Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall cancel performances

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How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. And when the coronavirus cancels the performance you’ve been practicing for? Take it outside.

NEW YORK -- How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. And when the coronavirus cancels the performance you've been practicing for? Take it outside.

Joyce DiDonato and Piotr Beczala made sure the show went on, albeit in an unusual format and venue — from the living room of DiDonato’s New York City apartment. The American mezzo-soprano and Polish tenor had been scheduled to star in Massenet’s Werther at the Metropolitan Opera starting Monday (March 16). The Met’s shutdown because of the coronavirus outbreak caused the cancellation of the

The Metropolitan Opera may be temporarily closed over concerns about spreading the coronavirus, but the New York City institution has found a creative way to continue entertaining its patrons.Beginning Monday (March 16), the Met Opera will stream titles from its "Live in HD" series through its website. The first offering will be a 2010 performance of Bizet’s Carmen.

Like many artists, Grammy-winning Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo — whom Time magazine once called “Africa’s premier diva” — has felt the staggering effect of the coronavirus crisis, which forced the cancellation of her Daughter of Independence concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, all Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall have been canceled until March 31. Effective immediately, the Center Theatre Group has also canceled their scheduled shows; and performances of Hamilton at the Hollywood Pantages will be suspended as of Thursday evening.

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British stage organizations The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and U.K. Theatre have advised there is currently no reason to cancel productions in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

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