This week is Comedy Week for the Metropolitan Opera’s series of free nightly performance streamings from its archives. Naturally, Rossini is well represented, but you’ll also find the recent production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and a 1992 production of Verdi’s…
Week 28 of Free Metropolitan Opera Streams – Puccini Week
The weekly themes continue in the Metropolitan Opera’s series of of free nightly streams of performances from their archives. This week features Giacomo Puccini operas including Tosca, La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. A different streaming begins each evening at…
Themes Dominate Weeks 25 and 26 of Free Met Opera Streams: August 31 – September 13
Following last week’s all-Verdi series, the Metropolitan Opera continues its series of of free nightly streams of performances from their archives with two more theme weeks. This week (August 31 – September 6) will feature 20th and 21st Century works,…
Week 24 of Free Met Opera Streams: August 24 – 30
Week 24 is an all-Verdi Extravaganza Week at the Metropolitan Opera‘s series of free nightly streams of performances from their archives. A different streaming begins each evening at 7:30 PM from the Met Opera website and is available for 23…
Week 23 of Free Met Opera Streams: August 17 – 23
This will be Week 23 of the Metropolitan Opera‘s free nightly streams of performances from their archives. This week features the usual eclectic mix of works, ranging from a 2013 performance of Puccini’s Tosca to a 1982 production of Hänsel…
Week 22 of Free Met Opera Streams: August 10 – 16
This will be Week 22 of the Metropolitan Opera‘s free nightly streams of performances from their archives. This week there is a single exception to the usual schedule: the August 15 stream of La Bohème, will only be available until August…
Week 21 of Free Met Opera Streams: August 3 – 9
The Metropolitan Opera‘s free nightly streaming of performances continues this week —WEEK 21. This week features a current production of Handel’s Agrippina as well as two excellent performances from the 1990s, Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and Wagner’s Parsifal. And, there are…
Week 20 of Free Met Opera Streams: July 27 – August 2
For opera fans, the Metropolitan Opera’s free streaming of a performance each evening from their archives has made the ordeal quite a bit more tolerable. Amazingly, this week will be WEEK 20 of this routine—a routine that most will probably…
Week 19 of Free Met Opera Streams: July 20 – July 26
It is Week 19 of the Metropolitan Opera’s series of FREE streamed performances from their archives. Two classic performances are featured this week—Wagner’s Tannhäuser from 1982 and Verdi’s Falstaff from 1992. And, there’s more Rossini, Verdi, Gounod, Puccini, and Strauss.…
Week 18 of Free Met Opera Streams: July 12 – July 19
We’ve seen some amazing performances over the last 17 weeks of the Metropolitan Opera’s free nightly streaming of performances from their archives — and Week 18 will be no different. On Tuesday evening, a classic performance from 1981 becomes available for…