![]() (Students from other schools participating in the HD series will be invited for similar activities throughout the season.) Tomorrow afternoon, for instance, approximately 30 students from Long Island City High School will take a backstage tour of the house and interview Netrebko and Met General Manager Peter Gelb. In conjunction with this outreach initiative to young people, the Met is providing students at participating schools with opportunities for special backstage access. (Of the operas in the HD series this season, only Wagner's lengthy Tristan und Isolde won't be offered in the schools.) The simulcasts begin this Saturday afternoon, December 15, with Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, starring Roberto Alagna and Anna Netrebko and conducted by Plácido Domingo. ![]() In partnership with the New York City Department of Education and the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the house will offer seven of this season's eight "Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD" presentations, transmitted live via satellite, to students and teachers at one designated public school in each of the city's five boroughs. ![]()
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