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The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free encore opera performances every night during the pandemic.  Read on for the schedule this week including works by Bellini, Berlioz, Donizetti, Puccini, Strauss and Verdi.

The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free encore presentations every night from the Live in HD series on the company website.

Each stream becomes available at 7:30 p.m. EDT and remains accessible for on-demand viewing until 6:30 p.m. the following day.

See all the details including the schedule for each week <a href="https://www.metopera.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on their website. </a>

<h4>Nightly Opera Streams Schedule for May 25–May 31</h4>

Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust

Starring Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and John Relyea, conducted by James Levine. From November 22, 2008.

Starring Angela Meade, Marcello Giordani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Ferruccio Furlanetto, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From February 25, 2012.

Starring Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, and Pablo Elvira, conducted by James Levine. From March 29, 1980.

Starring Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Bryan Hymel, and Dwayne Croft, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From January 5, 2013.

Viewers’ Choice: Bellini’s La Sonnambula

Starring Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez, conducted by Evelino Pidò. From March 21, 2009.

Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore

Starring Pretty Yende, Matthew Polenzani, Davide Luciano, and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, conducted by Domingo Hindoyan. From February 10, 2018.

Starring Karita Mattila, Ildikó Komlósi, Kim Begley, Joseph Kaiser, and Juha Uusitalo, conducted by Patrick Summers. From October 11, 2008.

Schedule courtesy <a href="https://www.metopera.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.metopera.org.</a>

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