lt. Audebert), Justin Austin (Lt. Gordon), Ryan McKinny (Lt. Horstmayer), Kyle Ketelsen (Father Palmer)
Following his smash-hit company debut with “The Hours”, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce, when soldiers spontaneously set aside the horrors of the First World War and crossed the trenches to mingle, exchange gifts, and sing carols with the enemy. A poignant depiction of shared humanity in the most inhumane circumstances, Puts’s grand, cinematic opera — with a libretto in English, French, and German by Mark Campbell — has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as “an overwhelming emotive experience” by The Guardian. The evocative staging by James Robinson takes the audience directly to the battlefields of the Western Front with a star-studded cast, featuring soprano Elza van den Heever and tenors Ben Bliss and Rolando Villazón, conducted by Maestro Dalia Stasevska live from the Met to cinemas worldwide.
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Massenet’s
Manon
REVIVAL
Music by Jules Massenet | Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille
Live: Saturday, April 3 at 9:00 a.m.
Encore: Wednesday, April 7 at 2:00 p.m.
There will be a pre-opera talk led by John Steinbrunner one hour before the LIVE performance on Saturday.
Conductor: Yves Abel
CAST: Nadine Sierra (Manon), Matthew Polenzani (Chevalier des Grieux), Carlo Bosi (Guillot de Morfontaine), Andrzej Filończyk (Lescaut), Rod Gilfry (de Brétigny), Jean Teitgen (Comte des Grieux)
A masterpiece of the French repertoire, Massenet’s passionate drama follows the young Manon on her journey from Parisian glamour to tragic downfall. Following her radiant performance in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” — which garnered raves for “high notes that spun like liquid gold … Sierra touched the operatic firmament” (The New York Times) — superstar soprano Nadine Sierra takes on another alluring French heroine, the irresistible title character of Massenet’s passionate drama, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. Leading tenor Matthew Polenzani is her idealistic lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, with rising-star baritone Andrzej Filończyk as her stalwart cousin, Lescaut, in a breathtaking staging by director Laurent Pelly.
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Verdi’s
Otello
REVIVAL
Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto by Arrigo Boito
Live: Saturday, April 24 at 10:00 a.m.
Encore: Wednesday, April 28 at 2:00 p.m.
There will be a pre-opera talk led by John Steinbrunner one hour before the LIVE performance on Saturday.
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
CAST: Ailyn Pérez (Desdemona), Deborah Nansteel (Emilia), Brian Jagde (Otello), Piotr Buszewski (Cassio), Artur Ruciński (Iago), Vitalij Kowaljow (Lodovico)
Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy follows a triumphant war hero driven to destruction by jealousy and his enemies’ hatred. One of today’s leading dramatic tenors, Brian Jagde, takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, live to cinemas worldwide. Verdi’s “Otello” also features soprano Ailyn Pérez in her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Artur Ruciński as the sinister Iago. Michele Mariotti leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.
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Wagner’s
Parsifal
REVIVAL
Composed by Richard Wagner | Libretto by the composer
Live: Saturday, June 5 at 9:00 a.m.
Encore: Wednesday, June 9 at 12:00 p.m.
There will be a pre-opera talk led by John Steinbrunner one hour before the LIVE performance on Saturday.
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
CAST: Elīna Garanča (Kundry), Piotr Beczała (Parsifal), Peter Mattei (Amfortas), Ryan Speedo Green (Klingsor), Jongmin Park (Gurnemanz), Alfred Walker (Titurel)
Wagner’s epic final opera, set in a sacred realm of ritual and mystery. A profound philosophical meditation on compassion and reconciliation, this transcendent rendering of a medieval knight’s heroic quest for the Holy Grail returns to the big screen in François Girard’s celebrated production, a “thoughtful and intrepid staging, full of striking imagery” (The New York Times). Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast of Wagnerian superstars, including tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as the enigmatic Kundry, baritone Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the sorcerer Klingsor, and bass Jongmin Park as the wise Gurnemanz.
Tickets are $28 general admission, $25 for Film Festival members, and $18 for full-time students. For more information, please call the Sedona International Film Festival at 928-282-1177 or visit the office at 2030 W. State Route 89A, Suite B2 in West Sedona.
The 2026-2027 Met Live Opera season in Sedona is
generously sponsored by Chris Fladlien.
