The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977)

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Live from the Metropolitan Opera is an American television program that presented performances of complete operas from the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, on the Public Broadcasting Service television network. The program began in 1977, and was telecast live for its first few seasons. The first telecast, La Bohème, featured Luciano Pavarotti as Rodolfo and Renata Scotto as Mimi, with James Levine conducting; all three were interviewed during the intermission. In 1988, the program title was changed to The Metropolitan Opera Presents, to reflect the fact that the performances were now taped prior to broadcast. Live from the Met functioned as a supplement to the regular Saturday Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts. During its first fifteen years, the program was frequently simulcast, enabling some audiences to hear the opera in stereo via radio as well.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (76 votes)
Seasons: 10
Streaming (US): YouTube TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 10 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 29 (1977)

8.37 avg 3 episodes 9.0 → 8.6 120 min avg

u-shaped

Season 29 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hansel and Gretel	9.0	25
4	Manon Lescaut	7.5	41
7	La Bohème	8.6	94

Season 32 (2011)

8.63 avg 3 episodes 8.6 → 8.6 132 min avg

Consistent

Season 32 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Don Pasquale	8.6	9
3	Don Carlo	8.7	9
10	Il Trovatore	8.6	85

Season 34 (2013)

8.38 avg 6 episodes 8.5 → 8.9 192 min avg

Season 34 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	L'Elisir d'Amore	8.5	21
2	Otello	8.1	17
5	Un Ballo in Maschera	8.4	29
8	Les Troyens	8.1	33
10	Parsifal	8.3	43
11	Francesca da Rimini	8.9	28

Season 36 (1987)

8.72 avg 5 episodes 9.0 → 8.4 199 min avg

Season 36 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Le Nozze di Figaro	9.0	33
3	Carmen	8.1	138
4	Il Barbiere di Siviglia	8.6	22
5	Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg	9.5	16
10	Cavalleria Rusticana; Pagliacci	8.4	43

Season 37 (2016)

8.53 avg 4 episodes 8.3 → 8.3 155 min avg

Season 37 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Otello	8.3	46
3	Tannhauser	8.5	32
4	Lulu	9.0	8
10	Elektra	8.3	29

Season 38 (2017)

8.40 avg 4 episodes 8.3 → 8.6 167 min avg

Season 38 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Don Giovanni	8.3	19
5	Nabucco	8.3	26
7	Idomeneo	8.4	38
10	Der Rosenkavalier	8.6	17

Season 39 (2018)

8.48 avg 4 episodes 8.2 → 7.6 168 min avg

Bad finale

Season 39 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
5	Tosca	8.2	86
6	Semiramide	8.4	25
7	Cosi Fan Tutte	9.7	10
8	Luisa Miller	7.6	15

Season 40 (2019)

8.23 avg 3 episodes 8.5 → 8.3 140 min avg

u-shaped

Season 40 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Aida	8.5	26
3	La Fanciulla del West	7.9	35
10	Dialogues des Carmelites	8.3	8

Season 43 (1986)

8.10 avg 5 episodes 7.5 → 8.9 136 min avg

Season 43 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Fire Shut Up in My Bones	7.5	8
4	Cinderella	7.4	5
5	Rigoletto	8.7	55
6	Ariadne Auf Naxos	8.0	37
7	Don Carlos	8.9	33

Season 44 (2023)

8.37 avg 3 episodes 7.5 → 8.9 127 min avg

Rising

Season 44 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Fedora	7.5	25
6	Falstaff	8.7	26
8	Don Giovanni	8.9	43

The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977)

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