High Notes at Home: New Year’s Eve Gala, Nightly Opera Streams, and More

Ring in the new year with a quartet of your favorite Met artists! We are pleased to announce a special Met Stars Live in Concert gala performance featuring sopranos Angel Blue and Pretty Yende, and tenors Javier Camarena and Matthew Polenzani—live from the stunning Parktheater in Augsburg, Germany. [The Metropolitan Opera]( [Hight Notes At Home]( Met Stars Live in Concert: New Year’s Eve Gala THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, at 4PM ET Ring in the new year with a quartet of your favorite Met artists! We are pleased to announce a special Met Stars Live in Concert gala performance featuring sopranos Angel Blue and Pretty Yende, and tenors Javier Camarena and Matthew Polenzani—live from the stunning Parktheater in Augsburg, Germany. The program will include arias, duets, and ensembles from Donizetti to Puccini, as well as arrangements of operetta and Neapolitan songs. Please note that this replaces Yende and Camarena’s previously announced concert, and tickets purchased for that original event will be valid for this new date. Please also note that soprano Sonya Yoncheva’s Met Stars Live in Concert performance, originally scheduled for tomorrow, November 21, has been postponed to Saturday, November 28. Tickets for each concert are $20. [BUY TICKETS]( [WATCH TRAILER]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Give the Gift of the Met This holiday season, share the magic of opera with everyone on your list. Met gift cards and gift tickets to Met Stars Live in Concert are available now. [BUY GIFT CARD]( [PURCHASE TICKETS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Nightly Opera Streams: Family Drama NOVEMBER 23–29 With holiday family gatherings fast approaching, revel in the delicious drama of opera’s most dysfunctional family dynamics—including Strauss’s modern take on Greek myth and the demented House of Atreus, Elektra (pictured), on Thanksgiving Day. Enhance your viewing experience with a curated collection of related content, including articles, videos, podcasts, and more. [VIEW SCHEDULE]( [RELATED CONTENT]( Monday, November 23 Verdi’s Il Trovatore Tuesday, November 24 Nico Muhly’s Marnie Wednesday, November 25 Thomas’s Hamlet Thursday, November 26 R. Strauss’s Elektra Friday, November 27 Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor Saturday, November 28 Wagner’s Die Walküre Sunday, November 29 Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra Each stream becomes available at 7:30PM ET and remains accessible for on-demand viewing until 6:30PM ET the following day, with the exception of the November 27 stream of Lucia di Lammermoor, which will be available until November 28 at 12PM ET. The November 28 stream of Die Walküre will begin at the normally scheduled 7:30PM ET. ALL IN THE FAMILY Learn about Patrice Chéreau’s perceptive 2016 Met production of Elektra, which revealed the psychological depth and family drama at the heart of Strauss’s riveting masterpiece. [READ ARTICLE]( DIE WALKÜRE: IN FOCUS Navigate the complicated web of family entanglements in Die Walküre, the second installment of Wagner’s Ring, with an episode of the Met’s In Focus podcast. 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