High Notes: Countdown to Opening Night

The Met celebrates its return to the opera house in historic fashion on September 27, with the company premiere of Grammy Award–winning jazzman and composer Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones. [The Metropolitan Opera]( [Hight Notes - September]( Opening Night: September 27 at 6:30PM ET The Met celebrates its return to the opera house in historic fashion on September 27, with the company premiere of Grammy Award–winning jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be on the podium for the momentous occasion, and baritone Will Liverman (pictured above) stars in Blanchard’s operatic adaptation of the moving memoir by Charles M. Blow. Don’t forget: If you can’t make it to the Met for Opening Night, you can visit Times Square or Marcus Garvey Park to watch a free simulcast of the performance. We can’t wait to see you back at the Met, and we are committed to making the changes necessary to keep everyone safe, including a mandatory vaccination and masking policy for all audiences and employees, improved ventilation, enhanced cleaning procedures, and touchless entrances. We’ve also revised our ticket policies to be as flexible and accommodating as possible in the event that you are unable to attend a performance. For more information about these policies and improvements, visit metopera.org/commitment. [BUY TICKETS]( [OPENING NIGHT EVENTS]( Watch our new video for Fire Shut Up in My Bones. [WATCH VIDEO]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Opening Month Lineup The opening weeks of the 2021–22 season also feature bass René Pape reprising his acclaimed turn as the tragic tsar in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, opening September 28, and the eagerly anticipated return of star soprano Christine Goerke (pictured above) in the title role of Puccini’s Turandot, starting October 12. Then, another pair of sensational revivals open later next month: the Met’s smash-hit production of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, and Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, starring sensational soprano Lise Davidsen alongside baritone Michael Volle. [VIEW CALENDAR]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov: Live in HD Grand opera returns to cinemas around the globe on October 9 with a Live in HD transmission of Boris Godunov, headlined by bass René Pape (pictured above) in one of Russian opera’s pinnacle roles. 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