The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD 2009 – 2010 Live Events

Arena Theater presents The Metropolitan Opera schedule for the 2009-10 Season Live in HD performances. Listed below are basic details for The Metropolitan Opera Live Event Series at Arena Theater.

There are a total of 9 live events beginning on Saturday, October 10th, 2009, ending on Saturday May 1st, 2010. All operas begin at 10:00 AM. Doors open at 9:15 AM

A 10th Event is the Subscription to the season of all nine—will call tickets only. The schedule is as follows:

Ambroise Thomas Hamlet

       · Title:  The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet
       · Date:  Saturday, March 27, 2010
       · Run Time:  3 hours 45 minutes / 1 intermission
       · Start Time:  10:00AM
       · Rating:  NR (Suitable for all Audiences)

Simon Keenlyside in the title role and Natalie Dessay as Ophelia bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of Shakespeare’s most unforgettable characters. When the production by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser opened at London’s Royal Opera House, Keenlyside’s portrayal was called “a revelation... thrilling throughout.” Louis Langrée conducts; with Jennifer Larmore, Toby Spence, and James Morris. The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other writer’s. Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay 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.

Gioachino Rossini's Armida

       · Title:  The Metropolitan Opera: Armida
       · Date:  Saturday, May 1, 2010
       · Run Time:  4 hours 20 minutes / 2 intermissions
       · Start Time:  10:00AM
       · Rating:  NR (Suitable for all Audiences)

Renée Fleming stars opposite no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman directs this Met premiere Armida.  Riccardo Frizza conducts; Lawrence Brownlee, Bruce Ford, José Manuel Zapata, Barry Banks, and Kobie van Rensburg. This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvorák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman returns to direct this new production of a work she describes as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” The fanciful and magical tale, Zimmerman says, “has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”

Subscription Prices:

$198.00 Adult

$180.00 Senior

$162.00 Student

$135.00 Child

The Opera Patrons program, available to season subscribers, has additional benefits, including reserved seats. Please contact Arena Theater at 707 882-3272 for information about becoming an Opera Patron.