How the Met Opera Is Throwing a Gala Concert With Smartphones

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Joshua Barone

A screen capture of members of the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra and chorus, which will perform at the At-Home Gala on Saturday.Metropolitan Opera

“Is this enough light?” asked the baritone Peter Mattei. He was in the living room of his home outside Stockholm, speaking over Skype with a small group of Metropolitan Opera staff members who were giving him directions to prepare for the company’s At-Home Gala on Saturday — a worldwide relay of live streamed performances that, in contrast to opera’s usual grandeur, will be filmed using only household devices. With the Met closed to the public, its administrative staff has been busy with an emergency fund-raising campaign and, for the past two weeks, the At-Home Gala. [More]