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The MET kicks off February with X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Sat 2/3 @ 1pm

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X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
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X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

2/3 Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X 
CAST:
Will Liverman (Malcolm)
Victor Ryan Robertson (Elijah/Street)
Leah Hawkins (Louise/Betty)
Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ella)
Michael Sumuel (Reginald)

2/10 Valentines from the Met: Great Love Duets The Metropolitan Opera continues its 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts – and sets the mood for Valentine’s Day – with a program of opera’s most enthralling love duets. “Valentines from the Met” features some of the Met’s greatest stars in radio broadcasts that span more than 90 years on the air, from Lily Pons in the 1930s to Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli in the 1960s, to more recent favorites. These captivating performances depict love at first sight, steamy seduction, death-defying passion, and everything in between, covering two centuries of music, from Handel to Gershwin.

2/17 Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera 
CAST:
Charles Castronovo (Gustavo III)
Angela Meade (Amelia)
Quinn Kelsey (Count Anckarström)
Liv Redpath (Oscar)
Olesya Petrova (Ulrica)

2/24 Mozart and Beethoven in Concert at the Met Mozart's Requiem from February 24, 2023 and the finale of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 from March 14, 2022 (Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts; Golda Schultz, Emily D’Angelo, Dmytro Popov, Vladyslav Buialskyi/Elza van den Heever, Jamie Barton, Piotr Beczala, Ryan Speedo Green)