Mason Bates and librettist Mark Campbell’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is now available to stream as part of PBS’ Great Performances at the Met through September 30.

In this adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, set shortly before the outbreak of World War II, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch their own comic-book series, hoping to recruit America into the fight against Nazism.

The Metropolitan Opera’s production team captures the scale and visual world of the opera with striking clarity on screen, with the detail and design especially vivid when viewed on a larger format.

Bates is deeply grateful to the cast, creative team, orchestra, and crew who brought the work to life on stage, and now to an even wider audience through this broadcast.

The streaming release offers audiences the opportunity to experience the opera on their own time, wherever they are.