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2007-2008 MET LIVE in HD Series Live simulcasts from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House to the Walter Reade Theater, specially equipped with high definition screens and surround sound. Advance tickets go on sale to the general public on Fri Nov 9. Admission: $22 Adult, $20 Seniors, $15 Child Online (Visa & MasterCard, $1.25 surcharge per ticket) Walter Reade Theater box office (Cash Only) West 65th Street, between Broadway & Amsterdam Aves on the upper level. Opens at 12:30 PM Mon - Fri, and one half hour before the first screening on Sat & Sun. Closes every day 15 minutes after the beginning of the last show. If there are no evening public screenings, the box office closes at 6 PM. Cash only. Please note: Programs and casting subject to change. Running times are approximate. A special presentation by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera. Macbeth (new production) – Verdi Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 1:30pm – Eastern Time Running time: 3 hours, 20 minutes. 1 intermission 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; Roberto Aronica, Lado Ataneli, John Relyea Manon Lescaut – Puccini Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 1pm – Eastern Time Running time: 3 hours, 41 minutes. 3 intermissions On the heels of her triumph in Jenufa, Finnish phenomenon Karita Mattila adds another landmark role to her Met repertory, the free-spirited beauty Manon Lescaut. The 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 Peter Grimes (new production) – Britten Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 1:30pm – Eastern Time Running time: 3 hours, 45 minutes. 2 intermissions 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 Tristan und Isolde – Wagner Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 12:30pm – Eastern Time Running time: 5 hours, 35 minutes. 2 intermissions 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 La Bohème – Puccini Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 1:30 pm – Eastern Time Running time: 3 hours, 20 minutes. 2 intermissions 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 La Fille du Régiment (new production) – Donizetti Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 1:30 pm – Eastern Time Running time: 3 hours, 10 minutes. 1 intermission 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 Back to Top