The Met: Live in HD Kicks Off on Saturday, October 10 at Empire Theatres with
a New Production of Puccini's Tosca - Tickets for 2009-10 Season On Sale Now
More than 900 theaters in 42 countries around the world are participating in The Met: Live in HD this season. A record number of more than 1.8 million Live in HD tickets were sold last season.
Four other new productions are featured in the series, including Offenbach's
All nine high-definition productions will be shown live worldwide on Saturdays through
The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from the Neubauer Family Foundation. Bloomberg L.P. is the global corporate sponsor of The Met: Live in HD. The HD broadcasts are supported by Toll Brothers, America's luxury home builder(R).
The Met: Live in HD has expanded its distribution in the 2009-10 season to include 42 countries. New countries joining the Live in HD network this season include
Met Live in HD Locations
NB - Fredericton - Empire Studio 10 Regent Mall
NB - Moncton - Empire 8 Trinity Drive
NB - Saint John - Empire Studio 10
NL - St. John's - Empire Studio 12
NS - Dartmouth - Empire Theatres Dartmouth Crossing
NS - Halifax - Empire 8 Park Lane
NS - New Glasgow - Empire Studio 7
NS - New Minas - Empire 7 Cinemas
NS - Sydney - Empire Studio 10
PE - Charlottetown - Empire Studio 8
The Met: Live in HD 2009-10 Season
Saturday, October 10, 2009 TOSCA (2:00 p.m. AT / 2:30 p.m. NL) Encore
October 31 - A new production of Puccini's Tosca by Luc Bondy in his
house debut, starring Karita Mattila in her first performance of the
title role outside her native Finland, and Marcelo alvarez as
Cavaradossi. George Gagnidze sings the role of Scarpia. James Levine
conducts.
HD host: Susan Graham NEW PRODUCTION
Saturday, October 24, 2009 AIDA (2:00 p.m. AT / 2:30 p.m. NL) Encore
November 31 - Daniele Gatti returns for the first time in 14 years to
conduct a cast of powerful voices in Verdi's Aida. Violeta Urmana sings
the title role, while Dolora Zajick returns in one of her most acclaimed
portrayals as the Egyptian princess Amneris. Johan Botha is Radamès and
Carlo Guelfi sings Amonasro. HD host: Renee Fleming
Saturday, November 7, 2009 TURANDOT (2:00 p.m. AT / 2:30 p.m. NL) Encore
December 5 - Franco Zeffirelli's classic production of Puccini's Turandot
features the Met role debuts of Maria Guleghina in the title role,
Marcello Giordani as Calàf, Samuel Ramey as Timur, and Marina
Poplavskaya as Liù. Conductor Andris Nelsons makes his Met debut.
Saturday, December 19, 2009 LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN (2:00 p.m. AT /
2:30 p.m. NL) Encore January 23 - Bartlett Sher, whose staging of
Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia was a hit two seasons ago, returns to
direct his second Met production: Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann,
conducted by James Levine. Joseph Calleja stars as Hoffmann, with Anna
Netrebko as Antonia, Ekaterina Gubanova as Giulietta, Kate Lindsey as
Nicklausse, Kathleen Kim as Olympia, and Alan Held as the four villains.
NEW PRODUCTION
Saturday, January 9, 2010 DER ROSENKAVALIER (2:00 p.m. AT / 2:30 p.m. NL)
Encore March 6 - James Levine conducts a stellar cast led by Renée
Fleming as the Marschallin and Susan Graham as Octavian. Eric Cutler is
the Italian Singer, Kristinn Sigmundsson sings the role of Baron Ochs,
and Christine Schäfer is Sophie. HD host: Placido Domingo
Saturday, January 16, 2010 CARMEN (2:00 p.m. AT / 2:30 p.m. NL) Encore
March 13 - The new Carmen, starring Elina Garanca, who sang the title
role of La Cenerentola at the Met last spring to great acclaim, will also
feature the debuts of director Richard Eyre and conductor Yannick
Nézet-Séguin. Roberto Alagna is the soldier Don José, Barbara Frittoli
is Micaëla, and Mariusz Kwiecien is the bullfighter Escamillo. HD host:
Renée Fleming
NEW PRODUCTION
Saturday, February 6, 2010 SIMON BOCCANEGRA (2:00 p.m. AT / 2:30 p.m. NL)
Encore March 20 - Four decades into a legendary Met career, Placido
Domingo makes history by singing the baritone title role of Verdi's
Simon Boccanegra, conducted by James Levine. Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello
Giordani, and James Morris co-star. HD host: Renée Fleming
Saturday, March 27, 2010 HAMLET (2:00 p.m. AT / 2:30 p.m. NL) Encore
April 24 - Last performed at the Met in 1897, Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet
will be seen in a new production by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser,
conducted by Louis Langrée and starring Simon Keenlyside in the title
role and Natalie Dessay as Ophélie. With Jennifer Larmore as Gertrude,
Toby Spence as Laërtes and James Morris as Claudius. HD host: Renée
Fleming
NEW PRODUCTION
Saturday, May 1, 2010 ARMIDA (2:00 p.m. AT / 2:30 p.m. NL) Encore May 22
- The season's final new production features Renée Fleming in Rossini's
bel canto tour de force Armida, directed by Mary Zimmerman and conducted
by Riccardo Frizza. Also starring Lawrence Brownlee, Bruce Ford, José
Manuel Zapata, Barry Banks, and Kobie van Rensburg. HD host: Deborah
Voigt
NEW PRODUCTION
The Live in HD series was recently honored with a prestigious 2008 Peabody Award for its "vividly designed, smartly annotated productions of Hansel and Gretel, Doctor Atomic,
The Met won a special Emmy Award in
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