High Notes at Home: Wagnerians Live in Concert, National Council Auditions, Aria Code, and More

Don’t miss your chance to discover opera’s next big stars! The semifinal round and Grand Finals Concert of the 2021 National Council Auditions will be free and streamed live for the first time ever. [The Metropolitan Opera]( [Hight Notes At Home]( Wagnerians in Concert SATURDAY, MAY 8, at 1PM ET This weekend, four of opera’s most thrilling dramatic voices—sopranos Christine Goerke and Elza van den Heever, tenor Andreas Schager, and baritone Michael Volle—perform live from the grand foyer of the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany. The program features soaring selections by Wagner and Strauss, including excerpts from Tannhäuser, Parsifal, Die Walküre, and Die Frau ohne Schatten, as well as Wagner’s complete Wesendonck Lieder. After the live transmission, the concert will remain available for on-demand viewing for two weeks. Tickets are $20. [BUY TICKETS]( [WATCH TRAILER]( THREE DIVAS LIVE IN CONCERT And on May 22, don’t miss the next performance in the Met Stars Live in Concert series, featuring sopranos Ailyn Pérez and Nadine Sierra and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, live from the Royal Opera of Versailles. [BUY TICKETS]( Tickets for [Met Stars Live in Concert]( also make great gifts—especially for Mother’s Day on May 9. [GIFT TICKETS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Livestream the 2021 National Council Auditions Don’t miss your chance to discover opera’s next big stars! The semifinal round and Grand Finals Concert of the 2021 National Council Auditions will be free and streamed live for the first time ever. The semifinals, taking place May 9 at 11AM ET, feature 23 singers—selected from an initial 1,200 applicants—and will determine the select group of performers who will advance to the Grand Finals Concert on May 16 at 3PM ET. Free registration is required to view both the semifinals and the Grand Finals Concert, and each event will be available to watch on demand for 48 hours following the livestream. [REGISTER NOW]( [LEARN MORE]( Please note, live captions will be provided for all spoken dialogue during these events. --------------------------------------------------------------- Aria Code: New Episode Streaming Now Don’t miss the latest episode of Aria Code, the Met’s involving podcast created in collaboration with WQXR. This week, host Rhiannon Giddens speaks with soprano Dawn Upshaw about the virtuous Anne Trulove’s “No word from Tom” from Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. Find it wherever you get podcasts. [LISTEN NOW]( [PAST EPISODES]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Nightly Opera Streams: National Council Auditions Alumni Week MAY 10–16 Leading up to the 2021 National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert on May 16, we’re paying tribute to some of the extraordinary Met artists who have participated in the program over the past 60 years. Enjoy a week of free streams featuring Teresa Stratas, Renée Fleming and Susan Graham (pictured together in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier), Lawrence Brownlee, and more—as well as an exclusive screening of Susan Froemke’s documentary The Audition. Enhance your viewing experience with a curated collection of related content, including articles, videos, podcasts, and more. [LEARN MORE]( [RELATED CONTENT]( Monday, May 10 Puccini’s La Bohème (featuring Teresa Stratas as Mimì) Tuesday, May 11 Mozart’s Don Giovanni (featuring Samuel Ramey as Don Giovanni and Carol Vaness as Donna Anna) Wednesday, May 12 Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (featuring Ben Heppner as Tristan) Thursday, May 13 Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (featuring Renée Fleming as the Marschallin and Susan Graham as Octavian) Friday, May 14 The Audition Directed by Susan Froemke Saturday, May 15 Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia (featuring Lawrence Brownlee as Count Almaviva) Sunday, May 16 Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux (featuring Sondra Radvanovsky as Elisabetta) 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 May 15 stream of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, which will be available until May 16 at 2PM ET. The May 16 stream of Roberto Devereux will begin at the normally scheduled 7:30PM ET. THE AUDITION: TRAILER In her celebrated documentary, Susan Froemke goes behind the scenes at the 2007 National Council Auditions, in which thousands of hopefuls compete for the opportunity to launch a major operatic career. [WATCH VIDEO]( VULNERABILITY AND STRENGTH Teresa Stratas, a winner of the 1959 auditions, enjoyed a Met career spanning more than three decades. Learn more about this fascinating artist. [READ ARTICLE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- More from the Met PROTECT THE MET Make a contribution now to help ensure that the Met will be back and stronger than ever. Your gift will be matched dollar for dollar by a Met Board member and will make a truly meaningful difference. [MAKE A GIFT]( MET OPERA ON DEMAND If you’re enjoying the Nightly Opera Streams and would like access to the Met’s catalog of more than 700 performances, check out our subscription streaming service and start a seven-day free trial. 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