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The New York Metropolitan Opera will not resume until the end of December 2020

2020-06-03T12:41:41.853Z


The MET had planned to reopen in September. Finally, the institution plans to postpone this date further and therefore to cancel its fall season.


The Metropolitan Opera in New York has just announced that its 2020-21 season would not start until December 31, three months later than planned, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The institution is also studying the possibility of shortening certain representations.

"Given the enormous organizational complexity of the Met calendar, we have no choice but to cancel our fall season , " said general manager Peter Gelb in a statement.

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"It is not possible to return to an opera in September while social distancing remains in force," he added.

The production of Aïda , by Giuseppe Verdi, which was to open the season on September 21, was purely and simply canceled, as was that of L'Ange de feu , by Sergei Prokofiev, whose performances were due to start on November 12.

The new calendar will start on December 31 with an exceptional gala, the details of which have not yet been announced.

If The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni will be played well, as expected, in 2021, it will be in a staging already seen in New York.

The “lack of time available for the necessary technical preparations” thus forced the organizers to give up presenting the new productions initially planned, in particular a Don Giovanni by the Belgian Ivo van Hove. To compensate for part of the canceled dates, the Met has included additional performances in February in its new calendar.

"In anticipation of new expectations from the public," the New York opera house has brought up the curtain-raising time "whenever possible" and "is studying the reduction of the duration of certain performances" . The Giulio Cesare Handel's last eg 3:30 with intermission against two intermissions until 4:30 ET.

The three fall performances that were to be filmed for The Met: Live in HD format , which is shown in theaters around the world, will be replaced by reruns.

New York City is to begin the first phase of containment release the week of June 8. But this first phase does not concern the living arts, which can only resume their activity during the fourth and last phase of the plan, on a date still unknown.

No theater or performance hall in New York has yet announced a specific date for reopening for performances or concerts with the public.

Source: lefigaro

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