Met Player Preview

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 [...]

Posted by Ann Adair on September 27th, 2008

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Metropolitan Opera Opening Night Gala

Monday, September 22, 2008, the new season opens with an exciting gala featuring Metropolitan Opera icon Renée Fleming in fully staged excerpts from Verdi’s La Traviata, Massenet’s Manon, and Strauss’s Capriccio.
Although the New York City event is sold out, you can still get tickets for your local movie theater’s simulcast. Unlike the rest of the [...]

Posted by Ann Adair on September 19th, 2008

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