VIDEO: Metropolitan Opera Shares 'Making of the At-Home Gala'

By: Chloe Rabinowitz Jun. 09, 2020

Metropolitan Opera has shared a behind the scenes look into their At-Home Gala.

In the description of the video they shared: Hear from Peter Gelb, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and soprano Lisette Oropesa about how the Met overcame technological and artistic challenges to present a one-of-a-kind At-Home Gala on April 25, 2020.

Check out the video!

In case we had to be reminded—after the Met’s recent Laffont Competition lineup, where three Juilliard singers were among the finalists—the Juilliard School is among the top sources of the next generation of opera singers (among many other categories, of course). Two of those singers were in the cast of last weekend’s fully stages performances of Verdi’s FALSTAFF, where the singing was impressive from the very first scene. (I saw the Saturday matinee.)

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