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Saturday, February 11, 2012    9 am

NY Metropolitan Opera – Live in HD via Satellite

Robert Lepage’s production of the final opera in the Ring cycle, Götterdämmerung, opens January 27 at the Met. In the cycle’s thrilling conclusion, in which deception and greed lead to a global cataclysm, Deborah Voigt stars in the role of Brünnhilde and Jay Hunter Morris plays Siegfried. The cast also includes Waltraud Meier as Waltraute, Eric Owens as Alberich, and, as the Gibichungs who scheme to destroy Siegfried, Hans-Peter König as Hagen, Wendy Bryn Harmer as Gutrune, and Iain Paterson as Gunther. Fabio Luisi is the Principal Conductor.

“Götterdämmerung is different from the other Ring operas because it is about society,” Lepage says. “The more the story progresses, the more it moves away from the realm of the gods to focus on the power and ambition of human beings. Götterdämmerung is about Brünnhilde in society, her journey as a character, and her role as the heroine who must restore balance to the world.”

Lepage’s design team from Siegfried reassembles to create the visuals for the final segment of the Ring.

Cast subject to change without notification
Runtime: 6 hours 24 minutes with 2 intermissions
Tickets: $24 (General) and $20 (Senior 65 yrs +).  Call 604-885-4597 to have yours held for pickup.

The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor
The Neubauer Family Foundation
Transmission of The Met: Live in HD in Canada is made possible thanks to the generosity of
Jacqueline and Paul G. Desmarais Sr.
Global corporate sponsorship of The Met Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg
The HD Broadcasts are supported by Toll Brothers, America’s Luxury Home Builder

Saturday, February 25, 2012    10 am

NY Metropolitan Opera – Live in HD via Satellite

Composer - Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Conductor - Marco Armiliato
Production - Pier Luigi Samaritani
Set Designer - Pier Luigi Samaritani
Costume Designer – Peter J. Hall
Lighting Designer - Gil Wechsler
Staged by – Peter McClintock

Angela Meade takes centre stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Marcello Giordani plays her mismatched lover and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.

Cast subject to change without notification
Runtime: 3 hours 49 minutes with 2 intermissions
Tickets: $24 (General) and $20 (Senior 65 yrs +).  Call 604-885-4597 to have yours held for pickup.

The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor
The Neubauer Family Foundation
Transmission of The Met: Live in HD in Canada is made possible thanks to the generosity of
Jacqueline and Paul G. Desmarais Sr.
Global corporate sponsorship of The Met Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg
The HD Broadcasts are supported by Toll Brothers, America’s Luxury Home Builder

Saturday, April 7, 2012    9 am

NY Metropolitan Opera – Live in HD via Satellite

Anna Netrebko opens her second new production of the season on March 26, portraying the impetuous, tragic title character in Massenet’s Manon for the first time at the Met. Also making Met role debuts are Piotr Beczala as Manon’s lover the Chevalier des Grieux, Paulo Szot as her cousin Lescaut, and David Pittsinger as the Comte des Grieux. Met Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi conducts his first house performances of the work.

Laurent Pelly’s stylish production, starring Netrebko, premiered to outstanding reviews at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 2010. Pelly says that his production of the opera will provide “an adventure that amuses, moves, and frightens” the audience. The production reunites Pelly’s design team from 2008’s La Fille du Régiment: Chantal Thomas (sets), Pelly (costumes), and Joël Adam (lighting). French choreographer Lionel Hoche makes his Met debut with this production. Manon is underwritten by The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund and is a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, New York; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; and Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse.

Cast subject to change without notification
Runtime: 4 hours 8 minutes with 2 intermissions
Tickets: $24 (General) and $20 (Senior 65 yrs +). Call 604-885-4597 to have yours held for pickup.

The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor
The Neubauer Family Foundation
Transmission of The Met: Live in HD in Canada is made possible thanks to the generosity of
Jacqueline and Paul G. Desmarais Sr.
Global corporate sponsorship of The Met Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg
The HD Broadcasts are supported by Toll Brothers, America’s Luxury Home Builder

Saturday, April 14, 2012   10 am

NY Metropolitan Opera – Live in HD via Satellite

Orignal production of the Salzburger Festspiele; with thanks to De Nederlandse Opera

Composer - Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by - Francesco Maria Piave
Conductor - Fabio Luisi
Production – Willy Decker
Set & Costume Designer - Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting Designer - Hans Toelstede
Choreographer - Athol Farmer

Violetta Valéry – Natalie Dessay
Alfredo Germont – Matthew Polenzani
Giorgio Germont - Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Cast subject to change without notification
Runtime: 3 hours 7 minutes with 1 intermission
Tickets: $24 (General) and $20 (Senior 65 yrs +). Call 604-885-4597 to have yours held for pickup.

The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor
The Neubauer Family Foundation
Transmission of The Met: Live in HD in Canada is made possible thanks to the generosity of
Jacqueline and Paul G. Desmarais Sr.
Global corporate sponsorship of The Met Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg
The HD Broadcasts are supported by Toll Brothers, America’s Luxury Home Builder