The 23/24 cinema season presents three Met premieres, opening with Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking, based on the memoir by Sister Helen Prejean and featuring extraordinary mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. In November, Anthony Davis's X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X debuts with baritone Will Liverman as the legendary civil rights leader. Then, soprano Ailyn Pérez headlines the late Mexican composer Daniel Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas, just the third Spanish-language opera in Met history.

Two new productions of popular favorites are sure to be highlights of the season as well. Director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut with a new production of Bizet's Carmen, with rising mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina in the title role. And superstar soprano Lise Davidsen features in a new production of Verdi's La Forza del Destino, the first Met performances of this stirring drama since 2006.

There are also top-notch revivals featuring the world's greatest singers, including leading soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska as Abigaille in Verdi's Nabucco, Gounod's Roméo et Juliette with radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and acclaimed tenor Benjamin Bernheim as the star-crossed lovers, incandescent soprano Angel Blue headlining Puccini's La Rondine, and the highly anticipated Met debut of soprano Asmik Grigorian in the title role of Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

This mix of premieres, new productions and beloved classics will make for a thrilling season for opera lovers worldwide. Learn more about The Met: Live in HD >