The Metropolitan Opera has announced the return of its popular concert series in New York City parks.

The summer 2026 program will feature young Met stars performing favorite arias and duets, presented in collaboration with Capital One City Parks Foundation at Summerstage. The concert will also feature American Composers as part of Carnegie Hall’s “United in Sound: America at 250 Festival.”

On June 15 at Central Park SummerStage and June 17 at Brooklyn Bridge Park, soprano Emily Pogorelc, tenor Joshua Blue, and baritone Edward Nelson join Met assistant conductor Dimitri Dover at the piano.

Four additional concerts will take place on June 8 at the Bronx’s Williamsbridge Oval, June 10 at Queens’s Socrates Sculpture Park, June 12 at Manhattan’s Jackie Robinson Park, and June 14 in Staten Island (location TBA), featuring soprano Tessa McQueen, tenor Alex McKissick, and bass-baritone Lonwabo Mose, accompanied by Mariam Bombrun.