Throughout its history the Metropolitan Opera has taken a leading role at introducing both original stage works to the world and bringing works from around the globe to the United States for the first time. The following is a list of works that have premiered at the Met. All works are operas unless otherwise stated.

World premieres

OperaComposerDate of premiereLa fanciulla del WestGiacomo Puccini 1910-12-10KönigskinderEngelbert Humperdinck 1910-12-28MonaHoratio Parker 1912-03-14CyranoWalter Damrosch 1913-02-27MadeleineVictor Herbert 1914-01-24Madame Sans-GêneUmberto Giordano 1915-01-25GoyescasEnrique Granados 1916-01-28The Canterbury PilgrimsReginald De Koven 1917-03-08ShanewisCharles Wakefield Cadman 1918-03-23The Dance in Place Congo (ballet)Henry F. Gilbert 1918-03-23Il tritticoGiacomo Puccini 1918-12-14The LegendJoseph Carl Breil 1919-03-12 The Temple DancerJohn Adam Hugo 1919-03-12L'oiseau bleuAlbert Wolff 1919-12-27Cleopatra's NightHenry Kimball Hadley 1920-01-31Skyscrapers (ballet)John Alden Carpenter 1926-02-19The King's HenchmanDeems Taylor 1927-02-17Peter IbbetsonDeems Taylor 1931-02-07The Emperor JonesLouis Gruenberg 1933-01-07Merry MountHoward Hanson 1934-02-10In the Pasha's GardenJohn Laurence Seymour 1935-01-24The Man Without a CountryWalter Damrosch 1937-05-12The Island GodGian Carlo Menotti 1942-02-20The WarriorBernard Rogers 1947-01-11VanessaSamuel Barber 1958-01-15Antony and CleopatraSamuel Barber 1966-09-16Mourning Becomes ElectraMarvin David Levy 1967-03-17The Ghosts of VersaillesJohn Corigliano 1991-12-19The VoyagePhilip Glass 1992-10-12The Great GatsbyJohn Harbison 1999-12-20An American TragedyTobias Picker 2005-12-02The First EmperorTan Dun 2006-12-21The HoursKevin Puts 2022-11-22The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayMason Bates 2025-09-21

