Outdoor concerts occur throughout the summer season in parks all over Manhattan and the surrounding New York boroughs. The Metropolitan Opera is one of the city’s premiere performance organizations that has performances in area parks including special engagements at Central Park. This is one of the most popular activities for many of the city’s residents to do on any given summer evening. It is also one of the great and sometimes surprising event opportunities for the guests in some of New York’s finest hotels . Whatever the reason you are in New York, and regardless of the amount of time you will be spending there, attending an outdoor performance of the Met or a number of other organizations will be one of the top experiences of your stay.
The Metropolitan Opera offers their fabulous outdoor performances in Central Park free to the public as part of the SummerStage concert series. This is an incredible seasonal series of free public concerts that are attended by thousands of audiences members from across the world every year. This summer will be its twenty fifth season and the Met is proud to be one of the event’s excellent performance offerings. Last year the company’s list of summer performances included number of quality performances from some of the top operatic singers. These concerts were found throughout the parks in Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island
New York’s premiere opera company has an extensive schedule of outdoor performances and they are based in various parks and venues. They are presented free to the public and serve not only as promotional and sometimes introductory educational opportunities but also to provide great performances to opera lovers throughout the summer and in various locations. The free performances also makes them available to audiences in all economic demographics and various financial situations. The Lincoln Center plaza was one of the primary locations for concerts in last year’s program and is expected to be again this year. In addition to the live performances the company introduced a new HD screening festival of ten of its productions.