The Metropolitan Opera 2008-2009 Events |
Listed below are details for The Metropolitan Opera Event Series. Purchase tickets online or at the box office. Playing at the following locations:Canton Cinema, Eastside 9, Forum 8, Hamilton 16 IMAX, Holland 7, Jackson 10, Kalamazoo 10, Krafft 8, Lansing Mall Cinema, Oxford 7, Portage 16 IMAX, Quality 16, Randall 15 IMAX, Saginaw 8, Savoy 16, Willow Knolls 14 |
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Thaïs
- Saturday, December 20, 2008
- 12:00 pm Eastern Time
-3 hours 42 minutes
Rating: NR (Suitable for all audiences)
Synopsis:
Fathom presents the excitement of The Met: Live in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE transmission of Massenet’s Thaïs will be shown for one day only on Saturday, December 20th at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT in select theatres nationwide. The radiant Renée Fleming plays the Egyptian courtesan in search of spiritual sustenance and Thomas Hampson is the monk Athanaël who falls from grace. Massenet’s sensual score is presented in a new production by John Cox with Jesús López-Cobos conducting.
Tickets:
$22.00 Adult, $20.00 Senior, $18 Students, $15.00 Child
Encore:
Wednesday, January 7, 2009,
7:00pm (local time)
Tickets $18, Child $15 |
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La Rondine
- Saturday, January 10, 2009
- 1:00 pm Eastern Time
-2 hours 45 minutes
Rating: NR (Suitable for all audiences)
Synopsis:
Fathom presents the excitement of The Met: Live in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE transmission of Puccini’s La Rondine will be shown for one day only on Saturday, January 10th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Opera’s charismatic real-life duo, Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna provide the star power to deliver this ravishing romance from the world’s most popular opera composer. Gheorghiu plays the kept woman who gambles on true love, and Alagna is the man who makes her question the cost of her glittering existence. Nicolas Joël directs the new production of this gorgeously melodic look at love. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Tickets:
$22.00 Adult, $20.00 Senior, $18 Students, $15.00 Child
Encore:
Wednesday, January 21, 2009,
7:00pm (local time)
Tickets $18, Child $15 |
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Orfeo ed Euridice
- Saturday, January 24, 2008
- 1:00 pm Eastern Time
-2 hours
Rating: NR (Suitable for all audiences)
Synopsis:
Fathom presents the excitement of The Met: Live in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE transmission of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice will be shown for one day only on Saturday, January 24th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select theatres nationwide. This complete vision for Gluck, with production and choreography by Mark Morris and costumes by Isaac Mizrahi, features the artistry of Stephanie Blythe in the title role. The alluring Danielle de Niese is Orfeo’s adored wife, Euridice, who inspires the hero to face the underworld for her sake. Music Director James Levine conducts.
Tickets:
$22.00 Adult, $20.00 Senior, $18 Students, $15.00 Child
Encore:
Wednesday, February 4, 2009,
7:00pm (local time)
Tickets $18, Child $15 |
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Lucia di Lammermoor
- Saturday, February 7, 2009
- 1:00 pm Eastern Time
-3 hours 50 minutes
Rating: NR (Suitable for all audiences)
Synopsis:
Fathom presents the excitement of The Met: Live in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE transmission of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor will be shown for one day only on Saturday, February 7th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Anna Netrebko stars in the title role of Donizetti’s fragile heroine. Tenor Rolando Villazón stars as Lucia’s lover, Edgardo. Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Mary Zimmerman’s hit production is staged as a Victorian ghost story. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Tickets:
$22.00 Adult, $20.00 Senior, $18 Students, $15.00 Child
Encore:
Wednesday, February 18, 2009,
7:00pm (local time)
Tickets $18, Child $15 |
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Madama Butterfly
- Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 1:00 pm Eastern Time
-3 hours 51 minutes
Rating: NR (Suitable for all audiences)
Synopsis:
Fathom presents the excitement of The Met: Live in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE transmission of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly will be shown for one day only on Saturday, March 7th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, the original Butterfly of the production when it opened the 2006-07 Met season, returns to the title role of the late Anthony Minghella’s stunning production, a classic of the new Met repertory. Marcello Giordani stars as Pinkerton. Patrick Summers conducts.
Tickets:
$22.00 Adult, $20.00 Senior, $18 Students, $15.00 Child
Encore:
Wednesday, March 18, 2009,
7:00pm (local time)
Tickets $18, Child $15 |
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La Sonnambula
- Saturday, March 21, 2009
- 1:00 pm Eastern Time
-3 hours 10 minutes
Rating: NR (Suitable for all audiences)
Synopsis:
Fathom presents the excitement of The Met: Live in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE transmission of Bellini’s La Sonnambula will be shown for one day only on Saturday, March 21st at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Mary Zimmerman underlines La Sonnambula’s dual elements of sleep and wakefulness in an intriguing staging set in the present. Bellini’s hauntingly lyrical score soars as performed by Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez, back from their sensational run together in La Fille du Régiment in leading opera houses around the world. Evelino Pidò conducts.
Tickets:
$22.00 Adult, $20.00 Senior, $18 Students, $15.00 Child
Encore:
Wednesday, April 1, 2009,
7:00pm (local time)
Tickets $18, Child $15 |
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La Cenerentola
- Saturday, May 9, 2009
- 12:30 pm Eastern Time
-3 hours 30 minutes
Rating: NR (Suitable for all audiences)
Synopsis:
Fathom presents the excitement of The Met: Live in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE transmission of Rossini’s La Cenerentola will be shown for one day only on Saturday, May 9th at 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Hot on the heels of her triumphant Met debut as Rosina in last season’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Elīna Garanča portrays another Rossini charmer in this bel canto Cinderella story. Lawrence Brownlee is her Prince Charming, Don Ramiro. Veteran baritone Alessangro Corbelli demonstrates his impeccable comic timing to match the gravitas of Met favorite John Relyea. Maurizio Benini conducts.
Tickets:
$22.00 Adult, $20.00 Senior, $18 Students, $15.00 Child
Encore:
Wednesday, May 20, 2009,
7:00pm (local time)
Tickets $18, Child $15 |
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