The Metropolitan Museum of Arts Presents 2016-2017 METLIVEARTS

Artist in Residence

Throughout the 2016-17 season, the sound artist and master storyteller Nate DiMeo-whose popular podcast, The Memory Palace, a finalist for the 2016 Peabody Awards, paints vivid, poetic pictures of episodes in American history-will animate The Met by interrogating the collection to draw out the revealing secrets and stories of the art.

Newly commissioned episodes of The Memory Palace-each one itself a work of art-will focus on the American Wing and the Museum at large. The first two episodes were released on October 27, 2016. During the course of his residency, DiMeo will release 10 original episodes, each featuring a newly commissioned musical soundscape.

All episodes will be available for download and streaming on The Met website at metmuseum.org/MemoryPalace, as well as on The Memory Palace podcast.

The Memory Palace Live

Date to be announced

Location: The Charles Engelhard Court

An evening of live storytelling by Nate DiMeo, music, and special guests.

Performances

Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen with Westminster Williamson Voices

Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, 7:00 pm, The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing

Kanon Pokajanen (Canon of Repentance) is one of Arvo Pärt's unqualified masterpieces-a work of immense cumulative force born of sacred music and chant. The Estonian composer received a standing ovation when it was first performed at The Met in 2014, singers sitting in a circle, "rendering the work with a power and purity of tone that fully revealed its mystical, serene qualities" (New York Times). Don't miss the MetLiveArts opportunity to experience Pärt's trademark tintinnabulation in person as the commanding Westminster Williamson Voices of Westminster Choir College perform this a capella work in the contemplative setting of The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing.

Tickets start at $75.

Boubacar Traoré

Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

In year three of our deep exploration of contemporary Mali, we hear from a legendary Malian superstar, a master singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Boubacar (aka "Kar Kar") rose to fame in the '60s with his blend of blues and Malian and Arabic music. Renown did not lead to riches, and following a 1968 coup, Boubacar dropped out of sight. Personal tragedy led him to move to France, where eventually he was rediscovered. His 1990 album Mariama finally put him back on the international stage. This is a rare opportunity to see this elusive genius.

Tickets start at $50.

Presented in collaboration with World Music Institute.

Al-Quds: Jerusalem (World Premiere)

Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Mohammed Fairouz, composer

Andrew Cyr, conductor

Eve Gigliotti, Mezzo-Soprano

Naomi Shihab, poetry

Metropolis Ensemble

Jerusalem is often described as a city of three faiths, but that vastly underestimates its multilayered complexity. History records harmonious and dissonant voices of people from many lands passing in the narrow streets of a city not much larger than Midtown Manhattan. In this world premiere, and in conjunction with the exhibition Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven, on view Sept. 26, 2016-Jan. 8, 2017, MetLiveArts has commissioned the celebrated young composer Mohammed Fairouz to translate those many voices-both harmonious and dissonant-into music. Working closely with Met curators, Fairouz, called "one of the most talented composers of his generation" by BBC World News, has created an oratorio that's equal parts musical theater, magical realism, and spiritual journey. The Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble performs.

Tickets start at $65.

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Max and Alan

Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Alan Cumming, Tony Award-winning actor

A tycoon, a trapeze artist, a nightclub owner, a sailor-German Expressionist Max Beckmann saw himself as an actor on the stage of life and often painted himself in disguise. Alan Cumming has created this personal musical work drawing on his own experience as an émigré to New York, channeling Beckmann, an artist who fled his native land after he was famously denounced as a "degenerate" by the Nazis. Beckmann died just 16 months after arriving in New York, suffering a fatal heart attack while on his way to The Met. This MetLiveArts commission is inspired by the artist's all-too-brief time in New York, and is created in conjunction with the exhibition Max Beckmann in New York, on view Oct.

19, 2016-Feb. 20, 2017.

Tickets start at $65. [Please note: this performance is sold out.]

The Christmas Story

Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10 and 11, 2016, 1:00 and 3:00 pm, Fuentidueña Chapel at

The Met Cloisters

A Met holiday tradition for over 35 years. The Waverly Consort, under the direction of Michael Jaffee, returns to The Met Cloisters with this perennial favorite. Hymns, processionals, antiphons, and Mass compositions from the Middle Ages weave together for a compelling narrative of the biblical story. The 13-member vocal and instrumental ensemble creates a sonic pageantry of exceptional beauty for a deeply immersive experience of Christmastide.

