The Met’s Summer HD Festival Begins Saturday
Although the Metropolitan Opera theater is dark for the summer, you can still come out and enjoy some of the best The Met has to offer… for free! Starting Saturday, The Met is putting on the first Summer HD Festival, in which ten of the opera house’s best productions will be screened in Lincoln Center’s Josie Roberston Plaza (Columbus at 64th) in HD. The HD filmings were part of the Peabody and Emmy-award winning Live in HD series, so it will be a fabulous experience to enjoy these productions in the beautiful surroundings of Lincoln Center’s open-air plaza. Each evening begins around 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm, and the 2800 free seats are first-come, first-served, so gather together a nice picnic dinner and get there early. There is no rain date for each event, so let’s all hope for some good weather over the next few days. A full schedule of the festival is listed below by clicking through.
Saturday, August 29th to Monday, September 7th, 2009, FREE
Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center, Columbus at 64th
Saturday, August 29th La Fille du Régiment, 8:00 pm
Sunday, August 30th Roméo et Juliette, 7:30 pm
Monday, August 31st Eugene Onegin, 7:45 pm
Tuesday, September 1st Macbeth, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, September 2nd Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 7:45 pm
Thursday, September 3rd Peter Grimes, 7:45 pm
Friday, September 4th La Bohème, 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 5th Orfeo ed Euridice, 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 6th Il Trittico, 7:30 pm
Monday, September 7th Madama Butterfly, 8:00 pm
Filed under: Free, Upper West Side, Upper West Side Blog
11 Responses to “The Met’s Summer HD Festival Begins Saturday”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
[...] Roméo et Juliette Summer HD Festival at The Met 7:30 pm, Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center Free Event Click here for more information [...]
[...] Eugene Onegin Summer HD Festival at The Met 7:45 pm, Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center Free Event Click here for more information [...]
[...] Macbeth Summer HD Festival at The Met 8:00 pm, Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center Free Event Click here for more information [...]
[...] Barbiere di Siviglia Summer HD Festival at The Met 7:45 pm, Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center Free Event Click here for more information [...]
[...] The Metropolitan Opera’s free Summer HD Festival continues through Labor Day, and Bar Boulud is now offering a way to make the evening even more enjoyable. The high-end eatery created by acclaimed chef Daniel Boulud serves an “Opera Pique-Nique” outside the restaurant (Broadway between 63rd and 64th) from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. For only $19 (cash only), you can enjoy a gourmet three-course takeout picnic dinner, which includes a chilled daily market vegetable soup, choice of jambon, paté, or brie sandwich, choice of bittersweet chocolate tart or summer fruit salad for dessert, and a bottle of San Pellegrino. The weather is predicted to be wonderful all week, with cooler temperatures and little rain, so head out to Lincoln Center after picking up your delicious Bar Boulud dinner, and enjoy the free opera. Full details of the Summer HD Festival, including a schedule of screenings, can be found here. [...]
[...] Peter Grimes Summer HD Festival at The Met 7:45 pm, Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center Free Event Click here for more information [...]
[...] La Bohème Summer HD Festival at The Met 8:00 pm, Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center Free Event Click here for more information [...]
[...] Orfeo ed Euridice Summer HD Festival at The Met 8:00 pm, Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center Free Event Click here for more information [...]
[...] first-ever Summer HD Festival has been a big success so far, drawing crowds of opera fans to enjoy some of The Met’s [...]
[...] Il Trittico Summer HD Festival at The Met 7:30 pm, Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center Free Event Click here for more information [...]
[...] Madama Butterfly - LAST DAY Summer HD Festival at The Met 8:00 pm, Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center Free Event Click here for more information [...]