The Metropolitan Opera - Captured Live in HD

WELCOME TO THE OPERA REVOLUTION. The New York Metropolitan Opera's groundbreaking series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to movie theaters around the world expands in its third season. Don't miss the chance to experience the Met live at your local cinema! With the extraordinary success of the last season 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. DOWNLOAD THE CAST LIST HERE for the next Opera to be screened. WINTER HIGHLIGHTS SEASON CONTINUES SCREENING AT MOST CINEMAS WHICH REGULARLY SCREEN THE MET OPERAS. Check local cinemas for screening schedules.
	Richard Strauss' DER ROSENKAVELIER Strauss' comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna stars Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover. Music Director James Levine conducts a cast that also includes Kristinn Sigmundsson and Thomas Allen. Conductor: James Levine; Production: Nathaniel Merrill; Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Christine Schäfer, Eric Cutler, Thomas Allen, Kristinn Sigmundsson Approximate running time 4 hours 41 minutes
	Georges Bizet's CARMEN "One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen is about sex, violence, and racism - and its corollary: freedom," says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre (and director of films such as Notes on a Scandal) about his new production of Bizet's drama. "It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It’s sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking." Elina Garanca plays the seductive gypsy of the title in her role debut,opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Production: Richard Eyre; Barbara Frittoli, Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Mariusz Kwiecien Approximate running time 3 hours 33 minutes
	Giuseppe Verdi's SIMON BOCCANEGRA Four decades into a legendary Met career, tenor Plácido Domingo makes history singing the title role in Verdi's gripping political thriller, which is written for a baritone. Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, and James Morris are his co-stars in this moving and tragic story of a father and his lost daughter. James Levine conducts. Conductor: James Levine; Production: Giancarlo del Monaco; Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, Plácido Domingo, James Morris Approximate running time 3 hours 46 minutes
2010-2011 MET OPERA SEASON SCREENING CONCURRENTLY WITH THE NEW YORK SEASONS
	Wagner's DAS RHEINGOLD - NEW PRODUCTION! SAT OCTOBER 23 at 11.30am SUN OCTOBER 24 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) Two unparalleled artists join forces to create a groundbreaking new Ring for the Met: Maestro James Levine and director Robert Lepage. The cycle launches with Das Rheingold, the prologue to Wagner’s epic drama. "The Ring is not just a story or a series of operas, it’s a cosmos," says Lepage, who brings cutting-edge technology and his own visionary imagination to the world’s greatest theatrical journey. Bryn Terfel sings the leading role of Wotan for the first time with the company, heading an extraordinary cast. Conductor: James Levine; Production: Robert Lepage Wendy Bryn Harmer, Stephanie Blythe, Bryn Terfel Approximate running time: 3 hours 35 minutes with intermissions. (Check closer to screening date) .
	Mussorgsky's BORIS GODUNOV - NEW PRODUCTION! SAT NOVEMBER 6 at 11.30am SUN NOVEMBER 7 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) René Pape takes on one of the greatest bass roles in a production by renowned theatre and opera director Peter Stein, in his Met debut. Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky's epic spectacle that captures the suffering and ambition of a nation. "Boris Godunov is a masterpiece," Stein says. "The challenge is to transmit the enormous emotional depth of the whole thing. Boris is the czar, but he is expressing a problem we all have: the consequences of human actions." Aleksandrs Antonenko, Vladimir Ognovenko, and Ekaterina Semenchuk lead the huge cast. Conductor: Valery Gergiev; Production: Peter Stein Ekaterina Semenchuck, Aleksandrs Antonenko, René Pape Approximate running time: 5 hours 50 minutes with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .
	Donizetti's DON PASQUALE SAT NOVEMBER 27 at 11.30am SUN NOVEMBER 28 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) Anna Netrebko revives her sensational turn in this sophisticated bel canto comedy, opposite Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John Del Carlo in the title role. Music Director James Levine conducts. When Otto Schenk's production premiered in 2006, the New York Times called it "brilliant" and "wonderful." Conductor: James Levine; Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, John Del Carlo Approximate running time: 4 hours 20 minutes with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .
	Verdi's DON CARLO - NEW PRODUCTION! SAT JANUARY 8 at 11.30am SUN JANUARY 9 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) Director Nicholas Hytner (current Director of London's National Theatre) makes his Met debut with this new production of Verdi's profound, beautiful, and most ambitious opera. Roberto Alagna leads the cast, and Ferruccio Furlanetto, Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, and Simon Keenlyside also star. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, back after his triumphant debut leading Carmen, conducts. "I think Don Carlo is the quintessential Verdi opera," Hytner says. "Right through this opera there is, on the one hand, an implacable expression of impending doom and, on the other hand, a succession of the most gloriously open-throated arias, the most fantastically determined music." Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Production: Nicholas Hytner Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, Roberto Alagna Approximate running time: 5 hours 20 minutes with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .
