The Metropolitan Opera is set to celebrated their 125th Anniversary in a spectacular Gala scheduled for Sunday, March 15th, 2009. The gala concert will also celebrate the 40th anniversary of Placido Domingo with the famed company. Maestro James Levine is set to conduct 26 fully staged scenes with a star studded powerhouse of Met Opera voices including: Placido Domingo, Roberto Alagna, Stephanie Blythe, Joseph Calleja, Natalie Dessay, Renée Fleming, Juan Diego Flórez, Angela Gheorghiu, Marcello Giordani, Maria Guleghina, Thomas Hampson, Ben Heppner, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Maija Kovalevska, Susanne Mentzer, James Morris, Rene Pape, Sondra Radvanovsky, John Relyea, Deborah Voigt, among others. The once-in-a-lifetime anniversary gala will feature the legendary Placido Domingo performing several scenes including arias from La Fanciulla del West, Parsifal, Simon Boccanegra, and his trademark Otello. The Gala will also incorporate the use of projections to showcase historic elements of memorabilia from the Metropolitan Opera both old and new including the proscenium of the old Met Opera House. Visit the Metropolitan Opera online for more information.
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The Amato Opera House is set to close its doors after 60 years of providing operatic entertainment in the Bowery building located in the East Village. The company is performing its final two productions of La Boheme, March 7 thru April 5, and The Marriage of Figaro, April 25 thru May 31. The quaint opera house that seats only 107 provided an intimate setting for the company’s productions as well as a venue for up and coming performers to experience the theatre setting. Visit the Amato Opera House online to purchase tickets for the last performances thru May 31, 2009.