We ask about the issues that have pollsters predicting a win for opposition Republicans and what to make of anticipated record turnout in many races. Is democracy really on the ballot, as Joe Biden claims? The whole world is watching the US midterm elections: the first since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fuelled soaring inflation and the first federal elections since Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. Saturday's At-Home Gala, although free, is part of the Met’s The Voice Must Be Heard fundraising campaign to protect the company’s future.Īfter the live event, the At-Home Gala will be made available for on-demand viewing on the Met website until 11.30pm in Paris, Sunday 26 April. The Metropolitan Opera has been closed since 11 March due to the coronavirus lockdown but the company is striving to keep in touch with audiences.

However, the singers' performances that included works by Mozart, Verdi and Donizetti, was live and relayed in real time from their laptops and transmitted via Skype, as they self-isolate across the globe. In the end, the result was more than satisfactory,' he said. 'I sent a video of me conducting the music without the sound to each artist, and the orchestra and choir played their parts while watching me from afar. In the end, the orchestral accompaniment was recorded separately.

'It would have been too complicated to do it live,' Nézet-Séguin told French weekly Le Point. The Met’s General Manager Peter Gelb hosted the online experience from his home in New York and said he hoped the concert would give an “operatic uplift to our audiences, as well as for our singers, who are eager to connect with their fans.”įellow co-host music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin took care of the instrumental side of things from Montreal and admitted that part of the event was pre-recorded. Leading singers including Diana Damrau and Renée Fleming opened up their living rooms to viewers in a pan-continental living-room soiree, which was live streamed from 15 countries on three continents on the The Metropolitan Opera website.

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