Hard to believe, but this week will be Week 6 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free nightly streams. As before, a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series is being made available for free streaming on the Met website, with each performance available for a period of 23 hours, from 7:30 p.m. EDT until 6:30 p.m. the following day. [https://www.metopera.org]
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Sunday, April 19
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Starring Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Erin Morley, and Günther Groissböck, conducted by Sebastian Weigle (May 13, 2017)
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Monday, April 20
Richard Strauss: Elektra
Starring Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud Meier, and Eric Owens, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
(April 30, 2016)
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Tuesday, April 21
Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Vittorio Grigolo, and Željko Lučić, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume.
(January 27, 2018)
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Wednesday, April 22
Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Starring Anna Netrebko, Kathleen Kim, Ekaterina Gubanova, Joseph Calleja, and Alan Held, conducted by James Levine.
(December 19, 2009)
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Thursday, April 23
Franz Lehar’s: The Merry Widow
Starring Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, and Nathan Gunn, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.
(From January 17, 2015)
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Friday, April 24
Verdi: La Traviata
Starring Natalie Dessay, Matthew Polenzani, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Fabio Luisi.
(From April 14, 2012)
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Saturday, April 25
At-Home Gala
More than 40 leading artists perform in a live stream from their homes around the world.
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Sunday, April 26
Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Starring Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez, conducted by Fabio Luisi.
(May 10, 2014)
