The Met Opera streams HD Live free
Every day for the duration of New York City’s Metropolitan Opera closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series will be made available for free streaming on the Met website, with each performance available for a period of 20 hours, from 7:30 p.m. EDT until 3:30 p.m. the following day.
Next week’s schedule follows:
Saturday, March 21
Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” starring Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczała, and Mariusz Kwiecien, conducted by Marco Armiliato.
Sunday, March 22
Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” starring Renée Fleming, Ramón Vargas, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Week 2: Wagner Week
Monday, March 23
Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” starring Nina Stemme, Ekaterina Gubanova, Stuart Skelton, Evgeny Nikitin, and René Pape, conducted by Simon Rattle.
Tuesday, March 24
Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” starring Wendy Bryn Harmer, Stephanie Blythe, Richard Croft, Gerhard Siegel, Dwayne Croft, Bryn Terfel, Eric Owens, and Hans-Peter König, conducted by James Levine. Wednesday, March 25
Wagner’s “Die Walküre” starring Deborah Voigt, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Stephanie Blythe, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, and Hans-Peter König, conducted by James Levine. Thursday, March 26
Wagner’s “Siegfried” starring Deborah Voigt, Jay Hunter Morris, Gerhard Siegel, Bryn Terfel, and Eric Owens, conducted by Fabio Luisi. Friday, March 27
Wagner’s “Götterdämmer-ung” starring Deborah Voigt, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Waltraud Meier, Jay Hunter Morris, Iain Paterson, Eric Owens, and Hans-Peter König, conducted by Fabio Luisi.
Saturday, March 28
Wagner’s “Die Meistersin-ger von Nürnberg” starring Annette Dasch, Johan Botha, Paul Appleby, and Michael Volle, conducted by James Levine.
Sunday, March 29
Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” starring Eva-Maria Westbroek, Michelle DeYoung, Johan Botha, Peter Mattei, and Gunther Groissböck, conducted by James Levine.
Celle Que Vous Croyez
(French) Claire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman. She finds a photo of a pretty young blonde and uses it. She has created an entirely fictional character, but why? Director: Safy Nebbou. Cast: Juliette Binoche, Nicole garcia, François Civil. Rated: B15. Time: 1:41.
An Officer And A Spy
(French)In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island. Director: Roman Polanski. Cast: Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner. Rated: B. time: 2:12.
Bombshell
A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network. Director: Jay Roach. Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie. Rated: R. Time: 1:49.
Downhill
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other. Directors: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash. Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Mirando Otto. Rated: R. Time: 1:26.