Opera on the Big Screen

Summer Encore: The Met Live in HD

Enjoy a reprise of the 2010 season as six operas screen at theaters around the country.

By Laura Dannen June 15, 2010

Elina Garanca stars in Carmen. Photo courtesy Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera.

The Metropolitan Opera reprises its popular Live in HD series this summer with encore screenings of six of past seasons’ productions, including the Zeffirelli staging of Turandot and Richard Eyre’s darker, "shock and awe" direction of Carmen. Tickets sell out quickly, so plan ahead.

Verdi’s Aida
Wednesday, June 16, 6:30pm
Violeta Urmana sings the title role of the enslaved Ethiopian princess, with Dolora Zajick as Amneris, and Johan Botha as Radamès. Daniele Gatti conducts.

Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
Wednesday, June 23, 6:30pm
Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna star as the doomed lovers with famed tenor Plácido Domingo conducting.

Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
Wednesday, July 7, at 6:30pm
Renée Fleming is Tatiana, Ramón Vargas is Lenski, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky stars in the title role of Tchaikovsky’s adaptation of Pushkin’s novel in verse. Conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Puccini’s La Bohème
Wednesday, July 14, 6:30pm
Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production features Angela Gheorghiu as Mimì, Ramón Vargas as Rodolfo, Ainhoa Arteta as Musetta, and Ludovic Tézier as Marcello. Nicola Luisotti conducts.

Puccini’s Turandot
Wednesday, July 21, 6:30pm
Puccini’s final opera stars Maria Guleghina as Turandot and Marcello Giordani as Calàf. Andris Nelsons conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s production.

Bizet’s Carmen
Wednesday, July 28, 6:30pm
Richard Eyre’s acclaimed new production is conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Elīna Garanča seduces as the titular gypsy, and Roberto Alagna costars in one of the most popular HD transmissions to date.

For tickets ($19), go to metopera.org/hdlive. The films screen in Redmond, Lynnwood, Kent, Federal Way, Auburn, Olympia, and at Southcenter AMC and Pacific Place in Seattle.

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