Terence Blanchard's 'Fire Shut Up In My Bones' will open the much anticipated Met Opera's 2021/22 season. Not only is this one of the first productions to resume after a year of cancellations but, more importantly, it is also the first opera by an African American composer to be performed on the Met stage.

Christoph Willibald Gluck's four part opera returns to the Met! The French opera has been performed on stages the world over since 1779, and this production marks 105 years since it made its Met premiere in 1916! Iphigenie En Tauride is an epic tale, set in ancient Greece in the years before the Trojan war.

Sworn against love by the death of her mother, proud Princess Turandot prefers watching her suitors meet a grisly end and having their heads placed on spikes at the palace gates, yet they still vie to win her hand. When Calaf takes up the challenge, the unattainable beauty may have met her match in this lavish spectacle and final masterpiece from Puccini.

Join the Met Opera for an extra special concert performance when Russian superstar Anna Netrebko performs alongside the Met Orchestra and conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Expect to hear some of her best-loved pieces, offering audiences a glimpse of her impressive talents and range. Netrebko is also due to perform in the 2021/22 Met productions of 'Le Nozze di Figaro' and 'Turandot'.

For the first time in 7 years, composer and librettist Richard Wagner's superb comedy returns to the Met stage. Known for being among the longest operas performed, it's only right that the award winning conductor Sir Antonio Pappano will be taking the stand in leading the Metropolitan Opera on this journey.