Head to Lincoln Center for an end-of-summer tradition, the Met Opera's Summer HD Festival. This free, outdoor festival features 11 evenings of classic and contemporary operas with a little something for everyone. Here's the schedule: — Saturday, August 31, at 7:30pm: Bizet’s Carmen — Sunday, September 1, at 7:30pm: Verdi’s La Forza del Destino — Monday, September 2, at 8pm: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly This free, annual event features screenings of the Met Opera’s past Live in HD captures displayed on an enormous screen on the façade of the opera house at Lincoln Center. Seating is first-come, first-served on the plaza, and attendees are free to bring their own chairs elsewhere on the Lincoln Center plaza.