2019 Summer HD Festival

In this 11th year, over ten nights performances from the Met’s Live in HD series will be shown starting with a screening of FUNNY FACE in a special co-presentation with Film at Lincoln Center.   Screenings run from August 23 through September 2.  There will be 3000 seats in the Plaza in front of the Opera House with an additional standing room area. Cancellations due to thunder/lighting or high wind will not be rescheduled. 

Mar
5
Thu
2020
LA TRAVIATA
Mar 5 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


LA TRAVIATA:Verdi
de Billy; Oropesa, Pretti, Salsi
Original Air Date: 03/05/2020

SID.20100400
Michael Mayer’s sumptuous staging, a highlight of the 2018–19 season, returns with Soprano Lisette Oropesa as  Violetta, the opera’s tragic heroine, opposite tenor Piero Pretti as her ardent lover, Alfredo, and baritone Luca Salsi as Alfredo’s stern father, Germont. Bertrand de Billy conducts one of opera’s greatest scores. Production a gift of The Paiko Foundation Major additional funding from Mercedes T. Bass, Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone, and Rolex