Live from New York, it’s Saturday afternoon opera!
Another spectacular season of opera is now showing at Cineplex and Scotiabank theatres. Enjoy the world’s greatest singers as they perform live on one of the world’s premier opera stages, with interviews and behind-the-scenes features, all at your neighbourhood movie theatre.
The wildly popular and award- winning series The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD is in its fourth season, with world-class performances transmitted by satellite from New York City’s Metropolitan Opera in high definition and digital surround sound. Performances are simulcast to more than 1,000 theatres in 42 countries.
Don’t miss this magnificent experience, which is the closest thing to a front-row seat at one of the world’s best opera houses. If you do miss a live performance or want to see it again, an encore showing will play a few weeks later. Performances start at 1 p.m. EST.
Experience The Met: Live in HD
Der Rosenkavalier – Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th- century Vienna, starring Renée Fleming. Live: Saturday, January 9, 2010
Encore: Saturday, March 6, 2010
Carmen – Elina Garanca plays the seductive title role in this Bizet classic, one of the most popular operas.
Live: Saturday, January 16, 2010 Encore: Saturday, March 13, 2010
Simon Boccanegra – The legendary Plácido Domingo stars in Verdi’s grip- ping political thriller. Live: Saturday, February 6, 2010 Encore: Saturday, March 20, 2010
Hamlet – A new production of compos- er Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet, featuring Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay. Live: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Encore: Saturday, April 24, 2010
Armida – This mythical story of a sor- ceress who enthralls men in her prison stars Renée Fleming opposite six tenors. Live: Saturday May 1, 2010
Encore: Saturday, May 22, 2010
You can buy tickets online at www.cineplex.com/events or at your local theatre. Save 10% when you buy tickets to five performances; save 5% on three performances. For group rates, call 1-800-313-4461 or email corporate sales@cineplex.com.
If you love the big screen, get a Scotiabank SCENE card and start earn- ing free movie rewards. To learn more, visit www.scene.ca.
For more information on The Met: Live in HD, visit www.metopera.org/hdlive.