New York, October 3 (EFE). – The New York Metropolitan Opera (Met Opera) on Monday provided a platform to watch performances live from home in many countries, although it is not accessible to a large portion of Spanish speakers.
The entity said it wants to reach as many audiences as possible and that the “The Met: Live at Home” platform will be available to audiences in the United States and Canada who don’t have theaters nearby that broadcast the “Live in HD” opera. in many other countries.
“We wanted to make live shows available to people who don’t have easy access to theaters that broadcast the Met, reside in the mountains of Montana, or are on a mission to Antarctica,” the company’s CEO said in a note. .
However, the list of countries does not include Spain, Mexico, Argentina or Peru, which according to the Met Opera search map does not currently offer “Live in HD”, nor does it include other countries that offer it in one or several theaters. Cinema, such as Colombia, Chile and Costa Rica.
Yes, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras are included, as well as countries in the Caribbean islands and in Asia and Africa, the entity highlights that jobs can actually be seen on all continents.
The initiative to broadcast jobs in cinemas is available in 2,000 institutions spread over 50 countries, and an application for technological devices with on-demand opera is added to this, but the entity continued to search for ways to enter after the strong impact of the pandemic.
The new platform, “The Met: Live at Home,” can be viewed on almost any device and with subtitles in English, French and Spanish, starting with Luigi Cherubini’s “Medea,” starring soprano Sondra Radwanowski, on October 22.
The note states that Met Opera will begin selling platform tickets starting October 17 at “$10 or $20, depending on the country,” and will allow unlimited repeat viewing for 7 days. EFE
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