During the global coronavirus pandemic , we can find various cultural offers online that have become offered for free . This as a way to help in the difficult situation that is currently being experienced , providing entertainment to people who are forced to stay in their homes in various parts of the world. We wanted to share some of the most interesting offers that are currently available on the Internet and which you will surely be able to enjoy.
- The works of the New York Metropolitan Opera:
La ópera Metropolitana de Nueva York concluyó con Eugene Onegin la que ha sido su primera semana de una serie de óperas disponibles en forma gratuita diariamente en Internet. La MET, como se le conoce en todo el mundo, canceló lo que quedaba de su temporada 2019-20, que hubiera finalizado el 9 de mayo, debido a la pandemia del coronavirus, incluidas todas sus presentaciones en vivo y las transmisiones Live HD.
Every night at 5:30 p.m. a new opera will be released and will be available until 4:30 p.m. the next day. These are complete blockbuster productions from the Live HD series, spanning a 14-year period of broadcasts , led by the greatest opera singers from around the world.
In the case of Eugene Onegin, the filming was made on February 24, 2007 , with the orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. In the main roles were the American soprano Renée Fleming (Tatiana), the Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Eugene Onegin) and the tenor Ramón Vargas (the poet Vladimir Lensky, his best friend).
The broadcast opens with a great introduction by dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov who expresses that Eugene Onegin occupies a unique place in the musical legacy of the Russian nation : “This amazing opera by Tchaikovsky is based on an endearing novel written in verse by Alexander Puskin. Together (the novel and the opera) represent Russian culture at its highest point.”
- Movistar Lite
Movistar lite está regalando durante un mes sus canales debido al coronavirus. Sky, YouTube Premium tienen también un mes gratis.
- British Film Institute
The Film Institute of Great Britain opened its free catalogue, where you can watch countless films online completely free of charge.
- Prado Museum
En España el Museo del Prado ha comenzado la iniciativa #PradoContigo debido a la situación de cuarentena por el COVID-19. Con ella cualquier persona que visite la página web del museo tendrá acceso a visitas de manera virtual. El proyecto, que surgió la semana pasada, ha acumulado ya más de medio millón de usuarios y ha sido todo un éxito.
- Vatican Museums
In Italy, the Vatican museums receive more than six million visits a year . To offer a digital experience, the museum can be toured virtually and thus observe the enormous murals and rooms such as the Sistine Chapel and its mural, "Michelangelo's Last Judgment."
- Louvre Museum
Would you like to tour the Louvre from your home and see the Mona Lisa ? You can do it now. One can see it, along with thousands of other paintings and its collection of Egyptian antiquities, in guided tours, videos, and 360-degree views , without the crowds of people on the museum's website. We invite you to delve into the history and mysteries of a painting as famous as this one.
- Google Art & Culture
Google Arts & Culture, or Google Art Project, is a project that was born in 2011 and has an archive of more than a thousand museums , such as the Tate Britain in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Getty in The Angels. Its page is divided into various sections, within which the articles stand out, the street view where you can detail various constructions around the world and the Art Zoom, where you can see, in the highest definition, curious details of paintings that They could go completely unnoticed during a physical visit. One of the most interesting visits that Google Art offers us is the beautiful Uffizi gallery in Florence.
- Original Youtube Content
In the midst of the isolation experienced throughout the world, YouTube decided to make part of its original content available for free . These are music documentaries, specials with personalities like Michelle Obama and many others.
YouTube users will be able to watch the first episode of 'Creators for Change with Michelle Obama' , where Liza Koshy, Prajakta Koli and Thembe Mahlaba speak with Michelle Obama and Girls Opportunity Alliance about the state of girls' education in the world.
Throughout eight episodes hosted by Robert Downey Jr. , the series 'The Age of AI' immerses us in the world of technology, showing innovations in different fields, such as the creation of an animated digital version of will.i.am or the prototype of Project Euphonia, a project that Google is working on with NFL player Tim Shaw so that he can recover his ability to communicate . This is another of the series that we can watch for free.
Also complete you can see 'Could you survive the movies?' , presented by Jake Roper of Vsauce, where it is shown throughout all its episodes whether anyone could survive some of Hollywood's most famous and beloved films, from Back to the Future and Ghostbusters, to Alien.
I hope these cultural offers available online have been useful to you.