United States premieres

OperaComposerDate of premiereLa GiocondaAmilcare Ponchielli 1883-12-20CarmenGeorges Bizet 1884-01-09FidelioLudwig van Beethoven 1884-11-19Die WalküreRichard Wagner 1885-01-30Die Königin von SabaKarl Goldmark 1885-12-02Die Meistersinger von NürnbergRichard Wagner 1886-01-04Das goldene KreuzIgnaz Brüll 1886-11-19Tristan und IsoldeRichard Wagner 1886-12-01MerlinKarl Goldmark 1887-01-03SiegfriedRichard Wagner 1887-11-09Der Trompeter von SäckingenViktor Nessler 1887-11-23EuryantheCarl Maria von Weber 1887-12-23Fernand CortezGaspare Spontini 1888-01-06GötterdämmerungRichard Wagner 1888-01-25Das RheingoldRichard Wagner 1889-01-04TannhäuserRichard Wagner 1889-01-30Der Barbier von BagdadPeter Cornelius 1890-01-03AsraelAlberto Franchetti 1890-11-26Il Vassallo di SzigethAntonio Smareglia 1890-12-12Diana von SolangeErnest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1891-01-09WertherJules Massenet 1894-03-29ElaineHerman Bemberg 1894-12-17ManonJules Massenet 1895-01-16FalstaffGiuseppe Verdi 1895-02-04La NavarraiseJules Massenet 1895-12-11Ero e LeandroLuigi Mancinelli 1899-03-10ToscaGiacomo Puccini 1901-02-04MessalineIsidore de Lara 1902-01-22ManruIgnacy Jan Paderewski 1902-02-14Der WaldEthel Smyth 1903-03-11ParsifalRichard Wagner 1903-12-24FedoraUmberto Giordano 1906-12-05La damnation de FaustHector Berlioz 1906-12-07SalomeRichard Strauss 1907-01-22TieflandEugen d'Albert 1908-11-23Le VilliGiacomo Puccini 1908-12-17La WallyAlfredo Catalani 1909-01-06GermaniaAlberto Franchetti 1910-01-22L'attaque du moulinAlfred Bruneau 1910-02-08The Queen of SpadesPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1910-03-05ArmideChristoph Willibald Gluck 1910-11-14Ariane et Barbe-bleuePaul Dukas 1911-03-29LobetanzLudwig Thuille 1911-11-18Le donne curioseErmanno Wolf-Ferrari 1912-01-03VersiegeltLeo Blech 1912-01-20La Vita Nuova (cantata)Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari 1912-01-28L'OrfeoClaudio Monteverdi 1912-04-14Boris GodunovModest Mussorgsky 1913-03-19Der RosenkavalierRichard Strauss 1913-12-09L'amore dei tre reItalo Montemezzi 1914-01-02JulienGustave Charpentier 1914-02-26L'amore medicoErmanno Wolf-Ferrari 1914-03-25L'oracoloFranco Leoni 1915-02-04Prince IgorAlexander Borodin 1915-12-30Iphigénie en TaurideChristoph Willibald Gluck 1916-11-25Francesca da RiminiRiccardo Zandonai 1916-12-22Mârouf, savetier du CaireHenri Rabaud 1917-12-19The Legend of Saint Elisabeth (a staged oratorio)Franz Liszt 1918-01-03LodolettaPietro Mascagni 1918-01-12The Golden CockerelNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1918-03-06La reine FiammetteXavier Leroux 1919-01-24Eugene OneginPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1920-03-24 Il Carillon Magico (ballet)Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli 1920-12-02Der Polnische JudeKarel Weis 1921-03-09Die tote StadtErich Wolfgang Korngold 1921-11-19The Snow MaidenNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1922-01-23Così fan tutteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1922-03-24Anima allegraFranco Vittadini 1923-02-14Mona LisaMax von Schillings 1923-03-01I CompagnacciPrimo Riccitelli 1924-01-02JenůfaLeoš Janáček 1924-12-06Giovanni GallureseItalo Montemezzi 1925-02-19La cena delle beffeUmberto Giordano 1926-01-02La vida breveManuel de Falla 1926-03-06Le RossignolIgor Stravinsky 1926-03-06TurandotGiacomo Puccini 1926-11-16ViolantaErich Wolfgang Korngold 1927-11-05Madonna ImperiaFranco Alfano 1928-02-08La rondineGiacomo Puccini 1928-03-10Die ägyptische HelenaRichard Strauss 1928-11-06La campana sommersaOttorino Respighi 1928-11-24Jonny spielt aufErnst Krenek 1929-01-19Fra GherardoIldebrando Pizzetti 1929-03-21SadkoNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1930-01-25The Fair at SorochyntsiModest Mussorgsky 1930-11-29Le Preziose RidicoleFelice Lattuada 1930-12-10Schwanda the BagpiperJaromír Weinberger 1931-11-07La Notte di ZoraimaItalo Montemezzi 1931-12-02Simon BoccanegraGiuseppe Verdi 1932-01-28Il signor BruschinoGioachino Rossini 1932-12-09CaponsacchiRichard Hageman 1937-02-04AlcesteChristoph Willibald Gluck 1941-01-24The Rake's ProgressIgor Stravinsky 1953-02-14ArabellaRichard Strauss 1955-02-10Atlántida (cantata)Manuel de Falla 1962-09-29The Last SavageGian Carlo Menotti 1964-01-23The Happy PrinceMalcolm Williamson 1967-08-21Syllabaire pour PhèdreMaurice Ohana 1973-02-17Death in VeniceBenjamin Britten 1974-10-18Le siège de CorintheGioachino Rossini 1975-04-07Cyrano de BergeracFranco Alfano 2005-05-13Two BoysNico Muhly 2013-10-21The Exterminating AngelThomas Adès 2017-10-26MarnieNico Muhly 2018-10-19HamletBrett Dean 2022-05-13

References

Sources Metropolitan Opera archives