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ROMÉO et JULIETTE (Metropolitan Opera)            Saturday, December 15      10 am

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The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD's second season begins with Roméo et Juliette, Gounod’s ultra-sensual interpretation of Shakespeare is an ideal vehicle for star soprano Anna Netrebko, bringing her incandescent appeal to the role of Juliette. The irresistible Nathan Gunn is Mercutio and Plácido Domingo presides on the podium.
Conductor Plácido Domingo; Production Guy Joosten; Anna Netrebko, Isabel Leonard, TBA, Nathan Gunn, Robert Lloyd.
Sung in French with Met subtitles in English. Approximate running time 3 hrs 5 min with one intermission..
Ticket prices are $22 General (14-64 yrs) and $18 Senior/Child (0-13/65 yrs +)
Tix available in advance at the Augusta Grill at the Sechelt Golf Course (days) and the Raven's Cry Theatre (eves and at the door while quantities last).

Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera and the Raven's Cry Theatre

THE NUTCRACKER     (National Ballet of Canada)       Saturday, December 22     11 am

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The National Ballet's The Nutcracker has been hailed as ‘the best on the planet,’(Globe and Mail, 2006),” said Karen Kain, Artistic Director. “We are thrilled that with this unprecedented broadcast, Canadians across the country can experience this wonderful holiday tradition live in HD from the Four Seasons Centre.”
The Nutcracker will be filmed using seven HD cameras at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto and transmitted live to the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt.
Tix are $22 for General Admission, $18 for Seniors (65 yrs plus) and $12 for children (0-13) Available at the Augusta Grill at the Sechelt Golf Course (days) and Raven's Cry Theatre (eves).
Special offer - get 10% off your food when you buy your Nutcracker tickets at Augusta Grill.


 

HANSEL and GRETEL     (Metropolitan Opera)                Tuesday, January 1       10 am



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Most fairy tales, though charming on the outside, have darker underpinnings. Alice Coote and Christine Schäfer play the siblings lost in a shadowy world of unknown menace, pursued by the Witch (portrayed by tenor Philip Langridge) who seeks to devour them. The English-language production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s masterful treatment of the beloved story by the Brothers Grimm is the second in the Met’s annual series of special holiday presentations.
Conductor Vladimir Jurowski; Production Richard Jones; Christine Schäfer, Alice Coote, Rosalind Plowright, Philip Langridge, Alan Held
Approximate running time 2 hours 10 minutes with one intermission.
Ticket prices are $22 General (14-64 yrs) and $18 Senior/Child (0-13/65 yrs +)
Tix available in advance at the Augusta Grill at the Sechelt Golf Course (days) and the Raven's Cry Theatre (eves and at the door while quantities last).

Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera and the Raven's Cry Theatre

MACBETH   (Metropolitan Opera)                                Saturday, January 12      10:30 am

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Giuseppe Verdi’s longstanding affinity for Shakespeare is explored in Adrian Noble's dark yet exhilarating vision for this disturbing work. James Levine conducts and acclaimed baritone Lado Ataneli stars in the towering title role. Bass-baritone John Relyea plays the role of the doomed Banquo.Conductor James Levine; Production Adrian Noble; TBA, Roberto Aronica, Lado Ataneli, John Relyea.
Approximate running time 2 hours and 50 minutes with one intermission.
Ticket prices are $22 General (14-64 yrs) and $18 Senior/Child (0-13/65 yrs +)
Tix available in advance at the Augusta Grill at the Sechelt Golf Course (days) and the Raven's Cry Theatre (eves and at the door while quantities last).

Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera and the Raven's Cry Theatre
 

MANON LESCAUT   (Metropolitan Opera)                            Saturday, February 16      10 am


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On the heels of her triumph in Jenůfa, Finnish phenomenon Karita Mattila adds another landmark role to her Met repertory, the free-spirited beauty Manon Lescaut. Puccini's story of the magnetic attraction between two young lovers is the perfect vehicle for the soprano’s exhilarating charisma, especially when matched by the ardent tenor of Marcello Giordani. Music Director James Levine conducts his first Met performances of the work since 1981.
Conductor James Levine; Karita Mattila, Marcello Giordani, Dwayne Croft, Dale Travis.
Approximate running time 3 hours and 16 minutes with three intermissions.
Ticket prices are $22 General (14-64 yrs) and $18 Senior/Child (0-13/65 yrs +)
Tix available in advance at the Augusta Grill at the Sechelt Golf Course (days) and the Raven's Cry Theatre (eves and at the door while quantities last).
Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera and the Raven's Cry Theatre

