Editing Metropolitan Opera (section)

====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.