Saturday, March 21, 2026 | 12 PM | General Admission TICKETS ON SALE AUG. 27 After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Richard Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic
Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 1 PM | General Admission TICKETS ON SALE AUG. 27 For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. For the first new Met production of Vincenzo Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years - a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes
Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 1 PM | General Admission TICKETS ON SALE AUG. 27 Umberto Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022-23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as
Saturday, November 22, 2025 | 1 PM | General Admission TICKETS ON SALE AUG. 27 Richard Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times). Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a
Saturday, November 8, 2025 | 1 PM | General Admission TICKETS ON SALE AUG. 27 With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking. Franco Zeffirelli’s picture-perfect production brings 19th-century Paris to the Met stage as Giacomo Puccini’s young friends and lovers navigate the joy and struggle of bohemian life.
Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 1 PM | General Admission TICKETS ON SALE AUG. 27 Following triumphant Live in HD performances in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Vincenzo Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost
ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTRY Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 7PM The harbor we now know as Barcelona played a prominent role in the early settlement and development of Chautauqua County, beginning with improvements by the Holland Land Company and continuing with federal appropriations aimed at improving navigation on Lake Erie. For nearly 40 years
Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 7PM The pre-1825 settlers of western New York were very much in need of pottery vessels to help them handle daily life. These included cups, saucers, mugs, plates, jugs, crocks, pots, milk pans, and candle holders. Such items were made from the local clay which was found in abundance in the area. Local clay resulted
SUPER-DELUXE FIDDLE, BANJO AND SONG Friday, November 7, 2025 | 7:30 PM | General Admission Through 25 years and thousands of shows together in bands such as The Foggy Hogtown Boys, and The Lonesome Ace Stringband, John Showman and Chris Coole have developed a deep and instinctual musical bond. Their music lurks in a truly unique space that is somewhere
Friday, November 21, 2025 | 7:30 PM | General Admission Pete Correale returns to the Opera House as part of his newest tour! Pete has performed on numerous late night TV shows such as The Tonight Show, Letterman and Conan. as well as filming three of his own one-hour television comedy specials, THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE, LET ME TELL