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Viking Cruises brings The Metropolitan Opera to sea

Viking Cruises brings The Metropolitan Opera to sea
In a new partnership with The Metropolitan Opera, Viking Cruises will air Puccini's opera 'La Bohème' with special documentary behind-the-scenes footage.

This latest addition to Viking's culture-intensive on-board programming will be broadcast in the ocean ships' main theater and on the big screen at the central, glass-topped pool, vp sales Michele Saegesser said Sunday.

Saegesser spoke at a trade event aboard Viking Star. She credited Nitsa Lewis, vp ocean marketing, for the Met programming. Lewis recently joined Viking after 13 years as vp marketing at Crystal Cruises.