Met Opera’s Summer HD Festival Returns in 2021!

    Summer HD Festival at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park Returns!

    August 27 – September 6

    Visit the Official Page

    Featuring taped and live performances with about 2,500 seats available.

    Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center

    To get a seat you can show up and get one beginning an hour before each night’s opening on a first come first served basis. Or you can enter a TodayTix Lottery and take your chance at winning up to two free reserved seats. The official site recommends entering the Lottery through the TodayTix app or by calling Lincoln Center Guest Services at 212.875.5456.

    The following calendar comes courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera:

    Friday, August 27, at 8:00 pm: The Opera House

    In this documentary, award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke explores the creation of the Metropolitan Opera’s storied Lincoln Center home.
    Approx. one hour, 50 minutes.

    Saturday, August 28, at 7:30 pm: Verdi’s La Traviata

    Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; starring Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flórez, and Quinn Kelsey. From December 15, 2018.
    Approx. two hours, 25 minutes.

    Sunday, August 29, at 7:30 pm: Verdi’s Otello

    Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; starring Sonya Yoncheva, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Dimitri Pittas, Željko Lučić, and Günther Groissböck. From October 17, 2015.
    Approx. two hours, 30 minutes.

    Monday, August 30, at 7:00 pm: Philip Glass’s Satyagraha

    Conducted by Dante Anzolini; starring Rachelle Durkin, Richard Croft, Kim Josephson, and Alfred Walker. From November 19, 2011.
    Approx. two hours, 55 minutes.

    Tuesday, August 31, at 7:30 pm: Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer

    Conducted by Valery Gergiev; starring Anja Kampe, Mihoko Fujimura, Sergey Skorokhodov, David Portillo, Evgeny Nikitin, and Franz-Josef Selig. From March 10, 2020.
    Approx. two hours, 25 minutes.

    Wednesday, September 1, at 7:30 pm: Nico Muhly’s Marnie

    Conducted by Roberto Spano; starring Isabel Leonard, Janis Kelly, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, and Christopher Maltman. From November 10, 2018.
    Approx. two hours, 15 minutes.

    Thursday, September 2, at 7:30 pm: Berg’s Wozzeck

    Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; starring Elza van den Heever, Tamara Mumford, Christopher Ventris, Gerhard Siegel, Andrew Staples, Peter Mattei, and Christian Van Horn. From January 11, 2020.
    Approx. one hour 55 minutes.

    Friday, September 3: No screening

    LIVE PERFORMANCE

    Saturday, September 4, at 8:00 pm: Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

    Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the extraordinary Met Orchestra and Chorus, with soloists soprano Ying Fang and mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, in one of the symphonic repertory’s most epic and stirring works.

    LIVE PERFORMANCE

    Sunday, September 5, at 8:00 pm: Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

    Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the extraordinary Met Orchestra and Chorus, with soloists soprano Ying Fang and mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, in one of the symphonic repertory’s most epic and stirring works.

    Monday, September 6, at 7:30 pm: Verdi’s Il Trovatore

    Conducted by Marco Armiliato, starring Anna Netrebko, Dolora Zajick, Yonghoon Lee, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Stefan Kocán. From October 3, 2015.
    Approx. two hours 30 minutes.