Met Opera event

The Met’s new Tristan und Isolde premiered on March 9, 2026; the company scheduled a worldwide Met: Live in HD cinema transmission for March 21 and added a matinee performance on April 4. (metopera.org) The production brings a high-profile creative team — set designer Es Devlin, costume designer Clint Ramos, choreographer Annie-B Parson, projection designer Jason H. Thompson, video designer Ruth Hogben, and lighting designer John Torres — several of whom are making Met debuts. (metopera.org) As part of the run the Met is displaying a Gallery Met banner by artist Celia Paul on the house façade and will show the source artwork inside the opera house through April 7. (metopera.org) Early critical response highlighted Lise Davidsen’s vocal performance as “astonishing” and singled out Michael Spyres for luminous moments, while reviewers also described Yuval Sharon’s staging as bold and occasionally polarizing. (nytimes.com) The revival marks the company’s first presentation of Tristan und Isolde in roughly a decade and is also the first time Music Director Yannick Nézet‑Séguin has conducted Wagner’s Tristan at the Met. (classicalvoiceamerica.org) The Met lists the estimated running time at about 4 hours 50 minutes, with Act I ~85 minutes, Act II ~65 minutes, and Act III ~80 minutes. (metopera.org) The March 9 and March 21 performances were streamed live on the Met’s website and broadcast on Metropolitan Opera Radio via the SiriusXM app, and video cameras were scheduled specifically for March 17 and March 21 as part of the Live in HD series. (metopera.org)