WAKE UP, ORGAN SACRED INSTRUMENT! WATCH: Highlights of the Blessing of the Pipe Organ presided by Manila Archbishop, Jose F. Cardinal Advincula and the Reawakening the Sacred Voice Post-Restoration Inaugural Concert with Belgian organist Maestro Luc Ponet, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra and the Manila Cathedral Choir. Video by Jodel Sarmiento. | The Manila Cathedral

67K views · 2.2K reactions | The Met is one of the few opera houses in the world with its own pipe organ! Thomas Lausmann, the Met’s Director of Music, tells us about the instrument, which has nearly 1,300 pipes and weighs almost nine tons, as well as its recent restoration that was completed just in time for the 2022–23 season. Experience the organ now in Puccini’s Tosca (bit.ly/3HG2Chb) and Britten’s Peter Grimes (bit.ly/3aY33Hc). | The Metropolitan Opera | Facebook