Opera
The Met HD Series at the Cineplex Odeon, Various Saturday's at 9 or 10am
The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD continues for its fourth season, featuring nine live transmissions. Qualified Met members will have priority access to tickets before the general public in the U.S. and Canada. Tickets for the 2009–10 season series go on sale in September. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at your local movie theater!
Tickets can be bought at the Cineplex Odeon Location or on their website. Tickets are not available through BC Living Arts.
2012/13 Season
2012–13 Live in HD Schedule
October 13, 2012, 12:55 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encores: Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 12:00 pm local time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 6:30 pm local time
Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in Bartlett Sher's new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera, as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Mariusz Kwiecien is the blustery sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is Dulcamara, the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts.
Approximate runtime: 3:02
October 27, 2012, 12:55 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encores: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 12:00 pm local time
Monday, December 3, 2012 at 6:30 pm local time
Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with Johan Botha in the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming. Semyon Bychkov conducts.
Approximate runtime: 3:27
November 10, 2012, 12:55 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encore: Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 12:00 pm local time
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of his own work, with baritone Simon Keenlyside starring as Prospero. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala in this inventive staging.
Approximate runtime: 3:00
December 1, 2012, 12:55 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encores: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 12:00 pm local time
The virtuosic Elīna Garanča sings Sesto in Mozart’s drama set in ancient Rome. Giuseppe Filianoti is the noble Tito and Barbara Frittoli is Vitellia, in this handsome revival of one of the composer’s final masterpieces. Harry Bicket conducts.
Appoximate runtime: 3:13
December 8, 2012, 12:55 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encores: Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 12:00 pm local time
Monday, February 11, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting provides a compelling backdrop for this dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance. Marcelo Álvarez stars as the conflicted king; Sondra Radvanovsky is Amelia, the object of his secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is her suspicious husband. Kathleen Kim is the page Oscar, and Stephanie Blythe sings the role of the fortune-teller Ulrica. Fabio Luisi conducts.
Approximate runtime: 3:54
December 15, 2012, 12:55 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encores: Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 12:00 pm local time
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
The Met's unforgettable production of 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.
Approximate runtime: 3:54
January 5, 2013, 12 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encore: Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 12:00 pm local time
The Met offers a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic, last performed at the Met in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the starry cast, portraying characters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi marshals the large-scale musical forces.
Approximate runtime: 5:30
January 19, 2013, 12:55 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encores: Monday, March 18, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 12:00 pm pm local time
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, one of the world’s most exciting singers, takes on the virtuosic bel canto role of the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots. Director David McVicar turns to the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, which explores regal characters at fateful moments of their lives. Elza van den Heever sings Elizabeth I, and Maurizio Benini conducts.
Approximate runtime: 3:15
February 16, 2013, 12:55 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encores: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 12:00 pm local time
Monday, April 8, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. In this production, inspired by the antics of the Rat Pack, Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke of Mantua, Željko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto's daughter, Gilda.
Approximate runtime: 3:31
March 2, 2013, 12 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encore: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 12:00 pm local time
Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom in François Girard's new vision for Wagner's final masterpiece. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.
Approximate runtime: 5:40
March 16, 2013, 12 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encore: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 12:00 pm pm local time
Zandonai's compelling opera, inspired by an episode from Dante's Inferno, returns in the Met's ravishingly beautiful production, last seen in 1986. Dramatic soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Approximate runtime: 3:57
April 27, 2013, 12 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
Canada Encores: Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 12:00 pm local time
Monday, June 3, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
The opera that conquered London in Handel’s time comes to the Met in David McVicar’s lively production. The world’s leading countertenor, David Daniels, sings the title role opposite Natalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.
Approximate runtime: 4:31
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