Our free Nightly Opera Streams continue with a week of operas both scintillating and searing.

From Strauss’s thrilling psychodrama Elektra, starring Nina Stemme (pictured) in a masterful staging

by Patrice Chéreau, to Rossini’s La Cenerentola, an effervescent take on the Cinderella story starring Joyce DiDonato

and Juan Diego Flórez, it’s a lineup that runs the operatic gamut. The week also includes an unprecedented free event:

Our newly announced virtual At-Home Gala on April 25, featuring more than 40 artists performing live from their homes

around the world at 1 PM EDT. Please go into Metopera.com.to see the Opera.

Monday, April 20 Strauss’s Elektra

Tuesday, April 21 Puccini’s Tosca

Wednesday, April 22 Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Thursday, April 23 Lehár’s The Merry Widow

Friday, April 24 Viewers’ Choice: Verdi’s La Traviata

Saturday, April 25 Live Start Time of 1 PM EDT

Sunday, April 26 Rossini’s La Cenerentola

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At-Home Gala In its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere

during the Met’s closure, the company will present a star-studded virtual gala Saturday, April 25, at 1 PM,

featuring more than 40 leading artists performing in a live stream from their homes all around the world,

available for free on the Met’s website. General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin

will host from their homes in New York City and Montreal, respectively. Mr. Nézet-Séguin will also participate

as a pianist and as a conductor in pre-recorded performances by the Met Orchestra and Chorus, created from individual takes

from the homes of each of the musicians