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The concert marks the first performance inside the Metropolitan Opera House since the March 2020 closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Īudiences in New York City and beyond will also be able to see and hear live transmissions of Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11. On Saturday, September 11, 2021, at 7:45pm ET, Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct the Met Orchestra and Chorus with a quartet of star soloists: soprano Ailyn Pérez, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, tenor Matthew Polenzani, and bass-baritone Eric Owens. New York, NY (August 20, 2021)-The Metropolitan Opera will present a pre-season performance of Verdi’s Requiem to commemorate the 20th anniversary of September 11. Live transmission of the concert to be presented by Great Performances on PBS, hosted by Misty Copeland The concert on September 11, 2021, at 7:45pm ET marks the first performance inside the Metropolitan Opera House since the March 2020 closure The Met commemorates the 20th anniversary of September 11 with a pre-season performance of Verdi’s Requiem, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Met Orchestra and Chorus and soloists Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani, and Eric Owens

The English-language text of the Requiem will also be projected onto the façade of the opera house during the performance.The Metropolitan Opera Announces Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11 As part of a citywide remembrance, the Met will be participating in the 9/11 Tribute in Light, bathing its façade in sky-blue light. There will also be live audio from the performance that will be broadcast directly outside the Met in Lincoln Center Plaza. The Met also announced that the performance would be broadcast on Sirius XM and WQXR and would be shown on PBS with Misty Copeland hosting.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung will replace Elīna Garanča, who is ill.ĭeYoung last sang at the Metropolitan Opera in 2015 in a production of “ Tannhäuser.” The mezzo made her Met debut in 1994 and has since performed with the company in productions of “Tristan und Isolde,” “The Ghost of Versailles,” “Aida,” “The Makropoulos Case,” “Les Troyens,” and “La Forza del Destino,” among others.ĭeYoung will join a cast that includes Ailyn Pérez, Matthew Polenzani, and Eric Owens. The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11.