	Puccini's LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST SAT JANUARY 29 at 11.30am SUN JANUARY 30 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) Puccini's wild-west opera had its world premiere in 1910 at the Met. Now, on the occasion of its centennial, all-American diva Deborah Voigt sings the title role of the "girl of the golden west," starring opposite Marcello Giordani. Nicola Luisotti conducts. Conductor: Nicola Luisotti; Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Juha Uusitalo Approximate running time: 4 hours 10 minutes with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .
	Adam's NIXON IN CHINA - NEW PRODUCTION! SAT FEBRUARY 26 at 11.30am SUN FEBRUARY 27 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) In February 1972, Nixon traveled to China for talks with Chinese leaders Chairman Mao Tse-tung and Premier Chau En-lai. Nixon's trip was the first high-level contact between the United States and the People's Republic of China in more than twenty years, and it ushered in a new era of relations between Washington and Beijing. "The meeting of Nixon and Mao is a mythological moment in world history, particularly American history," says Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, John Adams, whose groundbreaking opera Nixon in China was inspired by this important moment in diplomatic relations. Peter Sellars makes his Met debut with this groundbreaking work. Conductor: John Adams; Production: Peter Sellars; James Maddalena, Kathleen Kim, Janis Kelly Approximate running time: 4 hours with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .
	Gluck's IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE SAT MARCH 12 at 11.30am SUN MARCH 13 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) Susan Graham and Plácido Domingo reprise their starring roles in Gluck's nuanced and elegant interpretation of this primal Greek myth. Tenor Paul Groves also returns to Stephen Wadsworth's insightful production, first seen in 2007. Patrick Summers conducts. Conductor: Patrick Summers; Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo Approximate running time: 3 hours 35 minutes with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .
	Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR SAT APRIL 2 at 11.30am SUN APRIL 3 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) Natalie Dessay triumphed as the fragile heroine of Donizetti's masterpiece on Opening Night of the 2007-08 season in Mary Zimmerman's hit production. Now she returns to the role of the innocent young woman driven to madness, opposite Joseph Calleja, who sings her lover Edgardo. Conductor: Patrick Summers; Natalie Dessay, Joseph Calleja Approximate running time: 4 hours 40 minutes with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .
	Rossini's LE COMTE ORY - NEW PRODUCTION! SAT APRIL 30 at 11.30am SUN MAY 1 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) Rossini's vocally dazzling comedy stars bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adèle, sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met's hit productions of The Barber of Seville and The Tales of Hoffmann, describes the world of the opera as, "a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful. Rossini captures both - with the most beautiful love music Rossini ever wrote." Conductor: Maurizio Benini; Production: Bartlett Sher Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez Approximate running time: 3 hours 45 minutes with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .
	Strauss's CAPRICCIO SAT MAY 14 at 11.30am SUN MAY 15 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) On Opening Night of the 2008–09 season, Renée Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang the final scene of Strauss's wise and worldly meditation on art and life. Now she performs the entire work, in which the composer explores the essence of opera itself. Matthew Polenzani and Sarah Connolly also star, and Andrew Davis conducts. Conductor: Andrew Davis; Renée Fleming, Sarah Connolly, Joseph Kaiser Approximate running time: 3 hours 50 minutes with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .
	Verdi's IL TROVATORE SAT JUNE 4 at 11.30am SUN JUNE 5 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) David McVicar's stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered in the 2008–09 season. James Levine leads this revival, starring four extraordinary singers - Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky - in what might be the composer's most melodically rich score. Conductor: James Levine; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez Approximate running time: 3 hours 50 minutes with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .
	Wagner's DIE WALKÜRE - NEW PRODUCTION! SAT JUNE 25 at 11.30am SUN JUNE 26 at 1.00pm (Check local directory for possible extra weekday screening) A stellar cast comes together for this second installment of Robert Lepage's new production of the Ring cycle, conducted by James Levine. Bryn Terfel is Wotan, lord of the Gods. Deborah Voigt adds the part of Brünnhilde to her extensive Wagnerian repertoire at the Met. Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek star as the twins, Siegmund and Sieglinde, and Stephanie Blythe is Fricka. Conductor: James Levine; Production: Robert Lepage Deborah Voigt, Eva-Marie Westbroeck, Stephanie Blythe, Bryn Terfel Approximate running time: 5 hours 55 minutes with intermissions (Check closer to screening date) .