The Met: Live in HD – The Varsity Cinema

The Metropolitan Opera: Arabella – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera

Sat, Nov 22

Director: Nicholas Carter Run Time: 252 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: German

Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production...

Sat, Dec 13

Sat, Dec 13 @ 12:00 pm: Live in HD!

Director: Daniele Rustioni Run Time: 211 min. Release Year: 2025

Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and...

Opens on January 10

Director: Marco Armiliato Run Time: 227 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Italian

When it comes to beautiful melodies, captivating coloratura and virtuoso vocal fireworks, few operas can match Bellini’s I...

Opens on March 21

Director: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Run Time: 312 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: German

The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in...

Opens on May 2

Director: Timur Zangiev Run Time: 245 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Russian

Soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation...

Opens on May 30

Director: Deborah Colker, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Run Time: 158 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish

American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and...