The Met has announced A Concert for Ukraine
to take place on Monday, 14 March at 6:00pm ET
Performance to offer solidarity for Ukrainian citizens under attack, with all ticket sales and other proceeds supporting relief efforts in Ukraine.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Met Orchestra and Chorus and star soloists in a 70-minute program that will be broadcast live on radio and streamed throughout the world via multiple outlets.
Soloists include Lise Davidsen, Elza van den Heever, Jamie Barton, Piotr Beczała, Ryan Speedo Green and Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi, who will lead the Met Chorus in a performance of the Ukrainian National Anthem.
In announcing the special concert, Met General Manager Peter Gelb said, ‘The Met and its artists, led by Yannick, wish to lend our support to the innocent victims of Ukraine, whose lives have been torn asunder. We hope the power of our performance will provide some measure of artistic solace, while helping to inspire empathetic people around the world to make donations’.
Maestro Nézet-Séguin said, ‘Music truly has the power to heal, and I hope this special concert will demonstrate our unwavering support for the suffering people of Ukraine. In times of crisis, it is so important that artists unite and provide consolation and inspiration through our work’.
Program
Ukrainian National Anthem
Valentin Silvestrov – ‘A Prayer for the Ukraine’
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Giuseppe Verdi – ‘Va, pensiero’ (Nabucco)
Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven – Finale (Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op.125)
All tickets are $50. Tickets will go on sale at noon ET on Wednesday, March 9, at metopera.org. All ticket sales and other proceeds from the concert will support relief efforts in Ukraine. To donate, please visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine website which includes a variety of ways in which you can help.
The concert will be broadcast in the US via many of the radio stations that regularly carry the Met’s Saturday matinee radio series, as well as member stations of National Public Radio. Please check your local listing for details. The concert will be broadcast internationally via the European Broadcasting Union, allowing it to be heard in most countries in the world, and will also be carried live on Met Opera Radio on Sirius XM Channel 355 and streamed live via metopera.org.
The Concert for Ukraine is made possible by a generous gift from C. Graham Berwind, III.
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Rick Perdian