Metropolitan Opera Season Preview! Top Picks for Broadway Fans, Plus Details on 26 Productions

Opening night for the Metropolitan Opera’s 2013-2014 season is exactly six weeks away, and Broadway.com is your source for tickets to all 26 lavish productions on tap at Lincoln Center. Below, we highlight five titles Broadway fans should be aware of, plus a complete list of every opera being presented this season, with links to Broadway.com’s show pages. Treat yourself to a thrilling night of great music at the Met!

Eugene Onegin
The Met’s season begins on September 23 with a new production of Tchaikovsky’s version of the star-crossed love story between the selfish title character and the beautiful Tatiana (played by gorgeous diva Anna Netrebko). There’s even a blinding Russian snowstorm during the finale! Conceived by Broadway vet Deborah Warner, Eugene Onegin will be directed by her frequent collaborator, Tony nominee Fiona Shaw.

Two Boys
There’s buzz aplenty surrounding this ripped-from-the-headlines Met premiere, centering on the investigation of an internet-fueled stabbing involving two teenage boys. Thirty-one-year-old composer Nico Muhly teams up with Light in the Piazza librettist Craig Lucas and director Bartlett Sher in a production that uses video projections to enhance “a work of dark beauty,” as the New York Times dubbed the debut run at the English National Opera.

Rigoletto
Verdi goes to Vegas in the return of Tony winner Michael Mayer’s colorful update of this tragic masterpiece. Mayer’s Spring Awakening set designer Christine Jones created a neon playground for the story of a ruthless Duke (now a casino honcho), the title jester and Rigoletto’s doomed daughter, Gilda. The production was an instant hit last season, and it’s back for eight performances beginning November 11.

The Magic Flute
Perfect for families, Tony winner Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s beloved coming-of-age story begins an eight-performance holiday run on December 16. Kids will delight in seeing dancing bears and giant flamingoes in a fanciful fairy tale with a running time of 100 minutes. Nathan Gunn, who co-starred with Kelli O’Hara in a recent concert version of Carousel, reprises his acclaimed performance as young birdcatcher Papageno.

Die Fledermaus
In an opulent production set to debut on New Year’s Eve, Tony nominees Douglas Carter Beane and Jeremy Sams spearhead a new English-language version of Johann Strauss’ comic story of seduction and mistaken identity, set in turn-of-the-century Vienna. Sams translates the lyrics and directs a cast that includes Tony winner Paulo Szot and four-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein (in a non-speaking role); Beane makes his Met debut with a revised libretto.

ALSO AT THE MET:
Cosi Fan Tutte, opening September 24
The Nose, opening September 28
Norma, opening September 30
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, opening October 11
Tosca, opening October 29
Die Frau ohne Schatten, opening November 7
Der Rosenkavalier, opening November 22
Falstaff, opening December 6
L’Elisir d’Amore, opening January 9
La Boheme, opening January 14
Madama Butterfly, opening January 16
Rusalka, opening January 23
Prince Igor, opening February 6
Werther, opening February 18
The Enchanted Island, opening February 26
Wozzeck, opening March 6
La Sonnambula, opening March 14
Andrea Chenier, opening March 24
Arabella, opening April 3
I Puritani, opening April 17
La Cenerentola, opening April 21