Get ready for some spectacular nights under the stars. The Metropolitan Opera is bringing back its beloved 17th Summer HD Festival.
Running from September 2 to September 7, this outdoor cinema event features five thrilling performances from the company’s celebrated Live in HD series.
Every night, they set up approximately 2,500 seats right in front of the opera house.
The best part? The showings are completely free. Seating is general admission on a first-come, first-served basis, meaning no advance tickets or reservations are required.
The 2026 screening schedule
Here is the full lineup of incredible performances you can catch on the plaza:
- Wednesday, September 2 at 8 PM: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Act I. A revelatory new production of the transcendent meditation on love and death. (Approx. 1 hour, 25 minutes)
- Thursday, September 3 at 8 PM: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Acts II and III. (Approx. 2 hours, 35 minutes)
- Friday, September 4 at 7:30 PM: Bellini’s I Puritani. A world-beating quartet of stars takes the stage for this bel canto masterpiece. (Approx. 3 hours)
- Saturday, September 5 at 8 PM: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. A timeless story of love and regret following a naïve country girl and an aloof Onegin. (Approx. 2 hours, 40 minutes)
- Sunday, September 6 at 8 PM: Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego. A magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple reuniting on the Day of the Dead. (Approx. 2 hours)
- Monday, September 7 at 8 PM: Puccini’s La Bohème. A picture-perfect production that brings 19th-century Paris straight to the Met stage. (Approx. 2 hours, 5 minutes)
What to know before you go
To keep things safe and organized, Josie Robertson Plaza will be cleared and secured two hours before each HD screening.
You can grab your seats when all guests are welcomed back at designated access points exactly one hour prior to the start of the presentation.
Additionally, all of the Met’s HD Festival presentations will include full open captions to ensure everyone can follow along with the drama on screen.