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Bizet's "Carmen" sets record viewer mark for The Met: Live in HD
Still growing in its fourth season, The Metropolitan Opera is reporting a record high number of viewers for its live telecast of Carmen last Saturday. 240,000 worldwide sat in movie theaters for the high definition broadcast, with numbers expected to grow to 320,000 in tape delayed versions. We're still just Met Player online streaming fans, have any of you opted for a trip to the moviehouse over the PC monitor or a trip to New york to see things in person?
Met Player offering free HD opera streaming for the weekend
Know an opera fan that hasn't been willing to drop the cash on a subscription or per episode fee for the Met Player streaming experience? All this weekend until midnight Sunday they're offering free and unlimited access to 200 full length operas, including 20 from the first three seasons of the Live in HD series. English subtitles are available for all of them, plus recently added French, German and Spanish subtitles. From "available only in select markets" to free streaming in HD to your computer in just a couple of years, wonder what they'll think of next?
