Jake Heggie’s operatic adaptation of Melville’s epic Moby-Dick has its Met premiere. | The Metropolitan Opera

Join us as these sailors seek whales and wealth in Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s Moby-Dick! Moby-Dick has its Met premiere Monday, March 3, starring tenor Brandon Jovanovich as Captain Ahab. The all-star cast also includes soprano Janai Brugger as Pip, tenors Stephen Costello and William Burden as Greenhorn and Flask, baritones Peter Mattei and Malcolm Mackenzie as Starbuck and Stubb, and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Queequeg. Karen Kamensek conducts Leonard Foglia’s stunning pr

This is one of our favorite moments in Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s Moby-Dick.🥹 Tenor Stephen Costello has been tugging heartstrings as Greenhorn in this stirring production, alongside bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green and soprano Janai Brugger as Queequeg and Pip. Enjoy this clip from the final dress rehearsal as they sing an excerpt from Act I. Karen Kamensek conducts. Moby-Dick is on stage through March 29. Book your tickets: bit.ly/3YNaWWZ Videography by Pete Scalzitti and Neville