High Notes: September at the Met

The eagerly anticipated 2023–24 season opens on Tuesday, September 26, with the Met premiere of Jake Heggie’s soul-stirring Dead Man Walking, based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her ministry on death row. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [The Metropolitan Opera]( [High Notes - September]( [ALL THE STORIES ON ONE STAGE]( Opening Night Is September 26 The eagerly anticipated 2023–24 season opens on Tuesday, September 26, with the Met premiere of Jake Heggie’s soul-stirring Dead Man Walking, based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her ministry on death row. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato brings her definitive portrayal of Sister Helen to the Met, alongside bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as condemned murderer Joseph De Rocher. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to lead a haunting new production by director Ivo van Hove. It’s just the first of 18 extraordinary operas on offer this season at the Met—where all the stories are on one stage! Continuing a Met tradition, the Opening Night performance will also be transmitted live and for free on giant screens in Times Square. The pre-show broadcast begins at 6PM, and the opera starts at 6:30PM. Seats will be available at 5:30PM on a first-come, first-served basis on Duffy Square and the Broadway Plazas, between 43rd and 44th Streets and 46th and 47th Streets, respectively. [LEARN MORE]( [WATCH PROMO]( Lise Davidsen in Recital with James Baillieu THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 8PM Don’t miss a rare opportunity to experience a one-night-only solo recital by sensational soprano Lise Davidsen, who has had a meteoric rise at the Met unsurpassed in recent memory. Davidsen joins the rarified group of artists to give a solo recital on the Met stage, following her widely heralded star turns in Ariadne auf Naxos, Elektra, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and The Queen of Spades. Joined by pianist James Baillieu, she performs a program of soaring arias by Verdi, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky, featuring selections from The Queen of Spades and Elisabeth’s “Dich teure Halle” from Tannhäuser, combined with some of Schubert and Strauss’s most beloved songs and Scandinavian music by Sibelius and Grieg. [LEARN MORE]( [WATCH PROMO]( On Stage this Month The new season gets off to an explosive start this month with a trio of powerful masterpieces. Following the Opening Night performance of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Verdi’s towering Requiem takes the stage on September 27, with Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin leading a quartet of dynamic soloists and the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus. Then, on September 28, Verdi’s fiery early drama Nabucco (pictured) returns, with baritone George Gagnidze in the title role and soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska as his bloodthirsty daughter Abigaille. [EXPLORE THE SEASON]( The 2023–24 Season Live in Cinemas This season, nine spectacular productions will be transmitted live to cinemas worldwide as part of the award-winning Live in HD series—beginning with Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking on October 21. Later in the fall, two more captivating company premieres arrive on the big screen: On November 18, baritone Will Liverman stars as civil rights icon Malcolm X in Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (pictured), followed by Daniel Catán’s bewitching Spanish-language Florencia en el Amazonas on December 9. [LEARN MORE]( More from the Met SUPPORT EXTRAORDINARY OPERA Provide vital support for the Met and enhance your opera experience with exclusive member benefits. Join or increase your membership support today. 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[SHOP NOW]( From Our Partners fandan.co/44Gfm1K Don’t miss Grammy Award-winning soprano Renée Fleming take the stage at the fabled Teatro La Fenice and tour the birthplace of opera in Cities That Sing: Venice. In theaters September 16. [Learn More](fandan.co/44Gfm1K) Don’t miss Park Avenue Armory’s Doppelganger, where Claus Guth, one of opera’s most adventurous directors, reimagines Franz Schubert’s emotive Schwanengesang (Swan Song) in a production that is part performance and part installation art, performed by world-renowned tenor Jonas Kaufmann. September 22–28. [Learn More]( The Met Orchestra’s dramatic range is well-served by the impeccable sound of Carnegie Hall. In this three-concert series, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the orchestra and world-renowned singers in a wide range of music, featuring works by Wagner, Bartók, Mozart, and more. [Learn More]( Filmmaker Ken Burns hosts a celebration of Willa Cather at Symphony Space on September 27, with readings by Patricia Clarkson (She Said), Sonia Manzano (Sesame Street), Sarah Mezzanotte (Lincoln Center's The Wolves), and David Strathairn (Nomadland), plus a musical performance by mezzo-soprano Linda Collazo. 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