Met Live in HD
The Met’s award-winning series of live performance transmissions to movie
theaters continues to captivate audiences around the world. The fourth season of
The Met: Live in HD in startling high
definition and digital surround sound. Robotic cameras, strategically placed
around and behind the stage, capture the beauty and power of live performance
from striking angles, and heighten attention to both performance and production.
Intermission features bring the back-stage world to life with short
documentaries, tours, and intimate behind-the-scenes interviews of cast and
crew. English subtitles allow t he stories to come to life. Experience the depth
and raw energy of world-class opera while getting an unprecedented look at the
creation of great art.
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The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other
writer’s. Simon Keenlyside and Marlis Petersen
bring their extraordinary acting
and singing skills to two of the Bard’s most unforgettable characters in this
new production of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet. For the role of Ophelia,
the French composer created an extended mad scene that is among the greatest in
opera.
3 hours, 45 minutes
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This story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired
operatic settings by a multitude of composers. Renée Fleming stars in Rossini’s
version of this fanciful and magical tale, opposite no fewer than six tenors.
Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman describes this new production as “a
buried treasure, a box of jewels.”
4 hours, 20 minutes
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$18 Adult, $15 Senior &
Student; $12 Youth (15 and under)
General
Admission. Doors open half hour
before showtime.
Purchase Tickets: 518.523.2512
Visit The Met Opera for more information on this innovative program!
photo credits:
HAMLET - Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
ARMIDA - Dusan Reljin/Metropolitan Opera
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