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Metropolitan Opera free streaming opera schedule for week of May 18-24

The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free encore opera performances every night during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read on for the schedule this week including Puccini's "Turandot" and Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and more!

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The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free encore presentations every night from the Live in HD series on the company website.

According to their website, the opera streams will begin at 7:30 pm each night and will be available to view at metopera.org.
See all the details including the schedule for each week on their website.

Nightly Opera Streams Schedule for May 18–May 24

Each stream becomes available at 7:30 p.m. EDT and remains accessible for on-demand viewing until 6:30 p.m. the following day.

Monday, May 18
Mozart’s Idomeneo

Starring Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Alice Coote, and Matthew Polenzani, conducted by James Levine. From March 25, 2017.

Tuesday, May 19
Wagner’s Lohengrin

Starring Eva Marton, Leonie Rysanek, Peter Hofmann, Leif Roar, and John Macurdy, conducted by James Levine. From January 10, 1986.

Wednesday, May 20
Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera

Starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Kathleen Kim, Stephanie Blythe, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From December 8, 2012.

Thursday, May 21
Puccini’s Turandot

Starring Christine Goerke, Eleonora Buratto, Yusif Eyvazov, and James Morris, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. From October 12, 2019.

Friday, May 22
Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Starring Joan Sutherland, James Morris, and Gabriel Bacquier, conducted by Richard Bonynge. From March 16, 1978.

Saturday, May 23
Gounod’s Faust

Starring Marina Poplavskaya, Jonas Kaufmann, and René Pape, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. From December 10, 2011.

Sunday, May 24
Massenet’s Manon

Starring Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczała, and Paulo Szot, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From April 7, 2012.

Schedule courtesy www.metopera.org.

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