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The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata At 7:30 p.m. ET, the Metropolitan Opera shares La Traviata , Giuseppe Verdi’s romantic tragedy about a courtesan whose chance at true love is thwarted by bourgeois mores. This production was filmed for the company’s Live in HD series in 2017, and stars Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano and Thomas Hampson, with Nicola Luisotti conducting. Watch for free for 23 hour

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Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids To mark Juneteenth, various regional theatres are presenting different live readings of Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids , Vincent Terrell Durham ‘s of-the-moment play about a progressive white couple in Harlem throwing a dinner party for Black Lives Matter activists, where the uncomfortable conversation includes systemic racism, p

National Theatre: Small Island At 2 p.m. ET, London’s National Theatre presents Small Island , Helen Edmundson’s acclaimed 2019 stage adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel of the same name, exploring the complicated history between Jamaica and the U.K. through a trio of interconnected stories as the protagonists try to find their way in post-WWII Britain. Directed by Rufus Norris and featuring a diver

English National Ballet: Song of the Earth At 2 p.m. ET, the English National Ballet shares a recording of Song of the Earth , choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan and set to Gustav Mahler’s song cycle Das Lied von der Erde , which explores the fragility of life and its constant renewal. This performance was recorded in 2018, and the dancers and singers are accompanied by the English National Ba

At 8 a.m. ET, the Irish Arts Center and Symphony Space celebrate Bloomsday, an annual event that honors Irish author James Joyce and his character Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of his epic Ulysses , which takes place on June 16, 1904. For 13 hours, a cavalcade of performers, writers and musicians—including Stephen Colbert, Brian Cox, Hugh Dancy, Claire Danes, Kate Mulgrew, Cynthia Nixon and Fiona

Shakespeare’s Globe: A Midsummer Night’s Dream At 2 p.m. ET, London’s Shakespeare’s Globe shares a recording of its 2013 mounting of A Midsummer Night’s Dream , the Bard’s beloved romantic comedy about fairies messing with lovesick humans lost in a magical forest. The recently departed artistic director of the company, Dominic Dromgoole , helms this Renaissance staging, which stars Olivier Award w