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Metropolitan Opera streaming free operas every night July 20-26

The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free encore opera performances every night during the pandemic. Read on for the performance schedule this week including well known works by Verdi, Rossini, Puccini and Wagner.

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

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. See all the details including the schedule for each week on their website.
Met Stars Live in Concert: The Met is also offering a new pay-per-view concert series with top artists. According to their website, "If you enjoy the Nightly Opera Streams, be sure not to miss our groundbreaking new pay-per-view concert series, presenting opera’s greatest stars performing live via satellite from striking locations across Europe and the U.S. The first program, featuring Jonas Kaufmann, is available on demand now, and the series continues with Renée Fleming, live on August 1." See the details on their website.

Nightly Opera Streams Schedule: July 20-26, 2020

This schedule can change at any time so be sure to check the most up to date information on their website.
Monday, July 20
Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Starring Isabel Leonard, Lawrence Brownlee, Christopher Maltman, and Maurizio Muraro, conducted by Michele Mariotti. From November 11, 2014.

Tuesday, July 21
Wagner’s Tannhäuser

Starring Éva Marton, Tatiana Troyanos, Richard Cassilly, Bernd Weikl, and John Macurdy, conducted by James Levine. From December 20, 1982.

Wednesday, July 22
Verdi’s Macbeth

Starring Maria Guleghina, Dimitri Pittas, Željko Lučić, and John Relyea, conducted by James Levine. From January 12, 2008.

Thursday, July 23
Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette

Starring Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna, Nathan Gunn, and Robert Lloyd, conducted by Plácido Domingo. From December 15, 2007.

Friday, July 24
Verdi’s Falstaff

Starring Mirella Freni, Barbara Bonney, Marilyn Horne, Bruno Pola, and Paul Plishka, conducted by James Levine. From October 10, 1992.

Saturday, July 25
Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier

Starring Renée Fleming, Christine Schäfer, Susan Graham, and Kristinn Sigmundsson, conducted by Edo de Waart. From January 9, 2010.

Sunday, July 26
Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West

Starring Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jonas Kaufmann, and Željko Lučić, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From October 27, 2018.

Schedule courtesy www.metopera.org.

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