The Metropolitan Opera in New York will mark the primary anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a live performance to recollect victims of the battle.
Met music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Soprano Golda Schultz, mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, tenor Dmytro Popov, and Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi would be the soloists on the Feb. 24 efficiency.
“Mozart’s Requiem is to recollect the harmless victims of the battle, and Beethoven’s Fifth is in anticipation of the victory to come back,” Met common supervisor Peter Gelb mentioned in an announcement Friday (Jan. 20).
The live performance might be broadcast on radio and might be offered in affiliation with the Everlasting Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations and Lincoln Middle for the Performing Arts. All tickets price $50 and go on sale Feb. 1, and the Met is encouraging ticket consumers to make donations to Ukraine aid efforts.
