The shows, named A Concert for New York, are held at the Knockdown Center in Queens at 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. local time.
The program includes works by classics such as the Austrian Walfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Italian Giuseppe Verdi, among others performed by the institution’s orchestra and choir, both under the direction of the French-Canadian Yannick Ne´zet-Se´guin.
Also the attending public will be able to enjoy the opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, by the renowned jazzman Terence Blachard.
The list of guest artists is completed by soprano Angel Blue, tenor Stephen Costello and baritone Justin Austin, the 12-voice choir and the 20-piece orchestra.
Only 150 people will be able to attend each concert, considered of high symbolic value by the Met Opera, as this venue is popularly known, for being the first to be attended by the public after just over a year of virtual activities due to Covid- 19.
In addition, current health protocols will be respected, such as spaces between spectators, the use of a mask, and the presentation of a vaccination test or negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test, among other requirements prior to the presentations. A statement from the institution assures that it aspires to reopen permanently together with the rest of the city next September.
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