NYC Arts Picks: Met Opera HD Fest and More

During its Summer HD Festival, the Metropolitan Opera will screen a new opera each night at the plaza at Lincoln Center. Free to the public, the ten-day festival runs from Aug. 25-Sept. 3, with start times between 7 and 8 p.m. Three thousand seats will be available. (Ron Berard/Metropolitan Opera)

 

 

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: ‘Jupiter’ Symphony

Conductor Andrew Manze leads a performance of Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3, Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”). Pianist Stephen Hough is featured and gives a preconcert recital at 7:00 p.m.

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Aug. 22, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $35–$85
mostlymozart.org

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Closing Night

Ending another year of its musical magic, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra performs a rarely heard Beethoven masterpiece, the Mass in C major, which Lincoln Center calls “groundbreaking.” It will also perform Mozart’s popular Clarinet Concerto with young Swedish clarinetist Martin Frost featured. The first night’s performance will be preceded by a preconcert lecture at 6:45 p.m. at Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse.

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Aug. 24–25, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $35–$85
mostlymozart.org

A Little Night Music

Part of the Mostly Mozart Festival, clarinetist Martin Frost, soprano Lisette Oropesa, and pianist Shai Wosner will give an intimate hourlong performance. Works include Schubert’s “The Shepherd on the Rock” and “Hungarian Melody,” and Brahms’s Clarinet Sonata in F Minor and Hungarian Dances.

Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center
Aug. 24, 10:30 p.m.
Limited availability of tickets, call: 212.721.6500
mostlymozart.org

‘The Magic Flute’ and ‘Die Walküre’: New York Lyric Opera

Ending its Summer Festival, New York Lyric Opera will perform concert versions of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” conducted by Leesa Dahl and Wagner’s “Die Walküre” conducted by Keith Chambers. Both operas are sung in German.

The Dimenna Center, Carey Hall, 450 W. 37th St.
Saturday, Aug. 25, “The Magic Flute” at 3:30 p.m. and “Die Walküre” at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $39.50
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Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival 2012

This 10-day festival features a new opera each day broadcast in high definition on a large screen raised above the outdoor plaza at Lincoln Center. Highlights include the opening night on Aug. 25 with the newly created baroque opera “The Enchanted Island,” Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” on Aug. 26, Gounod’s “Faust” on Aug. 31, and Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” on Sept. 3. Three thousand seats available.

Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center
Aug. 25–Sept. 3, times vary between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
This event is free
www.metoperafamily.org

FINE ARTS

Fifteenth International Salon

The Eleanor Ettinger Gallery specializes in realist art that infuses the classic techniques of the great master painters with the fresh perspective of our modern world. This revolving exhibit features the gallery’s established artists, as well as new emerging artists.

Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, 24 W. 57th St.
Now through Oct. 6
No admission fee
www.eegallery.com

Stone Roberts: New York Paintings

Like a modern day Norman Rockwell, the monumental works of contemporary realist painter Stone Roberts capture in vivid form and color the beauty of modern America. Among the four works on display is his newly created masterpiece “Grand Central Terminal: An Early December Noon in the Main Concourse.” The massive painting took three years to complete and is 74 inches by 76 inches.

Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave.
Now through Sept. 16
Admission: $10, children under 12 free
www.mcny.org

Chinese Gardens: Pavilions, Studios, Retreats

In an exhibition that fittingly is set around the Astor Chinese Garden Court of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, viewers get an in-depth look at Chinese enclosed gardens and their significant role as sites for literary gatherings, theatrical performances, and imaginary outings. The exhibit features more than 60 paintings, as well as ceramics, carved bamboo, lacquerware, metalwork, textiles, and several contemporary photographs from the museum’s collection.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Now thorugh Jan. 6
Tickets: $25, Children under 12 free
www.metmuseum.org

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