Editing Metropolitan Opera (section)

===Internet===
Video and audio recordings of hundreds of complete operas and excerpts are available via Met Opera on Demand, the Met's own online archive of recorded performances.<ref>[http://www.metoperafamily.org/met_player/ Met Player] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726221437/http://www.metoperafamily.org/met%5Fplayer/ |date=July 26, 2009 }} On-demand video and audio.</ref> The Met Opera on Demand catalog currently holds more than 850 complete performances from the last 90 years, ranging from telecasts to radio broadcasts to recent ''Live in HD'' presentations. Complete operas and selections are also available on the online music service [[Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]], and for purchase on [[iTunes]].<ref>[http://www.rhapsody.com/metropolitan-opera The Met] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718225351/http://www.rhapsody.com/metropolitan-opera |date=July 18, 2009 }} on [[Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]].</ref>

The [[Metropolitan Opera Radio (Sirius XM)|Metropolitan Opera Radio]] channel on [[Sirius XM Radio]] (see above) is available to listeners via the internet in addition to satellite broadcast.

The Met's official site also provides complete composer and background information, detailed plot summaries, and cast and characters for all current and upcoming opera broadcasts, as well as for every opera broadcast since 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.operainfo.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030210100849/http://archive.operainfo.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2003 |title=Metropolitan Opera International Broadcast Information Center Archive: All Operas. }}</ref> The Met's online archive database provides links to all Rhapsody, Sirius XM, and Met Player operas, with complete program and cast information. The online archive also provides an exhaustive searchable list of every performance and performer in the Metropolitan Opera's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm|title=Metropolitan Opera Association|access-date=September 11, 2008|archive-date=December 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231114417/http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

====COVID-19 pandemic====
When people's movements were heavily restricted in March 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the Met cancelled the season's remaining performances but [[Live streaming|live streamed]] free of charge an opera every day, normally available on paid subscription.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/|title=Nightly Met Opera Streams|publisher=Metropolitan Opera|date=March 2020|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027134749/https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 23, 2020, the Met announced the cancellation of its entire 2020–2021 season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Metropolitan Opera Cancels Its 2020–21 Season Due to the Ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, while also Announcing Its Lineup for 2021–22|url=https://www.metopera.org/about/press-releases/the-metropolitan-opera-cancels-its-202021-season/|date=September 23, 2020|website=metopera.org|publisher=Metropolitan Opera|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302171619/https://www.metopera.org/about/press-releases/the-metropolitan-opera-cancels-its-202021-season/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Met reopened in time for the 2021–2022 season, beginning with a concert of [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s [[Requiem (Verdi)|Requiem]] to mark the 20th anniversary of [[September 11 attacks|9/11]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Julia |date=September 10, 2021 |title=The Met Opera Races to Reopen After Months of Pandemic Silence|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/arts/music/met-opera-reopening-pandemic.html |access-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref> On October 24, 2022, the Met, in conjunction with the [[New York Philharmonic|NY Philharmonic]] and [[Carnegie Hall]] dropped their masking requirements,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2022 |title=Met Opera, NY Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall drop mask mandate |url=https://pix11.com/news/coronavirus/met-opera-ny-philharmonic-carnegie-hall-drop-mask-mandate%ef%bf%bc/ |access-date=December 10, 2022 |website=PIX11 |language=en-US}}</ref> the last COVID-related restriction that was still in place.