By Robert Croan The Met: Live in HD, our premier opera company’s streaming in movie theaters worldwide of live performances from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, closed its current season May 30 with El último sueño de Frida y Diego. The Spanish-language opera by Gabriela Lena Frank was a novelty for the Met, and timely, as the 53-year-old California-based … [Read more...]
Met in HD series returns to local movie houses
By Robert Croan On Saturday, Fort Lauderdale native Nadine Sierra’s superlative portrayal of the eponymous Amina in Vincenzo Bellini’s La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) opened the Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 Live in HD season — simulcast screenings of Saturday afternoon performances distributed by Fathom Events in cinemas worldwide. The series is a valuable part of South … [Read more...]
Met Opera’s Lindemann Artists impress at Four Arts concert
By Márcio Bezerra The future looks (or, rather, sounds) bright, at least in the operatic field. That is the conclusion one would draw after the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Artists in Concert were heard at The Society of the Four Arts this past Sunday. Created in 1980, The Lindemann is the country’s (and perhaps the world’s) most prestigious young artist program in opera. … [Read more...]
Met Opera’s HD shows at movies helps fill in local opera gap
By Robert Croan Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, one of the most colorful, melodic operas in the repertory and also one of the most difficult to produce, opened the 2024-25 season of The Met: Live in HD—the Metropolitan Opera’s series of high-definition simulcasts in cinemas worldwide – on Oct. 5. The Live in HD showings are an important and valuable part of South … [Read more...]
2023-24 Season Preview: Metropolitan Opera in HD
By Robert Croan Three operas composed in the last five decades, all Metropolitan Opera premieres, will be featured in the coming season’s The Met: Live in HD’s 2023-24 season, live simulcasts in high-definition cinemas nationwide and abroad. The series is a valuable adjunct to live performances available in South Florida, offered by Florida Grand Opera in Miami’s … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2022-23: The Met: Live in HD boosts options for opera fans
By Robert Croan There are limited opportunities to attend live opera performances in South Florida. In the upcoming season, Miami-based Florida Grand Opera will present four productions in the Arsht Center, repeating three of them in Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center; while Palm Beach Opera offers three productions in Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. And they’re all pricey. … [Read more...]