<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Here’s an important opportunity from the Metropolitan Opera:</span><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.45455;" class=""><font size="4" class="">On</font><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span><font size="4" class="">Monday, March 14, at 6PM ET, the Metropolitan Opera will present a benefit performance to support Ukrainian citizens </font><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">under attack, with all ticket sales and donations going to support relief efforts in Ukraine. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Met Orchestra and Chorus and star soloists in a 70-minute program, featuring music by Valentin Silvestrov, Barber, Verdi, Strauss, and Beethoven. The soloists will be Lise Davidsen and Elza van den Heever, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, tenor Piotr Beczała, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green, and Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi, who will lead the Met Chorus in a performance of the Ukrainian national anthem.</span></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.45455;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><em style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;" class="">A Concert for Ukraine </em>will be broadcast in the U.S.</font><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> via many of the radio stations that regularly carry the Met’s Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts, as well as</span><font size="4" class=""> member stations of National Public Radio.</font><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> Please check your local listing for details. The concert will be broadcast internationally via the European Broadcasting Union, allowing it to be heard in most countries in the world. The concert will also be carried live on Met Opera Radio on Sirius XM (channel 355) and streamed live </span><a href="https://www.metopera.org/link/78f44ae495754fd2b55c9e9652992316.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; transition: border-color 0.2s ease, background-color 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">here</a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">. For a full list of participating stations, click the following: </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill;" class=""><a href="https://www.metopera.org/link/c9ea210fde3c4e1093e4d97aa6c66a4c.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; transition: border-color 0.2s ease, background-color 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">US Radio Stations</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill;" class=""><a href="https://www.metopera.org/link/345932445a624e268b6af5001ba2b72f.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; transition: border-color 0.2s ease, background-color 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">International Radio Stations</a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.45455;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">For more ways to help the citizens of Ukraine, visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine <a href="https://war.ukraine.ua/support-ukraine/" style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; transition: border-color 0.2s ease, background-color 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">website</a>.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.45455;" class=""><em style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Lato; box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;" class="">A Concert for Ukraine</em><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Lato;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Lato;" class="">is made possible by a generous gift from C. Graham Berwind, III.</span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Program Details</span></h3><p style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.45455;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">National Anthem of Ukraine</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.45455;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">“Prayer for Ukraine” by Valentin Silvestrov</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.45455;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.45455;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">“Va, pensiero” from Verdi’s <em style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;" class="">Nabucco</em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.45455;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;" class="">Four Last Songs </em>by Richard Strauss<br style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill;" class=""> Lise Davidsen, soprano</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill; margin: 1.875rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: BaskervilleMTStd, serif; line-height: 1.45455;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Finale from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Op. 125<br style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill;" class=""> Elza van den Heever, soprano<br style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill;" class=""> Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano<br style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill;" class=""> Piotr Beczała, tenor<br style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: fill;" class=""> Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone</span></p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">Blessings to all. 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