Metropolitan (MET) Opera To Offer Free Virtual Online Shows This Week

As the numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to rise globally, various events are being canceled or postponed in an effort to contain the virus—from Broadway shows to Coachella.

But the show must go on for the Metropolitan Opera—online, at least.

In a press statement, the Met announced that from Monday, 16 March, they will be holding “Nightly Met Opera Streams”—a free series of encore performances to be streamed live in HD on the company’s official website during the coronavirus closure.

“We’d like to provide some grand opera solace to opera lovers in these extraordinarily difficult times,” said Met General Manager Peter Gelb in the statement. “Every night, we’ll be offering a different complete operatic gem from our collection of HD presentations from the past 14 years.”

The “Nightly Met Opera Streams” will begin promptly at 7:30 PM EDT every night on the Met’s homepage and will remain available on the homepage of metopera.org for 20 hours, so people from all over the world can catch the iconic shows in their own time. Additionally, the performances will also be accessible via the Met Opera’s On-Demand mobile apps.

Now’s your chance to watch some of the most celebrated opera shows in the comfort of your home. Here is the schedule for the first week of the Nightly Met Opera Streams:

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1 Monday, March 16 – Bizet’s Carmen

2 Tuesday, March 17 – Puccini’s La Bohème

3 Wednesday, March 18 – Verdi’s Il Trovatore

4 Thursday, March 19 – Verdi’s La Traviata

5 Friday, March 20 – Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment

6 Saturday, March 21 – Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor

7 Sunday, March 22 – Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin

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