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October 29 at 11:30pm +3
Metropolitan Opera House · Manhattan
Grief haunts the Met stage in this world premiere opera based on George Saunders's Booker Prize winner. A ghostly chorus helps 11-year-old Willie Lincoln escape limbo as his father mourns at his tomb.
October 29 at 11:30pm +3
Daryl Roth Theatre · Manhattan • $101
Todrick Hall’s original musical Midnight follows twelve intertwined lives in the 19th‑century American South, delivering a genre‑spanning score of gospel, pop, R&B, rock, folk and opera.
October 29 at 7:30pm +5
Metropolitan Opera House · Upper West Side
The Metropolitan Opera House stages Lincoln in the Bardo, bringing this operatic production to the New York stage.
October 29 at 7:30pm
Judson Memorial Church · Greenwich Village
Opera meets drag in a gloriously unhinged night of bloody revenge. Broadway and opera stars belt and lip sync their way through Heartbeat Opera's annual extravaganza, directed by ballroom legend Kemar Jewel.
October 29 at 7:30pm
Jack H. Skirball Center For The Performing Arts · Greenwich Village • $86
A Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio that turns Pennsylvania coal country into sound. Julia Wolfe's Anthracite Fields weaves oral histories, work songs, and local lore into a haunting portrait of miners' lives, performed live by the Bang on a Can All-Stars with commentary from Wolfe herself.
Every day at 12pm from Oct. 30 to Nov. 21
Metropolitan Opera House · Upper West Side
The Met is where opera reaches its grandest heights. Expect jaw-dropping productions, a stunning gilded hall, and world-class performances that feel surprisingly accessible.
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Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM
Walter Kerr Theatre · Manhattan
$129
Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM
Walter Kerr Theatre · Manhattan
$62
Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 AM
Metropolitan Opera House · Upper West Side
Free
Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 PM
318 W 85th St · Upper West Side
Fri, Oct 30 · 7:30 PM
Michiko Rehearsal Studios · Midtown
Free
Sat, Oct 31 · 7:00 PM
Rossini's · Manhattan
$$$
Sat, Oct 31 · 7:00 PM
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music · Hell's Kitchen
$35
Sat, Oct 31 · 1:00 PM
Metropolitan Opera House · Manhattan
$55
Sun, Nov 1 · 7:00 PM
Roulette Intermedium · Boerum Hill
$10-$35
Sun, Nov 1 · 1:00 PM
Masquerade · Midtown
$240-$370
Sun, Nov 1 · 9:00 AM
CPR - Center for Performance Research · Williamsburg
$0-$25
Sun, Nov 1 · 7:00 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown
Mon, Nov 2 · 9:00 PM
Balcon Salon · Hell's Kitchen
$$
Wed, Nov 4 · 7:30 PM
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music · Hell's Kitchen
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy of Brooklyn · Sunset Park
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
The Great Hall at Cooper Union · East Village
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:30 PM
St. Michael's Church · Upper West Side
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:30 PM
St. Michael's Church · Manhattan
Fri, Nov 6 · 7:00 PM
Masquerade · Manhattan
Fri, Nov 6 · 7:30 PM
National Sawdust · Williamsburg
$40
Sat, Nov 7 · 8:00 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church · Upper West Side
Sat, Nov 7 · 8:00 PM
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin · Theater District
$20-$108.55
Sat, Nov 7 · 3:00 PM
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy of Brooklyn · Sunset Park
Free
Sun, Nov 8 · 5:00 PM
Roulette Intermedium · Boerum Hill
$40
Sun, Nov 8 · 5:00 AM
OPERA America's National Opera Center · Chelsea
Thu, Nov 12 · 12:00 PM
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · Manhattan
$25-$50
Thu, Nov 12 · 8:00 PM
Kings Theatre · Flatbush
Thu, Nov 12 · 8:00 PM
Théâtre XIV by Company XIV · Bushwick
Sat, Nov 14 · 7:00 PM
CPR - Center for Performance Research · Williamsburg
$0
Sat, Nov 14 · 8:00 PM
So & So's Neighborhood Piano Bar · Hell's Kitchen
$$$
Sun, Nov 15 · 2:00 PM
Carnegie Hall · Midtown
Sun, Nov 15 · 2:00 PM
Carnegie Hall · Manhattan
Mon, Nov 16 · 8:00 PM
Weill Recital Hall · Midtown
$45
Mon, Nov 16 · 7:30 PM
Metropolitan Opera House · Upper West Side
Tue, Nov 17 · 2:00 PM
Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church · Upper West Side
$17-$25
Wed, Nov 18 · 7:30 PM
National Sawdust · Williamsburg
$35
Thu, Nov 19 · 7:30 PM
The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture · NoHo
$33
Thu, Nov 19 · 7:00 PM
National Sawdust · Williamsburg
$5-$50
Thu, Nov 19 · 7:00 PM
Bohemian National Hall · Upper East Side
Thu, Nov 19 · 7:00 PM
OPERA America · Chelsea
Free
Thu, Nov 19 · 6:30 PM
National Sawdust · Williamsburg
$5-$50
Fri, Nov 20 · 7:00 PM
The Church of the Redeemer, Episcopal/Anglican · Astoria
$20
Sat, Nov 21 · 8:00 PM
Baruch Performing Arts Center · Kips Bay
Sat, Nov 21 · 7:00 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute · Greenwich Village
Fri, Nov 27 · 12:00 PM
Metropolitan Opera House · Upper West Side
Tue, Dec 1 · 7:30 PM
National Sawdust · Williamsburg
$35
Sat, Dec 5 · 8:00 PM
National Sawdust · Williamsburg
$50-$500
Sat, Dec 12 · 1:00 PM
Metropolitan Opera House · Upper West Side
Tickets start at $45
Wed, Dec 16 · 11:00 AM
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse · Upper West Side
Free
Tue, Dec 22 · 7:00 PM
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater · Upper West Side
Wed, Jan 6 · 7:30 PM
Metropolitan Opera House · Upper West Side
$59
Mon, Jan 18 · 8:00 PM
LPR · Greenwich Village
Thu, Jan 21 · 7:30 PM
National Sawdust · Williamsburg
Thu, Jan 21 · 7:30 PM
National Sawdust · Williamsburg
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