Peter Gelb and the Metropolitan Opera keep ramping up the operasphere and the entire cultural community with groundbreaking initiatives. The latest of these is the new Met Player. On October 22, the Met will offer 170 full-length opera performances via this new online streaming service. The new player claims to be the best viewing experience [...]

Welcome to my blog about enjoying opera outside the traditional opera house, in other words, opportunities to watch opera AND eat popcorn! I will focus primarily on the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series that plays live broadcasts to movie theaters all over the world. The San Francisco Opera Cinemacast schedule isn’t out yet,  and [...]