This tradition, which began in 2006, is a wonderful way to enjoy Opening Night in New York’s iconic epicenter, with a live simulcast of the performance presented on numerous digital billboards throughout Times Square.

The 2023–24 season gets off to a stirring start with Jake Heggie’s operatic adaptation of Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a chilling new production by Tony Award–winner Ivo van Hove, starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen. The outstanding cast also features bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as Joseph De Rocher, soprano Latonia Moore as Sister Rose, and legendary mezzo-soprano Susan Graham—who sang Helen Prejean in the opera’s 2000 premiere — as De Rocher’s mother.

Limited seats are available. Please RSVP to corporaterelations@metopera.org by Monday, September 25.

Opening Night Live Relay in Times Square Seventh Avenue and West 46th Stree