Everyone on stage wore a yellow and blue ribbon. Thrown together with one primary rehearsal of the orchestra and chorus together on Monday afternoon and using singers currently in New York for Met productions, the concert showcased the Met chorus and chorusmaster Donald Palumbo. Principal horn Erik Ralske’s solo in “Frühling (September)” was haunting, and concertmaster David Chan’s impassioned violin solo between the second and third verses of “Beim Schlafengehen (When Going to Sleep)” will long be remembered. Tickets sold out within 10 minutes last week at $25, and additional money was raised in online donations.

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, was introduced from the parterre level and received a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of about 3,600. “I’m so grateful to the theater, to all the people who helped to do this.” In some moments it was so sensitive and hard to not show my emotions,” he said later. The concert began with the 23-year-old Ukrainian bass-baritone as soloist in front of the Met orchestra and chorus and music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, starting the 90-minute program with Ukraine’s national anthem.īuialsky struggled to hold back tears, and tapped his heart.

With three huge yellow-and-blue Ukraine flags draped across the front of the house, the Met held a benefit for the under-attack nation. With electricity out because of Russia’s invasion, he didn’t want her wasting power for the Internet stream. NEW YORK (AP) - Vladyslav Buialskyi spoke to his mother from Berdyansk, a Ukraine seaside town, and told her not to listen to him take the stage at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

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