Metropolitan Opera
‘Nightly Met Opera Streams’
By David Salazar ♫ Mar 13, 2020
By David Salazar ♫ Mar 13, 2020
In an effort to continue providing opera to its audience members, the Met Opera will host “Nightly Met Opera Streams” on its official website to audiences worldwide.
These free streams will present encores of past performances from its
famed Live in HD series.
The encore presentations will begin at 7:30
p.m. EST each night on the company’s official website and will then be available for an additional 20 hours thereafter.
Each showcase will also be viewable on the Met Opera on demand apps.
“We’d like to provide some grand opera solace to opera lovers in
these extraordinarily difficult times,” said Met General Manager Peter
Gelb in a press release.
“Every night, we’ll be offering a different
complete operatic gem from our collection of HD presentations from the
past 14 years.”
The first week of the schedule is as follows:
Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, starring Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna. Transmitted live on January 16, 2010.
Tuesday, March 17 – Puccini’s “La Bohème”
Conducted by Nicola Luisotti, starring Angela Gheorghiu and Ramón Vargas. Transmitted live on April 5, 2008.
Wednesday, March 18 – Verdi’s “Il Trovatore”
Conducted by Marco Armiliato, starring Anna Netrebko, Dolora Zajick, Yonghoon Lee, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Transmitted live on October 3, 2015.
Thursday, March 19 – Verdi’s “La Traviata”
Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, starring Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flórez, and Quinn Kelsey. Transmitted live on December 15, 2018.
Friday, March 20 – Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment”
Conducted by Marco Armiliato, starring Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez. Transmitted live on April 26, 2008.
Saturday, March 21 – Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor”
Conducted by Marco Armiliato, starring Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczała, and Mariusz Kwiecien. Transmitted live on February 7, 2009.
Sunday, March 22 – Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin”
Conducted by Valery Gergiev, starring Renée Fleming, Ramón Vargas, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Transmitted live on February 24, 2007.
Updates on Opera Companies & Orchestras Throughout U.S. & North America
Canceled Due to Coronavirus Outbreak
By Francisco SalazarMar 15, 2020
By Francisco SalazarMar 15, 2020
***We will update this article as more cancellations are announced.
A number of orchestras and opera houses have announced cancellations due to the coronavirus.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra announced that it was canceling all performances at Symphony Hall from Friday, March 13 through Saturday, March 28.
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