The Athena Cinema announced “The Met: Live in HD” series return starting Oct. Everyone stopped to take their own pictures.Īnother first for The Met: the full opera was simulcast at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem along with its usual simulcast in Times Square.Īnd it’s just the opening night: the Met has a robust schedule for this season and hopes to keep audiences entertained throughout.ĭid you know you can now watch, read and stay informed with NY1 wherever and whenever you want? Get the new Spectrum News app here.Promotional image from 2022 Verdi's Falstaff, provided by the Metropolitan Opera. Instead, the whole plaza was like a red carpet. Unlike other opening nights, there was no official red carpet. “So it’s just a kind of groundbreaking night in music.” “The Met is always at the forefront of cultural development, especially in opera, but more broadly, too,” said opera singer and concert-goer Candice Hoyes. “I think with everything that’s going on in our country right now, this event, this presentation really sets a precedent about where we’re going.” “I think tonight is historic,” ticket-holder Angela Davis said. “I come here in the afternoon just to kind of walk around.”įor those walking around on opening night, it was a feeling that the future of the performing arts was being redefined. This is just the greatest place to come in New York City,” actor Erich Bergen said. Opening night at The Met is just really, really special.”
“A few of my friends are singing here tonight and I’m just so excited to be here. “This is of course the first time a Black composer is premiering an opera here at the Metropolitan,” actor Laverne Cox said. We’re actually distant relatives,” actor Wendell Pierce said. I went to school with him at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Many came to opening night to celebrate the milestone and the return of live performances to New York City. “What I’m trying to do is, take the DNA of American jazz and bring it into this form and develop the opera based on that,” Blanchard said. “But it’s not just for me it’s for all of the other people who wish they could have been here.”Īs far as the genre, he says it’s opera infused with jazz. “It means the world to me,” Blanchard said. Instead, the entire plaza was filled with ticket-holders, and people used it as their own red carpet and snapped photos
After being closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Met Opera makes a triumphant return.
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