Met Opera Shifts Gears, Mega-Concert Comes to Brooklyn
Normally a series of summer concerts featuring lesser-known talent in a variety of venues across the five boroughs, the Metropolitan Opera’s summertime tradition is shifting gears this year and will feature a free one-night-only performance with two of opera’s biggest stars, Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna.
Operatic partners, as well as husband and wife, soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna are frequent performers at the Met Opera and will perform popular arias and duets at the outdoor concert.
The concert will take place at Prospect Park in Brooklyn in the Long Meadow, which can accommodate up to 150,000 people, six jumbo screens will be strategically placed for better viewing.
Bank of America is in its eighth year sponsoring this event and will offer 25,000 free pre-paid MetroCards on a first-come, first-served basis. Any person that receives a free MetroCard will also be eligible for free prizes, once scanned at Prospect Park. The prizes include tickets to a performance during the Metropolitan Opera’s upcoming season, or grand prizes of a vacation package or a cash gift provided by the bank. Stop by one of the five listed Bank of America branches beginning Monday, June 16, 2008 for your free MetroCard:
- Manhattan: 1515 Broadway, Times Square
- Brooklyn: 449 Myrtle Avenue
- Bronx: 299 East 204th Street
- Queens: 90-53 Sutphin Boulevard
- Staten Island: 2196 Forest Avenue
If you can’t make it to the opera, it will also be streamed via the Metropolitan Opera website at www.metopera.org.
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn (map)
Subway: F to 7th Avenue, enter park at Prospect Park West at 9th Street
Date and Time: Friday, June 20, 2008. 8pm
Cost: Free
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This is great stuff. The Royal Opera House is doing free gigs in London, too, during July – though in this case the free views are only of the big screens, the artists will actually still be singing in the opera house.
I wonder if any other cities are doing free opera gigs?
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