Opera on the Avenue: The Madison Avenue Business Improvement District is staging a 10-day festival to support the Metropolitan Opera and celebrate its fall 2023 season.
Opening night is Thursday, 5 p.m., with a live opera performance on an outdoor stage rigged in front of Ralph Lauren on Madison and 72nd Street. Soprano Amanda Batista and baritone Eleomar Cuello, both rising stars from the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists,…