Join GREAT PERFORMANCES at the Met for one of Donizetti’s most cherished -- and perhaps one of the most vocally challenging -- operas.

Giacomo Puccini's "Il Trittico" in a production by Jack O'Brien and James Levine.

Franco Zeffirelli’s timeless interpretation of the Puccini favorite has been delighting audiences at the Met for more than 20 years.

Juan Diego Flórez delivers another virtuoso performance in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville."

Richard Wagner’s epic Tristan und Isolde is conducted by James Levine in this visually spare and dramatically gripping interpretation.

Robert Carsen and Valery Gergiev bring Tchaikovsky's opera based on Alexander Pushkin's poem to the stage.

Acclaimed tenor Anthony Dean Griffey tackles the title role in Benjamin Britten’s haunting Peter Grimes.

Visionary director Zhang Yimou -- architect of the 2008 Beijing Olympic opening and closing ceremonies -- teams up with Tan Dun in this epic about Imperial China.

Patrick Summers conducts Sendro Sequi's production of "I Puritani," set during the English civil war in the 1640s.