Special Events
Met Opera: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Jan 24
Run Time: 187 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Andrzej Filończyk, Edward Nelson, Lauren Snouffer, Miles Mykkanen, Sun-Ly Pierce
Added due to popular demand, the Met-premiere production of Mason Bates’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay...
Chevalier – Presented with the Des Moines Symphony
- Tue, Jan 27
Director: Stephen Williams Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Alex Fitzalan, Jr., Kelvin Harrison, Lucy Boynton, Minnie Driver, Samara Weaving
The true untold story.
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Mar 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...
The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, 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...
The Metropolitan Opera: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, 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...