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The Metropolitan Opera Special Live Broadcast Monday, March 14: A Concert for Ukraine

The Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus performing the Ukrainian national anthem before the opening night performance of Verdi's "Don Carlos." Photo: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera
The Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus performing the Ukrainian national anthem before the opening night performance of Verdi's "Don Carlos." Photo: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera

The Metropolitan Opera presents a special live international broadcast on Monday, March 14: A Concert for Ukraine, a performance offering support and solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine. Met Music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct the Met Orchestra and Chorus and a roster of star soloists – Lise Davidsen, Elza van den Heever, Jamie Barton, Piotr Beczała, and Ryan Speedo Green – in a program that includes Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the stirring final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and works by Barber, Silvestrov, and Verdi. Vladyslav Buialskyi, the Ukrainian bass-baritone who recently made his company debut, will open the concert with the Met chorus in a rendition of the Ukrainian National Anthem. A Concert for Ukraine will be broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera at 6:00 p.m. ET on Monday, March 14.

METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE RADIO BROADCAST

Special Met Broadcast:  A Concert for Ukraine

Monday, March 14 at 6:00 p.m. on WSCL 89.5FM

Chris Ranck is Delmarva Public Media's Executive Producer, Program Director and Automation Engineer.