Tickets start at $40.

Byzantine Pop-Ups

Fridays, Dec. 9, 2016, 4:00 and 6:00 pm and Dec. 16, 2016, 4:00, 6:00, and 8:00 pm,

Medieval Sculpture Hall

In these magical and unexpected performances, you'll hear hymns and carols of the Byzantine Empire. Thrill to these antiphonal works, with the musicians alternating parts in multiple languages (ranging from Russian to Armenian to Greek to Arabic), weaving an evocative sonic tapestry from floor to balcony in the Medieval Sculpture Hall, graced as always in December by our exquisite Christmas tree.

Free with Museum admission.

Presented in collaboration with the Axion Estin Foundation.

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The Snowman

Saturday, Dec.17, 2016, 11:00 am and 1:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Mannes Orchestra

David Hayes, Artistic Director

The Snowman is a delightful British holiday tradition: a mesmerizing animated film that tells the story of a little boy who builds a snowman; it comes to life, and the two travel to the North Pole and meet Santa Claus. This Academy Award-nominated classic features a lush score, performed live by The Mannes Orchestra, and a timeless song, "Walking in the Air."

Tickets start at $40.

Bring the Kids tickets are not available for this performance.

The Play of Adam

Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17 and 18, 2016, 1:00 and 3:00 pm, Fuentidueña Chapel at

The Met Cloisters

The first fully staged production of the Old French Play of Adam in a lively new English translation. Adam-the oldest medieval drama in any language-begins in the Garden of Eden and ends with the expectation of Christmas, comically and poignantly updating the story of humanity's fall and redemption for a secular urban audience. A holiday play for all ages, the work is beautifully framed by the festive floral decorations of the season and accompanied by medieval music.

Tickets start at $65.

Apollo's Fire-Handel's Messiah

Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, 1:00 pm "pocket" Messiah and 3:00 pm Handel's Messiah (full oratorio), The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The ultimate holiday tradition, with a twist. Choose Handel's famous oratorio in its full version, or an hour-long "pocket" Messiah version, which features selections from the full Messiah including the "Christmas" portion plus the Hallelujah Chorus. The thrilling and charismatic Apollo's Fire-the Cleveland-based period instrument group-has been collecting rave reviews since its inception and has performed sold-out concerts at The Met.

Tickets start at $40 for "pocket" Messiah; $65 for Handel's Messiah (full oratorio).

Bring the Kids tickets are not available for the "pocket" Messiah.

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American Boychoir

Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

They've performed for every U.S. President since John F. Kennedy. America's favorite boy singers provide a delightful program of holiday hymns and carols. These matchless choristers embody the pure spirit of Christmas music.

Tickets start at $65.

Little Match Girl Passion

Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, 7:00 pm, Lobby of The Met Breuer

Directed by Rachel Chavkin (Broadway's Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812).

From the haunting Hans Christian Andersen story comes this Pulitzer Prize-winning parable. Composed by David Lang, it's influenced by Bach's St. Matthew Passion, and described as "poignant...and consoling" (New York Times), as it recounts the all-too-short life of the poor little girl who dies in the cold while envisioning the grandmother who loved her. This theatrical version is directed by Rachel Chavkin, "one of the most gifted working today" (New York Times), and is staged in the Lobby of The Met Breuer.

Tickets start at $65.

Flemish Holiday with Friends and Family

Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Leonora Duarte was one of the most brilliant composers of her time. Yet in spite of her talent and her family's prominence (friends of Vermeer and possibly Rubens, prominent merchants and art collectors), she received no commissions from church or court due to an insurmountable double whammy: she was both a Jew and a woman. In this holiday program, the ensemble Sonnambula re-creates a festive evening at the Duarte household with music by Leonora, as well as friends and fellow musicians.

Tickets start at $65.

Lorelei Ensemble

Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, 6:30 pm (Members only) and 8:30 pm, Medieval Sculpture Hall

Traditionally, the Lorelei were sirens who lured sailors to their doom. These Lorelei will elevate your spirit with their incredibly beautiful, pristine voices. This Boston-based group presents the best in vocal ensemble singing. They weave a gorgeous tapestry of repertoire spanning the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras, along with newly commissioned gems.

