The Metropolitan Opera's Summer HD Festival, an annual series of free screenings in Lincoln Center Plaza, will return this year, beginning Friday, August 25 with a screening of the 1987 romantic comedy film Moonstruck, directed by Norman Jewison, and starring Cher. Per the New York Times, the Met is in talks with composer Ricky Ian Gordon to create an opera based on the movie, with the film's original screenwriter John Patrick Shanley returning as librettist.
The Summer HD festival will offer more than 2,500 seats nightly, with no tickets required. The festival continue with ten operas from the Met's Live in HD catalog, including this season's hit production of The Hours, which will return to the Met next season. The full schedule is as follows:
Friday, August 25, at 8 PM: Moonstruck
Starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis
Directed by Norman Jewison
Saturday, August 26, at 8 PM: Verdi's La Traviata
Staring Nadine Sierra, Stephen Costello, Luca Salsi
Conducted by Daniele Callegari
Directed by Michael Mayer
Originally transmitted November 5, 2022
Sunday, August 27, at 8 PM: Cherubini's Medea
Starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Matthew Polenzani, Jana Brugger, Ekaterina Gubanova, Michele Pertusi
Conducted by Carlo Rizzi
Directed by David McVicar
Originally transmitted October 22, 2022
Monday, August 28, at 8 PM: Puts's The Hours
Starring Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara, Joyce DiDonato
Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Directed by Phelim McDermott
Originally transmitted December 10, 2022
Tuesday, August 29, at 8 PM: Verdi's Falstaff
Starring Michael Volle, Ailyn Pérez, Hera Hyesang Park, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Bogdan Volkov, Christopher Maltman
Conducted by Daniele Rustioni
Directed by Robert Carsen
Originally transmitted April 1, 2023
Wednesday, August 30, at 7:30 PM: Dean's Hamlet
Starring Allan Clayton, Brenda Rae, Sarah Connolly, Rod Gilfry, John Relyea
Conducted by Nicholas Carter
Directed by Neil Armfield
Originally transmitted June 4, 2022
Thursday, August 31, at 7:30 PM: Mozart's Cosi fan tutte
Starring Kelli O'Hara, Christopher Maltman, Amanda Majeki, Serena Malfi, Ben Bliss, Adam Plachetka
Conducted by David Robertson
Directed by Phelim McDermott
Originally transmitted March 31, 2018
Friday, September 1, at 8 PM: Giordano's Fedora
Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczala, Rosa Feola, Lucas Meachem
Conducted by Marco Armiliato
Directed by David McVicar
Originally transmitted January 14, 2023
Saturday, September 2, at 8 PM: Blanchard's Champion
Starring Eric Owens, Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore
Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Directed by James Robinson
Originally transmitted April 29, 2023
Sunday, September 3, at 8 PM: Verdi's Rigoletto
Starring Quinn Kelsey, Rosa Feola, Piotr Beczala
Conducted by Daniele Rustioni
Directed by Bartlett Sher
Originally transmitted January 29, 2022
Monday, September 4, at 8 PM: Pucccini's La Bohème
Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano, Susanna Phillips, Lucas Meachem, Alexey Lavrov, Matthew Rose
Conducted by Marco Armiliato
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Originally transmitted February 24, 2018
