WELCOME TO THE OPERA REVOLUTION.

The New York Metropolitan Opera's groundbreaking series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to movie theatres around the world continues to entertain Australian opera lovers at their local cinemas.

With the extraordinary success of the recent of The Metropolitan Opera productions, cinema audiences have cried out for more. People who previously thought Nessun Dorma was a type of car are now becoming true opera converts after seeing the New York Met's Operas captured in HD on the cinema screen.

Most cinemas offer online ticket sales. Just take the right hand link to your local MET OPERA hosting cinema in Australia.

OPERA CAST LISTS.
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2011-2012 MET OPERA SEASON
SCREENING CONCURRENTLY WITH THE NEW YORK SEASONS.
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Wagner's
Siegfried
Saturday December 3 and Sunday December 4
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and variations)

In part three of the Ring, Wagner's cosmic vision focuses on his hero's early conquests, while Robert Lepage's revolutionary stage machine transforms itself from bewitched forest to mountaintop love nest. Jay Hunter Morris* sings the title role and Deborah Voigt's Brünnhilde is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. Fabio Luisi conducts.

Conductor: Fabio Luisi; Production: ROBERT LEPAGE
GARY LEHMAN, DEBORAH VOIGT, BRYN TERFEL
Approximate Running Time: 5 hours 56 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date)

*replaces previously advertised Gary Lehman

Philip Glass'
Satyagraha
Saturday December 17 and Sunday December 18
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and variations)

The Met's visually extravagant production is back for an encore engagement. Richard Croft once again is Gandhi in Philip Glass's unforgettable opera, which the Washington Post calls
'a profound and beautiful work of theatre.'

Conductor: DANTE ANZOLINI; Production: PHELIM MCDERMOTT
RICHARD CROFT, RACHELLE DURKIN, KIM JOSEPHSON
Approximate Running Time: 4 hours 8 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date)

Handel's
Rodelinda
Saturday January 7 and Sunday January 8
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and variations)

Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth's much-heralded production, Renée Fleming reprises the title role. She's joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.

Conductor: HARRY BICKET; Production: STEPHEN WADSWORTH
RENÉE FLEMING, STEPHANIE BLYTHE, ANDREAS SCHOLL
Approximate Running Time: 4 hours 15 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date)

Gounod's
Faust
Saturday January 21 and Sunday January 22
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and variations)

With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod's classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success.

Conductor: YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN; Production: DES MCANUFF
JONAS KAUFMANN, RENÉ PAPE, MARINA POPLAVSKAYA
Approximate Running Time: 4 hours 20 minutes including 2 intermissions (Check closer to screening date)

Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi & others
The Enchanted Island
Saturday February 11 and Sunday February 12
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and variations)

In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world's best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes, Plácido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo play Miranda and Ferdinand. The dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch.

Conductor: WILLIAM CHRISTIE; Production: PHELIM MCDERMOTT
PLÁCIDO DOMINGO, DAVID DANIELS, JOYCE DIDONATO
Approximate Running Time: 3 hours 35 minutes incl. 1 intermission (Check closer to screening date)

Wagner's
Götterdämmerung
Saturday March 3 and Sunday March 4
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and variations)

With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Jay Hunter Morris* is Siegfried – the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.

Conductor: JAMES LEVINE; Production: ROBERT LEPAGE
GARY LEHMAN, DEBORAH VOIGT, WENDY BRYN HARMER
Approximate Running Time: 6 hours 24 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date)

*replaces previously advertised Gary Lehman

Verdi's
Ernani
Saturday March 17 and Sunday March 18
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and variations)

Angela Meade takes centre stage in Verdi's thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.

Conductor: MARCO ARMILIATO; Production: PIER LUIGI SAMARITANI
ANGELA MEADE, SALVATORE LICITRA, DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY
Approximate Running Time: 3 hours 49 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date)

Massenet's
Manon
Saturday April 28 and Sunday April 29
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and variations)

Anna Netrebko's dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly's new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met's Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.

Conductor: FABIO LUISI; Production: LAURENT PELLY
ANNA NETREBKO, PIOTR BECZALA, PAULO SZOT
Approximate Running Time: 4 hours 3 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date)

Verdi's
La Traviata
Saturday May 12 and Sunday May 13
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and variations)

Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker's stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.

Conductor: FABIO LUISI; Production: WILLY DECKER
NATALIE DESSAY, MATTHEW POLENZANIM, DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY
Approximate Running Time: 3 hours 7 minutes including 1 intermission
(Check closer to screening date)