The Met: Live in HD - Giuseppe Verdi's Aida | Press Releases

1 p.m. (live) and 6:30 p.m. (encore)
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

Who: Giuseppe Verdi's Aida presented by The Met: Live in HD
The Met's unforgettable production of "Aida," Giuseppe Verdi's ancient Egyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radamès, played by Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptian princess Amneris, sung by Olga Borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts.

What: The Met: Live in HD is a series of high definition opera transmissions of The Metropolitan Opera's new season direct from Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. With strategically placed cameras in front of, around and behind The Metropolitan Opera House stage, The Met: Live in HD transmissions give Quick Center audiences a state-of-the art opera experience and better-than-front-row-seat visibility.

When: 1 p.m. (live) and 6:30 p.m. (encore), Saturday, December 15, 2012

Where: Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield, CT

Tickets: $25, $20 seniors, $10 children/students . The Quick Center Box Office: (203) 254-4010, or toll-free 1-877-ARTS-396. (1-877-278-7396).

Location: The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts is located on the campus of Fairfield University at 1073 North Benson Road in Fairfield, Connecticut. Entrance to the Quick Center is through the Barlow Road gate at 200 Barlow Road. Free, secure parking is available. Access for people with disabilities is available throughout the Quick Center for audience members and performers. Hearing amplification devices are available upon request at the Box Office. Fairfield University is located off exit 22 of Interstate-95. For further information and directions, call (203) 254-4010 or 1-877-278-7396, or visit www.quickcenter.com .

Image: Pictured is a scene from the Metropolitan Opera's production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida," broadcast at Fairfield University's Quick Center in HD at 1 p.m. (live) and 6:30 p.m. (encore) on Saturday, December 15, 2012, as part of The Met: Live in HD . (Photo by Marty Sohl, Metropolitan Opera)