This app is available for Apple, Amazon, Roku devices, and Samsung Smart TV. To avoid delays, they recommend accessing the stream via Met Opera on Demand. While you can watch via the Metropolitan Museum's website, the initiative has become so popular that there is often a waitlist for watching. Upcoming performances include Il Trovatore and La Bohème, with the Metropolitan Opera promising continued, free transmissions as long as their doors remain closed. Each performance remains available until 3:30 pm the following day, so you have plenty of time to tune in wherever you are in the world. Making the best of a bad situation, the world-famous opera company is streaming complete performances recorded over the past 14 years each night at 7:30 pm EDT. I am also grateful to all the artists who have committed to performing the three operas under these unprecedented conditions,' La Monnaie's Director Peter de Caluwe said in a statement.Īdditional highlights of OperaVision's online festival include Scottish opera director David McVicar's production of 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail,' as well as 'Il sogno di Scipione' in a production from the iconic Teatro La Fenice Venice.“During this extraordinary and difficult time, the Met hopes to brighten the lives of our audience members even while our stage is dark,” writes the Metropolitan Opera. 'In these exceptional circumstances of not being able to play to audiences in our theatre, we are grateful that OperaVision enables our meticulously conceived and rehearsed 'Mozart/da Ponte Trilogy' to be experienced through streaming. The three operas have notably been staged by the same artistic team, with most singers doubling up in two roles. The initiative, running through April 17, will allow audiences to stream six performances from four opera companies, live and on-demand.Īmong them are La Monnaie's Da Ponte trilogy, which interlaces the stories of 'Le nozze di Figaro,' 'Così fan tutte' and 'Don Giovanni.'

The European Commission-funded OperaVision recently announced the launch of a month-long online festival of Mozart operas, freely accessible to anyone with an internet connection.

Meanwhile, European opera houses are also embracing digital means to bring performances to opera aficionados as several countries are declaring nationwide lockdowns across the continent.

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