67K views · 2.2K reactions | The Met is one of the few opera houses in the world with its own pipe organ! Thomas Lausmann, the Met’s Director of Music, tells us about the instrument, which has nearly 1,300 pipes and weighs almost nine tons, as well as its recent restoration that was completed just in time for the 2022–23 season. Experience the organ now in Puccini’s Tosca (bit.ly/3HG2Chb) and Britten’s Peter Grimes (bit.ly/3aY33Hc). | The Metropolitan Opera | Facebook

A graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, soprano Lisette Oropesa returned to the Met stage during the first weeks of the 2019–20 season to make her role debut as the title heroine of Massenet’s Manon. See her celebrated portrayal in tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream, available at 7:30PM EDT until tomorrow, June 26, at 6:30PM EDT. Enhance your viewing experience with curated supplementary content—including Playbills, articles, and more—at metopera.org/week15streams and

A beautiful ingénue with a taste for the finer things makes her way to Paris, where she becomes irresistible to the men around her—including the passionate Chevalier des Grieux, whose all-consuming love leads to their ruin. In tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream, enjoy an enthralling 2019 Live in HD transmission of Massenet’s Manon, starring soprano Lisette Oropesa, tenor Michael Fabiano, and baritone Artur Rucinski. This classic French tragedy is available tonight, April 29, starting at 7:3

Only five performances of Massenet’s Manon remain! Don’t miss soprano Lisette Oropesa’s “arrestingly powerful” (The New York Times) performance as the title heroine, opposite tenor Michael Fabiano’s “warmly lovable” (The New York Times) des Grieux. Next on stage Wednesday, October 2. On stage through October 26: bit.ly/2ml4MNx Live in HD on October 26: bit.ly/2lUegPt | The Metropolitan Opera