• Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Mariusz Treliński’s new staging,

which sets the grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and

family strife in a contemporary world and makes extensive use

of the Met’s turntable to represent the unstoppable advance of

destiny that drives the opera’s chain of calamitous events.

• The staging not only marks the company’s first new production

of the work in nearly 30 years but also the first time that Live in HD

audiences can experience Verdi’s gripping tragedy.

• Following a string of recent Met triumphs—including Der

Rosenkavalier (2023) and Ariadne auf Naxos (2022)—soprano

sensation Lise Davidsen headlines as the noble Leonora, who

flees home after being forced to abandon the man she loves.

The distinguished cast also features tenor Brian Jagde as

Leonora’s forbidden beloved, Don Alvaro; baritone Igor

Golovatenko as her vengeful brother, Don Carlo; mezzo-soprano

Ekaterina Semenchuk as the fortune teller Preziosilla; bass-baritone

Patrick Carfizzi as Fra Melitone; and bass Soloman Howard as

both Leonora’s father and Padre Guardiano.