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The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free operas every night June 15-21

The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free encore opera performances every night during the pandemic. Read on for the performance schedule this week including Verdi's "La Traviata" and operas by Philip Glass.

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The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free encore presentations every night 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.

Nightly Opera Streams Schedule: June 15-21, 2020

Monday, June 15
Rossini’s Armida

Starring Renée Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, John Osborn, Barry Banks, and Kobie van Rensburg, conducted by Riccardo Frizza. From May 1, 2010.

Tuesday, June 16
Rossini’s Semiramide

Starring Angela Meade, Elizabeth DeShong, Javier Camarena, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Ryan Speedo Green, conducted by Maurizio Benini. From March 10, 2018.

Wednesday, June 17
Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride

Starring Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo, and Paul Groves, conducted by Patrick Summers. From February 26, 2011.

Thursday, June 18
Verdi’s La Forza del Destino

Starring Leontyne Price, Giuseppe Giacomini, Leo Nucci, and Bonaldo Giaiotti, conducted by James Levine. From March 24, 1984.

Friday, June 19
Philip Glass’s Akhnaten

Starring Dísella Lárusdóttir, J'Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Aaron Blake, Will Liverman, Richard Bernstein, and Zachary James, conducted by Karen Kamensek. From November 23, 2019.

Saturday, June 20
Philip Glass’s Satyagraha

Starring Rachelle Durkin, Richard Croft, Kim Josephson, and Alfred Walker, conducted by Dante Anzolini. From November 19, 2011.

Sunday, June 21
Verdi’s La Traviata

Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano, and Thomas Hampson, conducted by Nicola Luisotti. From March 11, 2017.

Schedule courtesy www.metopera.org.

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