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Tickets start at $65. The 6:30 pm performance is for Members only. Please call 212 570

3753 for details on becoming a Member of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

PUBLIQuartet & Friends

Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, 7:00 pm, Vélez Blanco Patio

Our Quartet in Residence celebrates the warmth of the holidays with Bach, Britten, and family. Violinist Jannina Norpoth's father, Detroit jazz guitarist A. Spencer Barefield, and Grammy-nominated tuba player Bob Stewart, violinist Curtis Stewart's father, join the quartet for seasonal favorites and some surprises.

Tickets start at $65. [Please note: limited tickets remaining]

PUBLIQuartet is the 2016-17 Quartet in Residence.

The Museum Workout (World Premiere)

Thursdays through Sundays, Jan. 19-22, 2017; Jan. 26-29, 2017; Feb. 2-5, 2017; Feb. 9-12,

2017; 8:30 am, The Met Fifth Avenue

Conceived and choreographed by Monica Bill Barnes & Company

Narration and route by Maira Kalman

An entirely original and moving new work commissioned by MetLiveArts, The Museum Workout is the result of a collaboration between today's most clever and daring artists and innovators, the contemporary American Dance Company Monica Bill Barnes & Company, and writer/illustrator Maira Kalman. For this multi-disciplinary work, a small group of audience-participants embark on a physical and interactive journey through The Met in the morning hours, before it opens to the public. Through constant movement, exercises, and light stretching, led by choreographer Monica Bill Barnes and dance partner Anna Bass (wearing sequined dresses and tennis shoes), participants experience an awakening to their surroundings unlike any other Museum tour. Connecting with the art and the overwhelming power of the galleries by activating one's own body and mind makes this new work so radical. Kalman selects the art work visited along the tour and the Workout soundtrack mixes her recorded voice with Disco and Motown hits.

Tickets start at $35. [Please note: These events are sold out.]

Brahms, Menzel & Klinger: The Canvas of Sound

Sight and Sound Series with Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now

Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, 2:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Brahms's Symphony No. 3 and the artwork of Adolf Menzel and Max Klinger

Critic Eduard Hanslick called this symphony "artistically the most nearly perfect" of Brahms's works. The composer was profoundly interested in contemporary painting, and MetLiveArts 2016-2017 Season especially admired two living artists of his time: Adolf Menzel and Max Klinger. Symphony No. 3 invites an exploration of the connection between the visual and the musical in Brahms's world.

Tickets start at $30.

The Lincoln Family Album

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Actress Kathleen Chalfant as Mary Todd Lincoln

Harold Holzer, historian

Explore one of the most misunderstood yet fascinating White House relationships: that of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. They struggled with death, war, and disagreement, and endured civil wars at home and in their fractured country. With words taken entirely from the couple's writings, Kathleen Chalfant (Broadway's Angels in America, Netflix's House of Cards, and Showtime's The Affair) brings their story to life with historian Harold Holzer providing narration, context, and illustrations.

Tickets start at $40.

Love and Jazz

Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Gerald Clayton Quartet

Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocals

Terence Blanchard, trumpet

New Orleans jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard and three-time Grammy-winning singer Dee Dee Bridgewater channel Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald-both born in 1917-in a celebration of 100 years of jazz standards and love songs. Pianist and jazz family scion Gerald Clayton leads the tribute.

Free with Museum admission.

What Is American?: PUBLIQuartet & Orchestra

Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

What does "American" music really mean? PUBLIQuartet leads a conductorless orchestra in collaboration with the Mannes School of Music, reworking American string quartet pieces for chamber orchestra and using full ensemble improvisation to question the definition and image of "American" music. Featured in this concert are works by living composers, including New Yorker Jessie Montgomery's daring Banner, based on the national anthems of America's immigrants and indigenous peoples.

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Tickets start at $40.

PUBLIQuartet is the 2016-17 Quartet in Residence.

The Father of Opera and His Jewish Coeval with Profeti della Quinta

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Profeti della Quinta, a superb male vocal quintet founded in Galilee, performs the work of two giants of Italian music: one Catholic and hugely famous, one Jewish and utterly forgotten. Claudio Monteverdi "invented" opera; Salomone Rossi-Monteverdi's contemporary in age, education, and stature-revolutionized Jewish concert music with compositions for Hebrew prayers. Hear the works of these two great Italian composers side by side.

