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In its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere during the Met’s closure, the company will present an unprecedented virtual At-Home Gala, featuring more than 40 leading artists performing in a live stream from their homes all around the world. The event, Saturday, April 25, at 1 p.m. EDT, will be hosted by General Manager Peter Gelb in New York City and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Montreal, and will be available for free on the Met’s website. After the live showing, the gala will continue to be accessible on demand on the Met website until 6:30pm EDT the following day. A list of featured artists is below, and the complete program will be announced soon.
Featured Artists
Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak
Le Raincy, France
Marco Armiliato
Lugano, Switzerland
Jamie Barton
Atlanta, Georgia
Piotr Beczała
Zabnica, Poland
Angel Blue
Alpine, New Jersey
Lawrence Brownlee
Niceville, Florida
Joseph Calleja
Mellieha, Malta
Javier Camarena
Zurich, Switzerland
Nicole Car and Etienne Dupuis
Paris, France
David Chan
Closter, New Jersey
Anthony Roth Costanzo
New York, New York
Stephen Costello and Yoon Kwon Costello
New York, New York
Diana Damrau
Orange, France
Michael Fabiano
Bonita Springs, Florida
Renée Fleming
Virginia
Elīna Garanča
Riga, Latvia
Christine Goerke
Teaneck, New Jersey
Gunther Groissböck
Lugano, Switzerland
Jonas Kaufmann
Munich, Germany
Isabel Leonard
New York, New York
Ambrogio Maestri
Lugano, Switzerland
Peter Mattei
Bromma, Sweden
Erin Morley
New Haven, Connectivut
Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov
Vienna, Austria
Lisette Oropesa
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
René Pape
Dresden, Germany
Ailyn Pérez and Soloman Howard
Chicago, Illinois
Matthew Polenzani
Pelham, New York
Anita Rachvelishvili
Tbilisi, Georgia
Golda Schultz
Bavaria, Germany
Nadine Sierra
Valencia, Spain
Bryn Terfel and Hannah Stone
Wales
Elza van den Heever
Montpellier, France
Michael Volle
Berlin, Germany
Pretty Yende
Piet Retief, South Africa
Sonya Yoncheva
Geneva, Switzerland