2021 Summer HD Festival
August 27–September 6 in Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park
The Met’s popular Summer HD Festival returns, featuring a stunning lineup of seven free encore presentations of past Live in HD transmissions, as well as a special screening of Susan Froemke’s fascinating documentary The Opera House. Running August 27–September 6, the festival features unforgettable performances from many of opera’s greatest stars.
The screenings are free and open to the public, with approximately 2,500 seats set up next to the opera house in Damrosch Park.
TWO WAYS TO SECURE SEATS:
General admission: The screenings are free and open to the public. General-admission seating will open one hour before each presentation on a first-come-first-served basis.
Assigned seating via the TodayTix Lottery: Enter for a chance to win up to two free reserved seats, starting two weeks before each screening. Entries close three days before a presentation at 12:59 PM ET. Ticket holders must arrive at least ten minutes before show time to guarantee seats. Enter the Lottery through the TodayTix app or by calling Lincoln Center Guest Services at 212.875.5456.
HEALTH AND SAFETY:
Please note that these performances will be seated at full capacity without social distancing. All guests (aged 2+) are required to wear a face covering, regardless of vaccination status. In addition, all guests (aged 12+) will be required to provide proof of full vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 test, taken within 72 hours of the event. For greater detail, please click here.
SCHEDULE:
Friday, August 27, at 8PM: 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.
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Saturday, August 28, at 7:30PM: 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.
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Sunday, August 29, at 7:30PM: 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.
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Monday, August 30, at 7PM: 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.
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Tuesday, August 31, at 7:30PM: 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.
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CANCELED:
Wednesday, September 1, at 7:30PM: 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.
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CANCELED:
Thursday, September 2, at 7:30PM: 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.
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Friday, September 3: No screening
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Saturday, September 4, at 8PM: 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 8PM: 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 7:30PM: 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.
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Screenings will go on as scheduled in the case of rain but will be canceled in the event of thunder/lightning or high wind. Canceled screenings will not be rescheduled.