Tickets start at $50.

Judy Collins-A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim

Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium The beloved Judy Collins brings her distinctive vocal style to The Met for two evenings of Sondheim. It's a perfect pairing: her pure, expressive voice; his penetrating, bittersweet lyrics and melodies. From "Send in the Clowns" (a huge hit for Judy Collins, and the only Sondheim song to crack the charts) to the lesser-known corners of his repertoire.

Tickets start at $75.

Modern Voices, Then and Now

Friday, Mar. 3, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Focused on the music of our time, this program pairs works of world-renowned composers/performers Nico Muhly, Nadia Sirota, Carolyn Shaw, and Andy Akiho with pieces by burgeoning young stars and winners of PUBLIQuartet's national emerging composers competition, PUBLIQ Access. These exciting, visceral, and haunting works aim to engage listeners with musical narrative while re-imagining the aesthetic and challenging the technical possibilities of the string quartet.

Tickets Start at $40.

PUBLIQuartet is the 2016-17 Quartet in Residence.

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Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait(New York Premiere)

Friday, Mar. 17, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Music by Jenny Scheinman

Film by Finn Taylor

All footage shot by H. Lee Waters between 1936 and 1942

Based on the work of nearly forgotten photographer H. Lee Waters, Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait uses an original live score of folksongs, fiddle music, and field songs to transport you into the lives of ordinary people living in the South during the Great Depression. Singer and violinist Jenny Scheinman and her band shape Waters's short films into a truly "moving" portrait.

Tickets start at $40.

Commissioned by Duke Performances at Duke University.

Divisor

Saturday, Mar. 25, 2017, 11:00 am

Spectator participation isn't just encouraged-it's necessary for this reenactment of Brazilian artist Lygia Pape's Divisor (1968). We invite the public to join in as we walk Pape's original blank "canvas" in a procession from The Met Fifth Avenue to The Met Breuer. With this current staging of the seminal work, we revisit Pape's embrace of experimentation, process, contingency, experience, and desire to break down the space between the artist and the viewer.

Originally staged in the streets of the artist's native Rio in 1968, this free performance

coincides with the opening of the exhibition Lygia Pape, on view at The Met Breuer, March

21-July 23, 2017.

This event is free.

Presented in collaboration with Madison Avenue Business Improvement District.

Miracles in Miniature: Songs of Personal Devotion, 1500-1540

Sunday, Mar. 26, 2017, 1:00 pm, Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters

The renowned early music ensemble Boston Camerata performs sacred songs, prayers, and chants from the early Renaissance, led by Artistic Director Anne Azéma, an unrivaled interpreter of medieval French music and text. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures, on view at The Met Cloisters Feb.

22-May 21, 2017.

Tickets start at $40.

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Tan Dun: Terracotta Symphony (World Premiere) and Hero Concerto

Friday and Saturday, Mar. 31 and Apr. 1, 2017, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Featuring The Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Tan Dun.

The exhibition Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.-A.D. 220), on view April 3-July 16, 2017, brings to The Met the terra cotta warrior sculptures that were buried with the Emperor Qin Shi Huang to protect him in the afterlife. To celebrate this extraordinary exhibition, MetLiveArts commissioned a new work from composer Tan Dun-Terracotta Symphony, based on music from his opera, The First Emperor, featuring terra cotta drums sourced specifically for this piece. Also on the program is Hero Concerto for violin and orchestra, with music drawn from Tan Dun's film score for Zhang Yimou's Hero.

Tickets start at $65.

Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

Saturday, Apr. 8, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing

Handel + Haydn Society

Harry Christophers, conductor

Boston's famed period instrument ensemble performs Monteverdi's sublime, polyphonic tour de force staged in the power setting of The Met's Temple of Dendur.

Tickets start at $65 [Please note: this performance is sold out].

Presented in collaboration with the Handel + Haydn Society.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem: Lionheart

Sunday, Apr. 9, 2017, 1:00 & 3:00 pm, Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters

Bask in the "calming, mystical, musical pleasure" (New York Times) of the soaring voices of Lionheart. The all-male a cappella sextet performs music ranging from medieval chant and Renaissance polyphony to contemporary works inspired by those traditions in this gorgeous Palm Sunday program.

