Their operas range in origin from the 18th to late 20th century, and span a wide spectrum of styles and origins. The screenings are free with no tickets required 2,800 seats will be available each night on a first-come, first-served basis. The Metropolitan Opera celebrates its 50th year of performing at Lincoln Center with 225 performances of 26 operas, which include six new productions and. Holding the distinction of the largest classical music organization on the continent, the Met produces nearly 30 unique operas every single year from September to May.
The series kicks off with Luc Bondy’s season-opening new production of Puccini’s Tosca, starring Karita Mattila and Marcelo Álvarez, and features two more of 2009–10’s new productions: Tony-Award winner Bartlett Sher’s staging of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, conducted by James Levine and starring Joseph Calleja, Anna Netrebko and Alan Held, will be seen on September 1, and Richard Eyre’s acclaimed production of Bizet’s Carmen, with Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna in the leading roles, concludes the series on September 6. The HD productions will be shown outdoors in Lincoln Center Plaza on ten consecutive nights (August 28-September 6)-for free. The Met’s popular Summer HD Festival, first presented in 2009, returns with screenings of 10 productions from the company’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Live in HD series. From old-school legends to todays great stars, experience more than 800 full-length Met performances with our online streaming service.
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