I’m thrilled to announce that The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay will open The Met Opera’s 2025–26 season on Sunday, September 21!
It’s been an incredible journey transforming Michael Chabon’s masterpiece into an opera, and I’m beyond excited to see this epic tale come alive on the world’s most legendary opera stage. I can’t wait for you all to experience the magic and energy of this production. Huge thanks to everyone who’s been a part of this journey—follow along for new updates and to watch the adventure unfold!
In this exhilarating new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, set shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch their own comic-book series, hoping to recruit America into the fight against Nazism. Incorporating scintillating electronic elements and a variety of musical styles, the eclectic score moves seamlessly among the three worlds of Gene Scheer’s libretto: Nazi-occupied Prague, the bustling streets of New York City, and the technicolor realm of comic-book fantasy. Bartlett Sher’s production provides spectacular visuals to match, with towering sets and proscenium-filling projections designed by Jenny Melville and Mark Grimmer of 59. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Opening Night premiere, and baritone Andrzej Filończyk makes his Met debut as the artist Joe Kavalier, who flees Czechoslovakia and arrives at the Brooklyn doorstep of writer Sam Clay, sung by tenor Miles Mykkanen.