Tickets start at $40.

Passion and Resurrection Motets of the Renaissance

Saturday, Apr. 15, 2017, 1:00 & 3:00 pm, Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters

On this Easter Sunday eve, the a cappella ensemble Pomerium-"the consummate U.S. interpreter of early chapel choir music" (Washington Post)-performs the Renaissance MetLiveArts 2016-2017 Season choral music of Holy Week, including Gregorian chant, the Lamentations of Robert White, and works by Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Orlande de Lassus, and William Byrd.

Tickets start at $40.

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Red Priest

Thursday, Apr. 27, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

When contemporaries nicknamed Antonio Vivaldi the "Red Priest" in the early 18th century, they had no idea the moniker would come in so handy 400 years later. This Baroque group has clearly earned the right to use the name, thanks to wildly original yet historically informed performances of Vivaldi and his peers, in concerts and recordings that have enthralled audiences and captivated critics all over the world.

Tickets start at $50.

The Festival in the Desert-Caravan of Peace

Ali Farka Touré Band, led by Afel Bocoum

Saturday, May 6, 2017, 2:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Exiled from the Sahara, Mali's influential Festival in the Desert brings its "caravan" to The Met for a rare performance of desert blues, an art form now banned in its homeland. Terakaft "combines Western high-tech with earthy African roots in perfect calibration" (Songlines). Original members of the Ali Farka Touré Band, whose late leader was the master of fusing traditional Malian music with New World blues, reunite with a mission to spread a message of peace.

Tickets start at $40.

Presented in collaboration with World Music Institute.

Luther's Lieder: Calmus

Sunday, May 7, 2017, 1:00 & 3:00 pm, Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters

Five hundred years ago the Protestant Reformation changed religion-and music. In honor of the anniversary, the award-winning German a cappella quintet Calmus returns to The Met Cloisters with its "impressive display of precise, polished musicianship" (Washington Post) in a program ranging from Gregorian chant to contemporary compositions, culminating with "A Mighty Fortress is our God," Martin Luther's most enduring and popular hymn.

Tickets start at $40.

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Brahms's Clarinet Quintet: Chiara String Quartet

Thursday, May 11, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Rebecca Fischer, violin

Hyeyung Julie Yoon, violin

Jonah Sirota, viola

Gregory Beaver, cello

Chiara String Quartet and Grammy-nominated artist Todd Palmer join forces for Brahms's bittersweet and beautiful Clarinet Quintet-one of the composer's final and most profound works. They'll also premiere a new quartet by American composer Pierre Jalbert.

Tickets start at $50.

PUBLIQuartet: Past, Present, Future

Friday, May 12, 2017, 7:00 pm, Gallery 217, The Astor Court

PUBLIQuartet performs a dynamic and fast-paced overview of the Quartet's work to date: music from their debut album, works developed, composed and workshopped during this residency year, improvisations, and drafts of works still being written.

Free with Museum admission.

PUBLIQuartet is the 2016-17 Quartet in Residence.

Ives & Hartley: Landscapes of Modernism

Sight and Sound Series with Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now

Sunday, May 21, 2017, 2:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Ives's Three Places in New England and the artwork of Marsden Hartley

In this orchestral set, Connecticut-born composer Charles Ives sets out to evoke through music the atmosphere and history of three locations in New England. His contemporary, Maine-born painter Marsden Hartley, was himself deeply attached to music. The artist returned to Maine in his final years and applied his modernist aesthetic to its landscapes. It is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Marsden Hartley's Maine, on view March

14-June 18, 2017.

Tickets start at $30.

Thelonious Monk 100

Friday, May 26, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest composers America has ever produced, PUBLIQuartet arranges and improvises some of Thelonious Monk's MetLiveArts 2016-2017 Season seminal works, celebrating his voice, his influences, and his legacy. With special guest, powerhouse saxophonist James Carter.

Tickets Start at $40.

PUBLIQuartet is the 2016-17 Quartet in Residence.