PETER GRIMES (Metropolitan Opera)                                      Saturday, March 15      10:30 am



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Peter Grimes is under investigation for unthinkable transgressions, yet Benjamin Britten’s probing exploration of the nature of guilt and judgment implicates an entire fishing village. Director John Doyle, a Tony Award® winner for his interpretation of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, makes his Met debut answering the challenges of this modern masterpiece. Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey takes on the complex title role. The riveting Patricia Racette plays Ellen Orford, the woman who refuses to abandon him. Featuring what may be 20th-century opera’s most impressive tenor role, Peter Grimes, with its sweeping orchestral beauty, will be an engrossing and haunting theatrical journey.
Conductor Donald Runnicles; Production John Doyle; Patricia Racette, Anthony Dean Griffey, Anthony Michaels-Moore
Approximate running time 3 hrs 13 min with two intermissions.
Ticket prices are $22 General (14-64 yrs) and $18 Senior/Child (0-13/65 yrs +)
Tix available in advance at the Augusta Grill at the Sechelt Golf Course (days) and the Raven's Cry Theatre (eves and at the door while quantities last).

Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera and the Raven's Cry Theatre

 

TRISTAN und ISOLDE     (Metropolitan Opera)                Saturday, March 22      9:30 am

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Met Music Director and eminent Wagnerian James Levine conducts this much anticipated revival. Deborah Voigt, one of the world’s most celebrated Wagnerian sopranos, undertakes this iconic role for the first time at the Met. The leading Tristan of our time, Ben Heppner, portrays the other half of this archetypal couple on their mystical journey of love, sex, and death.
Conductor James Levine; Production Dieter Dorn; Deborah Voigt, Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Eike Wilm Schulte, Matti Salminen
Approximate running time 5 hours with two intermissions.
Ticket prices are $22 General (14-64 yrs) and $18 Senior/Child (0-13/65 yrs +)
Tix available in advance at the Augusta Grill at the Sechelt Golf Course (days) and the Raven's Cry Theatre (eves and at the door while quantities last).

Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera and the Raven's Cry Theatre

 

LA BOHÈME   (Metropolitan Opera)                                       Saturday, April 5      10:30 am


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A magnificent cast comes together for Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic production of the Puccini favorite. The exciting young conductor Nicola Luisotti presides over a glorious vocal ensemble led by the mesmerizing Angela Gheorghiu, who sings Mimì at the Met for the first time in twelve years, opposite golden-toned tenor Ramón Vargas as her lover, Rodolfo.
Conductor Nicola Luisotti; Production Franco Zeffirelli; Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta, Ramón Vargas, Ludovic Tézier, Quinn Kelsey, Oren Gradus, Paul Plishka
Approximate running time 2 hours and 55 minutes with two intermissions.
Ticket prices are $22 General (14-64 yrs) and $18 Senior/Child (0-13/65 yrs +)
Tix available in advance at the Augusta Grill at the Sechelt Golf Course (days) and the Raven's Cry Theatre (eves and at the door while quantities last).

Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera and the Raven's Cry Theatre

La FILLE Du RÉGIMENT   (Metropolitan Opera)                 Saturday, April 26      10:30 am


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Experience the “exceedingly yummy operatic cake” that was called “the operatic show of the season” by The Times of London when it opened at Covent Garden this past winter. Audiences were dazzled by Natalie Dessay’s fearless coloratura and impeccable comic timing and by Juan Diego Flórez’s remarkable musicality—complete with the famous high Cs. Dessay and Flórez are an “operatic coupling made in heaven” raved the Financial Times. Directed by Laurent Pelly, the production also boasts stage legend and four-time Tony Award® winner Zoe Caldwell as the Duchess of Krakenthorp.
Conductor Marco Armiliato; Production Laurent Pelly; Natalie Dessay, Felicity Palmer, Juan Diego Flórez, Alessandro Corbelli, Zoe Caldwell
Approximate running time 2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission.
Ticket prices are $22 General (14-64 yrs) and $18 Senior/Child (0-13/65 yrs +)
Tix available in advance at the Augusta Grill at the Sechelt Golf Course (days) and the Raven's Cry Theatre (eves and at the door while quantities last).

Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera and the Raven's Cry Theatre