Metropolitan Opera Summer 2013 Outdoor HD Festival at Lincoln Center

The Annual Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival has returned for 10 nights. It started August 24, 2013, with HD screenings of some of the most beloved operas. Shown on a big screen in the Lincoln Center Plaza, opera fans  have an up-close and personal view of not only a performance from the Metropolitan stage, but also a backstage glimpse of what goes on between each act. There are 3,100 seats available and each screening is free. 

This year's schedule is as follows:

*Verdi’s La Traviata, Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 8pm

*Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 8pm

*Adès’s The Tempest, Monday, August 26, 2013 at 8pm

*Verdi’s Otello, Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 8pm

*Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 8pm

*Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 8pm

*Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, Friday, August 30, 2013 at 8pm

*Massenet’s Manon, Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 7:45pm

*Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, Sunday, September 1, 2013 at 8pm

*Verdi’s Aida, Monday, September 2, 2013 at 8pm

The New York Grand Opera Stages a Free Performance of “Tosca” at Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell

The New York Grand Opera Company presented a free outdoor performance of "Tosca" earlier this evening at Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell. Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. It is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples' control of Rome threatened by Napoleon's invasion of Italy. It contains depictions of torture, murder and suicide, yet also includes some of Puccini's best-known lyrical arias. Another Puccini performance (Madama Butterfly) will be offered at the same venue on July 18. The Bandshell is located south of Bethesda Terrace near 72nd Street.