Opera
New! Free discussion before each Live broadcast. If you would like to attend, please arrive 45 minutes early. See details below.
Met Opera
The Metropolitan Opera in collaboration with Fairfield University presents Live in High Definition on the Big Screen:
Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena
Saturday, October 15
Pre-performance Discussion: 12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Gary Wood, Director of the Quick Center for the Arts
Location: Walsh Art Gallery
Live: 1 p.m.
Encore: 6:30 p.m.
Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera's greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David McVicar. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry VIII, and Marco Armiliato conducts.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni
Tuesday, December 6
(original broadcast date Saturday, October 29)
Encore: 6 p.m.
Mariusz Kwiecien brings his youthful and sensual interpretation of Mozart's timeless anti-hero to the Met for the first time, under the direction of Tony Award®-winning director Michael Grandage and with James Levine conducting. Also starring Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramón Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni.
Sunday, November 13 *Date change*
Pre-performance Discussion: 12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Peter Shimkin, WMNR Fine Arts Radio
Location: Walsh Art Gallery
Encore: 1 p.m.
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. Gary Lehman sings the title role and Deborah Voigt's Brünnhilde is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. James Levine conducts.
Saturday, November 19
Pre-performance Discussion: 12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Gary Wood, Director of the Quick Center for the Arts
Location: Wien Theatre
Live: 1 p.m.
Encore: 6:30 p.m.
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 theater."
George Frideric Handel's Rodelinda
Friday, December 9
Encore: noon
Encore: 6 p.m.
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.
Saturday, December 17
Encore: noon
Encore: 6 p.m.
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.
Saturday, January 21
Pre-performance Discussion: 12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Laura Nash, Fairfield University Associate Professor of Music
Location: Wien Theatre
Live: 1 p.m.
Encore: 6 p.m.
In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world‚Äôs best singers, some of the finest music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In this highly-anticipated world premiere, the lovers from A Midsummer Night's Dream are shipwrecked on the other-worldly island of The Tempest, providing the dramatic setting for a fantastic journey. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, The Enchanted Island showcases glorious 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 (Satyagraha and the Met's 125 anniversary gala).
About The Enchanted Island
About the music
Program notes
Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung
Saturday, February 11
Pre-performance Discussion: 11:15 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Peter Shimkin, WMNR Fine Arts Radio
Location: Wien Theatre
Live: noon
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met's new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried‚Äîthe star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.
Saturday, February 25
Pre-performance Discussion: 12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Laura Nash, Fairfield University Associate Professor of Music
Location: Wien Theatre
Live: 1 p.m.
Encore: 6 p.m.
Angela Meade takes center 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.
Saturday, April 7
Pre-performance Discussion: 11:15 a.m.
Speaker: TBD
Location: Walsh Art Gallery
Live: noon
Encore: 6 p.m.
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.
Saturday, April 14
Pre-performance Discussion: 12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Orin Grossman, Fairfield University Professor of Fine Arts
Location: Walsh Art Gallery
Live: 1 p.m.
Encore: 6 p.m.
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.
Reserved Seating
Single Tickets: $25, $20 seniors, $15 children/students
$21 per ticket with the purchase of 5-7 performances
$20 per ticket with the purchase of 8-10 performances
$19 per ticket with the purchase of 11 performances
Met Opera HD orders and tickets for members of the Metropolitan Opera on the $150.00 level or above will be processed starting August 19, 2011.
Met Opera HD orders and tickets for members and subscribers of the Quick Center will be processed starting August 26, 2011.
Non-members orders and tickets will be processed starting August 29, 2011.
Met Opera HD subscriber discounts and privileges may not be interchanged between Open Visions Forum, Quick Center and Met Opera HD events.
Programs and process dates subject to change