April 24, 2008

Met Opera plans free June 20 concert in Prospect Park

The Met Opera will move to Brooklyn's Prospect Park for one night this summer -- June 20 -- for a free concert that could draw as many as 150,000 people, the Met Opera announced today.

The one night concert will replace the free series of park performances the Met Opera has offered in past summers.

"Met Summer Concert: Live in Prospect Park" will feature soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna, (who are married to each other,) singing selections from Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Massenet. Ion Marin will conduct the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

The concert will take place in Prospect Park’s nearly mile-long Long Meadow, with an over-sized stage set up at the baseball fields. Six jumbo video screens will offer extra views of the stage.

To encourage spectators from all five boroughs, Bank of America will give away 25,000 MTA MetroCards in a commemorative holder along with another card that will make them eligible for cash, a vacation package or Met Opera tickets. The cards will be available as of June 16.

The June 20 performance will also be will be broadcast live on WQXR-FM (96.3 FM), and streamed live on the Met’s website.

Earlier: NY Philharmonic sets free summer park concert dates

April 24, 2008 10:17 AM in Cheap Stuff, Out of Manhattan, Romance, Sightsology

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