Metropolitan Opera: At-Home Gala

OPERA
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020
1:00 PM

Free
https://www.metopera.org/season/at-home-gala/

It's no secret that this List sort of wishes the Mainstream Classical World would fall into a big deep hole and stop bothering us and our culture while it helplessly tries to climb out (a pretty good metaphor, actually, for where it is in fact — and I mean pre-Pandemic).  But when the Met puts together something like this — an unbelievably starry array of opera singers of a titanic magnitude that only the Met could assemble in bulk — it simply can't be ignored.  So forget that more than half the material performed will probably be complete junk, forget that the whole proceeding will probably be drowned in a smug sanctimony that will have you running to the recommended cocktail below — the level of talent here has to be heard to be believed.  After the live stream is over, the extravangaza will be available for streaming on demand on the Met's website until 6:30 PM Sunday.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Something strong and easy to make:  a B.V.D.  Pour 3/4 oz. each of white Rum, Gin, and dry Vermouth into an ice-filled cocktail shaker, stir, and strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.