In announcing the special concert, Met General Manager Peter Gelb said, “The Met and its artists, led by Yannick, wish to lend our support to the innocent victims of Ukraine, whose lives have been torn asunder. The special concert will offer solidarity for Ukrainian citizens under attack, with all ticket sales and donations supporting relief efforts in the country. New York, NY (March 7, 2022)-The Metropolitan Opera announced today A Concert for Ukraine on Monday, March 14, at 6:00pm ET, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leading the Met Orchestra and Chorus, featuring a roster of star soloists. Tickets on sale at 12:00pm ET on Wednesday, March 9
Program also includes works by Barber, Beethoven, Silvestrov, Strauss, and Verdi Soloists are Lise Davidsen, Elza van den Heever, Jamie Barton, Piotr Beczała, Ryan Speedo Green, and Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi, who will lead the Met Chorus in a performance of the Ukrainian National Anthem Yannick Nézet-Séguin to lead the Met Orchestra and Chorus and star soloists in 70-minute program that will be broadcast live on radio and streamed throughout the world via multiple outlets The anthem was followed by “A Prayer for the Ukraine,” a choral work by a Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings and an unusually solemn “Va, pensiero,” the chorus of Hebrew slaves from Verdi’s "Nabucco.Performance to offer solidarity for Ukrainian citizens under attack, with all ticket sales and donations supporting relief efforts in Ukraine Everyone on stage wore a yellow and blue ribbon. Thrown together with one primary rehearsal of the orchestra and chorus together on Monday afternoon and using singers currently in New York for Met productions, the concert showcased the Met chorus and chorusmaster Donald Palumbo. Principal horn Erik Ralske's solo in “Frühling (September)" was haunting, and concertmaster David Chan's impassioned violin solo between the second and third verses of “Beim Schlafengehen (When Going to Sleep)" will long be remembered. Norwegian Lise Davidsen, ascending to the rank of opera's top stars, gave an emotional account of Strauss' “Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)." She filled the hall with her silvery, soaring soprano, bringing some tears to the audience when she sang of “O vast, tranquil peace” in “Im Abendrot (At Sunset)."
The concert was broadcast on radio world-wide, including on Ukrainian public radio.
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