On Monday, March 14, at 6PM ET, the Metropolitan Opera will present a benefit performance to support Ukrainian citizens under attack, with all ticket sales and donations going to support relief efforts in Ukraine. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Met Orchestra and Chorus and star soloists in a 70-minute program, featuring music...
Hear the Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble rehearse Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #1 The next Chamber Ensemble concert takes place on Monday January 24th at 7:30, 2022 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. A few tickets remain for purchase. For more information and tickets, please use the following link: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2022/01/24/The-MET-Orchestra-Chamber-Ensemble-0730PM Program: R. STRAUSS Sextet from Capriccio, Op....
We are excited to partner with The Metropolitan Opera in creating this video with members of our Eurydice percussion section! Catch this fascinating conversation with composer Matthew Aucoin, Principal Percussionist Greg Zuber, Principal Timpanist Parker Lee and Assistant Principal Timpanist and Percussionist Steven White, as they discuss Aucoin’s eclectic use of percussion to highlight motifs...
Videography: Joan Argemí It was somewhat of a surreal experience to play the Horn quartet from the third act of Wagner‘s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” with Tenor Klaus Florian Vogt, immediately after performing the 6 hour opera with Vogt as “Walther von Stolzig”, which is one of the main roles of the opera. We...
We had so much fun celebrating soprano Angela Gheorghiu’s Birthday! The Metropolitan Opera’s Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts the entire MET Orchestra in a Verdi “La Traviata” and “Happy Birthday” mashup, arranged by MET Principal Horn Erik Ralske. The idea to celebrate Ms. Gheorghiu was hatched by MET Hornist Barbara Jostlein Currie when she remembered...
“Led by the Met’s music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the “Resurrection” Symphony brought the full company and its audience back together in grand style: 90 minutes; an orchestra of 116; a chorus of 100; and 2,500 attending in the park, as well as hundreds more listening from the street.” Read more from Zachary Woolfe in the...
The MET Orchestra Musicians are thrilled to announce a collaboration with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra- offering the first ever NFT (Non-Fungible Token) by a major symphony orchestra. In a pioneering partnership with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, this exclusive NFT is now for sale featuring exciting new content from our Mahler Symphony #1 “Titan” concert which...
“For musicians, we start when we’re little kids. It’s not just a job, it’s a calling. When it’s something you do your whole life, and suddenly nobody needs you, it was really just devastating, honestly… a project like this has been uplifting… it’s been good for my heart.” – Sylvia Danburg Volpe, Associate Principal Second...
Here is a clip from our recent MET Orchestra Spotlight Series concert featuring some of the MET Opera Horns section: Erik Ralske (Principal Horn), Javier Gándara (Third Horn), Brad Gemeinhardt (Third Horn), and Barbara Jostlein Currie (Fourth Horn). ***We would like to thank many people who made this concert possible, especially those behind the scenes....
This aria from Verdi’s “Otello” is beautifully sung by soprano Mihoko Kinoshita of the Nikikai Opera Foundation in Tokyo. We collaborated with the Hibiya Festival in Tokyo, which aired this performance at the luxury arts and entertainment complex in Tokyo, the 東京ミッドタウン / Tokyo Midtown Hibiya. Enjoy! Lyrics Translation: Hail Mary, full of grace, chosen...
