Theatres around the world are closed, and there is no indication of when - or if - they will reopen.
Like many of us, the leader of the Metropolitan Opera and Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, has been in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.
He has used his time in isolation to organise his musicians and singers to stage a touching artistic triumph, online.
Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna has more.
