Metropolitan Opera streaming free performances in response to coronavirus pandemic

The Metropolitan Opera House will be closed through March 31 an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus in New York City. — AFP Relaxnews

The Metropolitan Opera is one of the numerous cultural establishments in New York that recently closed in an effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

While The New York Times estimates that the Met Opera will likely lose between US$8mil (RM34.5mil) and US$12mil (RM51.7mil) in box office revenues by the end of March, the institution recently announced the launch of its free Nightly Met Opera Streams series.