"A sight full of quick wonder and awe!" The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's Moby-Dick sets sail March 3, in a production helmed by Leonard Foglia. Get a first look at the Pequod and its crew below.

Based on the epic novel by Herman Melville, Moby-Dick stars tenor Stephen Costello as Greenhorn—the opera's version of Ishmael—and tenor Brandon Jovanovich as the obsessive Captain Ahab, who turns a whaling expedition into a single-minded quest for revenge against the white whale who took his leg. They are joined by baritone Peter Mattei as the first mate Starbuck, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the harpooner Queequeg, tenor William Burden as Flask, baritone Malcolm McKenzie as Stubb, and soprano Janai Brugger as the cabin boy Pip. Karen Kamsensek conducts.

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Moby-Dick marks the second Met Opera credit each for composer Jake Heggie, following Dead Man Walking in 2023; librettist Gene Scheer, following An American Tragedy in 2005; and novelist Herman Melville, following Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd, which was a repertory staple at the Met from 1978 to 1997. Moby-Dick features sets by Robert Brill, costumes by Jane Greenwood, lighting by Gavan Swift, projections by Elaine J. McCarthy, and movement direction by Keturah Stickann.

Performances of Moby-Dick run March 3-29. Visit MetOpera.org.