Free Tosca Open House Announced!

September 2, 2009

Don’t miss the season-opening new production of Tosca—four days before Opening Night. On Thursday, September 17, the Met will launch its fourth season of free Open Houses, with the final dress rehearsal of Luc Bondy’s new staging of Puccini’s opera, starring Karita Mattila and conducted by Music Director James Levine.

Three thousand free tickets, limited to two per person, will be available beginning at noon on Sunday, September 13, at the Met box office only. The rehearsal starts at 11am on September 17, with doors opening at 10:30am.

There are no more tickets available for the Open House. But you can still see Tosca! Buy tickets here. The Opening Night Gala performance on Monday, September 21, will be transmitted live to giant screens in Times Square and Lincoln Center Plaza. Tosca also kicks off the 2009–10 Live in HD season on October 10.

Tosca is the first of three Open Houses planned for the 2009–10 season. The final dress rehearsals for Les Contes d'Hoffmann and Armida will be open later in the season.

The Open House for Tosca has been underwritten by a generous gift from Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman.