April 23, 2009
Met Opera to stage free concerts in all five boroughs
The Metropolitan Opera announced this week it will return to all five boroughs this year for its free Summer Recital Series including Manhattan’s East River Park, Tappan Park on Staten Island, and Coffey Park next to the projects in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
In 2008, the Met Opera scrapped the multi-borough plan and instead staged one big concert in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
All of the Summer Recital Series performances are free. No tickets are required, except for the July 13 concert as part of Central Park SummerStage. Instructions will be available June 1 for snagging the free Central Park opera tickets.
See the full schedule after the jump:
Monday, July 13 at 8 p.m.
Central Park SummerStage
Paulo Szot, baritone
Lisette Oropesa, soprano
Alek Shrader, tenor
Vlad Iftinca, pianist
Friday, July 17 at 7 p.m.
Crotona Park, Bronx
John Moore, baritone
Ashley Emerson, soprano
Vlad Iftinca, pianist
Damon Gupton, host
Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m.
Queensbridge Park, Queens
John Moore, baritone
Ashley Emerson, soprano
Vlad Iftinca, pianist
Damon Gupton, host
Friday, July 31 at 7 p.m.
East River Park, Manhattan
Joyce El-Khoury, soprano
Keith Miller, bass
Vlad Iftinca, pianist
Friday, August 7 at 7 p.m.
Tappan Park, Staten Island
Joyce El-Khoury, soprano
Keith Miller, bass
Vlad Iftinca, pianist
Damon Gupton, host
Friday, August 14 at 7 p.m.
Coffey Park, Brooklyn
Joyce El-Khoury, soprano
Keith Miller, bass
Vlad Iftinca, pianist
Damon Gupton, host
The Met Opera said there will be no rain dates for these performances.
In August and September, the Met Opera will also offer a free Summer HD Festival, outdoors in Lincoln Center Plaza. The schedule:
August 29: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
August 30: Roméo et Juliette
August 31: Eugene Onegin
September 1: Macbeth
September 2: La Fille du Régiment
September 3: Peter Grimes
September 4: La Bohème
September 5: Orfeo ed Euridice
September 6: Il Trittico
September 7: Madama Butterfly
Earlier: Free Central Park SummerStage shows start June 12
Town Hall sets Free for All classical concert dates
Philharmonic sets six free summer concerts for July ‘09
NYC’s (mostly free) summer concerts and film series
April 23, 2009 9:45 PM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Out of Manhattan, Romance, Sightsology, Upper West Side
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