Overview

• The world premiere opened the Met’s 2025–26 season on September 21 and runs through October 11 at Lincoln Center.
• Mason Bates composed the score with a libretto by Gene Scheer, adapting Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel.
• Bartlett Sher directs with Yannick Nézet‑Séguin conducting, led by Miles Mykkanen as Sam Clay and Andrzej Filończyk as Joe Kavalier.
• The production spans distinct sonic worlds—swing, expressionistic Europe, electro‑symphonic comics—in a staging Sher calls among the Met’s most technically difficult.
• Critics highlight cinematic momentum and newcomer-friendly appeal while noting notable trims from the book, including the omission of the Golem of Prague.