Les Indes Galantes: Part IV

Friday, June 2, 2017, 7:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer

Louis Fuzelier, librettist

Opera Lafayette Orchestra

Ryan Brown, conductor

Sherezade Panthaki, Zima

Victor Sicard, Adario

Robert Getchell, Damon

In 1725 a group of Native Americans performed for King Louis XV, and inspired Rameau's Les Indes Galantes, or The Amorous Indies. Opera Lafayette, devoted to 18th-
century French repertoire, presents selections from the entire opera as well as the complete finale in which Zima, a chief's daughter in North America, must choose among three lovers: one French, one Spanish, and one Native American. An acclaimed cast and the chamber vocal ensemble, Gallery Voices, join the Opera Lafayette Orchestra. Tickets start at $25. Premium seating available for $125.

Imrat Khan & Irshad Khan

Saturday, June 17, 2017, 2:00 pm, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

"The poet of sitar and surbahar," Imrat Khan is the scion of a centuries-old musical dynasty, a guardian of the purity and integrity of great Indian classical genres. This is a rare chance to be hypnotized by a true legend who, at 81 years old, is peerless in his mastery.

Tickets start at $65.

Presented in collaboration with World Music Institute

For tickets and information, visit www.metmuseum.org/tickets or call 212-570-3949. Tickets are also available at the Great Hall Box Office, which is open Monday-Saturday, 11 am-3:30 pm

Tickets include admission to the Museum on day of performance.

Prices are subject to change.

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Bring the Kids for $1 tickets for children (ages 7-16) are available for all performances (unless specifically noted) when accompanied by an adult with a full-price ticket. For more information, visit www.metmuseum.org/tickets, call 212-570-3949, or visit the box office.

For evening concerts that take place in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, audiences can enjoy a pre-performance drink in the theater. Doors will open approximately one hour prior to the event.

About MetLiveArts

The critically acclaimed performance series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art commissions and presents contemporary performance through the lens of the Museum's exhibitions and gallery spaces. MetLiveArts invites artists, performers, curators, and thought-leaders to create groundbreaking new work, including live and digital performances, as well as site-specific durational performances that have been named some of the most "memorable" and "best of" performances in New York City by the New York Times, New Yorker, and Broadway World.

Credits

Nate DiMeo, Artist in Residence

This residency is made possible by The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Chester Dale Fund.

The Memory Palace Live

This program is made possible by the Chester Dale Fund, the Clara Lloyd-Smith Weber

Fund and Nicki and Harold Tanner.

PUBLIQuartet, Quartet in Residence

This residency is made possible by the Grace Jarcho Ross and Daniel G. Ross Concert

Fund.

Al-Quds: Jerusalem

This program is made possible by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Sarah

Billinghurst Solomon, and the William S. Lieberman Fund.

Max and Alan

This program is made possible by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.

Little Match Girl Passion

This performance is made possible by Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky.

The Museum Workout

This program is made possible by the Jerome Robbins Foundation and the One World Fund.

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Divisor

This presentation of Divisor (Divider) is made possible by the Muriel Kallis Steinberg

Newman Fund.

Tan Dun: Terra Cotta Symphony (World Premiere) and Hero Concerto

This commission is made possible by The Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation.

Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven

September 26, 2016-January 8, 2017

The exhibition is made possible by The David Berg Foundation; The al-Sabah Collection,

Kuwait; the Sherman Fairchild Foundation; the William S. Lieberman Fund;

The Polonsky Foundation; Diane Carol Brandt; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation;

the Ruddock Foundation for the Arts; and Mary and Michael Jaharis.

Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Max Beckmann in New York

October 19, 2016-February 20, 2017

The exhibition is made possible by The Isaacson-Draper Foundation.

It is supported by an Indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Marsden Hartley's Maine

March 14-June 18, 2017

The exhibition is made possible by the Henry Luce Foundation, the William Randolph

Hearst Foundation, and the Jane and Robert Carroll Fund.

It is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Colby College Museum of Art.

Lygia Pape

March 21-July 23, 2017

The exhibition is made possible by The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Foundation and The

Garcia Family Foundation.

It is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with Projeto Lygia

Pape.

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Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.-A.D. 220)

April 3-July 16, 2017

The exhibition is made possible by the Joseph Hotung Fund, the Henry Luce Foundation,

and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.

Education programs are made possible by The Freeman Foundation.

Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures

February 22-May 21, 2017

The exhibition is made possible by the Michel David-Weill Fund. It is organized by The

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; and the

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.