Opera

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Tickets

Stage set with comic book panels and actors for "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" performance.

Duration

2 hr 50 min

A Pulitzer‑inspired opera meets art, family, and 1940s suspense—Mason Bates’ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay at the Met blends wartime drama, big‑band swing, and comic‑book heroics.

Straight from his Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel , Michael Chabon's beloved characters Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay are transformed from paper to the opera—two immigrant cousins in 1940s New York who invent an anti-fascist comic hero reflecting Jewish hopes and fears as the Nazis closed in.

Now at the Met, director Bartlett Sher teams with composer Mason Bates to launch the 2025‑26 season, backed by baritone Andrzej Filończyk and tenor Miles Mykkanen under Maestro Yannick Nézet‑Séguin.

Bates’s eclectic score moves from Eastern‑European folk to swing‑style big‑band jazz and neon‑bright electronic comic fantasy, mirroring Chabon’s shifting worlds in an audio tapestry.

With immersive staging by 59 Productions—towering sets, lush projections by Jenny Melville & Mark Grimmer—the split worlds of Prague, New York, and comic‑book fantasy come vividly to life.

Librettist Gene Scheer examines identity, forbidden love, Holocaust trauma and Jewish American heroism with nuance and heart. Book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay tickets now for this bold, emotionally layered premiere.

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Show details

Categories**:** Opera, Tony winner, True story, Drama

Audience: Suitable for 7+ yrs

Theater name: Metropolitan Opera House

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Theater facilities: bar, restaurant, water fountain, toilets

Theater accessibility: accessible restrooms, wheelchair spaces, visual and hearing assistance, breathing devices

Dress code: Smart casual

Cast & crew

Leading roles: Tenor Miles Mykkanen as Sam Clay, Baritone Andrzej Filończyk as Joe Kavalier, Soprano Lauren Snouffer as Sarah Kavalier, Mezzo‑soprano Sun‑Ly Pierce as Rosa Saks, Baritone Edward Nelson as Tracy Bacon, Baritone Patrick Carfizzi as Sheldon Anapolm Baritone Craig Colclough as Gerhard

Director: Bartlett Sher

Conductor: Yannick Nézet‑Séguin

Producer: The Metropolitan Opera (co‑commission with Indiana University Jacobs School of Music)

Book / librettist: Gene Scheer

Music / composer: Mason Bates

Choreographer: Mandy Moore

Set & video designer: 59 Productions (Jenny Melville & Mark Grimmer)

Costume designer: Jennifer Moeller

Sound designer: Rick Jacobsohn

Dramaturg: Paul Cremo

Chorus director: Tilman Michael

Additional info

This show is suitable for ages 7 and above.

Age suitability recommendations are just suggestions. So, trust your judgment when booking tickets for any show, and enjoy!

Most theatres are air-conditioned year-round, so it can get a bit chilly. Bring a light jacket just in case.

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