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Following last night’s free stream of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore, we bring you a second opera featuring a love potion—albeit a far more potent one. In tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream, experience Wagner’s awe-inspiring Tristan und Isolde. The 2016 Live in HD transmission, starring soprano Nina Stemme as Isolde, is available tonight, April 4, starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, April 5, at 6:30PM ET. Access the stream on metopera.org and on all Met Opera on Demand apps. Enhance your vi

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The first opera ever to have its world premiere at the Met, La Fanciulla del West is Puccini’s rip-roaring drama set during the California Gold Rush. In tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream, enjoy a blazing performance of the opera, which marked the centenary of the work’s 1910 premiere. The full Live in HD transmission is available tonight, April 21, starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, April 22, at 6:30PM ET. Access the stream on metopera.org and on all Met Opera on Demand apps. Enhance yo

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Featuring more than 40 of opera’s greatest artists—as well as the incomparable MET Orchestra Musicians and Met Opera Chorus—performing from their homes around the globe, last April’s At-Home Gala was an unprecedented virtual event. Don’t miss a special two-day free encore presentation of the Gala beginning tonight, June 12, at 7:30PM EDT on the metopera.org and on all Met Opera on Demand apps. Enhance your viewing experience with curated supplementary content—including program lineup, articles,