The Met: Live in HD
Carmen
Live
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2014
Time: 12:55 p.m. ET / 11:55 a.m. CT / 10:55 a.m. MT / 9:55 a.m. PT
Run Time: 3 hours 40 minutes (approximate)
Ticketing: Tickets are available by clicking on the orange “Buy Tickets” button. If online ticketing is not available for your location, you can purchase your tickets by visiting the box office at your local participating cinema.
Special Fathom Features: Go behind the scenes with the Met’s stars! During intermission, interviews with cast, crew, and production teams give an unprecedented look at what goes into the staging of an opera.
Experience the ninth season of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD in select cinemas nationwide. The broadcast of Bizet’s Carmen will be presented live on Saturday, November 1 at 12:55 p.m. ET / 9:55 a.m. PT, followed by an Encore presentation in select cinemas on Wednesday, November 5 at 6:30 p.m. in all time zones.
Richard Eyre’s mesmerizing production of Bizet’s steamy melodrama returns with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili singing her signature role of the ill-fated gypsy temptress. Aleksandrs Antonenko plays her desperate lover, the soldier Don José, and Ildar Abdrazakov is the swaggering bullfighter, Escamillo, who comes between them. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the irresistible score, which features one beloved and instantly recognizable melody after another.
Click here for complete information about The Met: Live in HD season.
Ticketing: Tickets are available by clicking on the orange “Buy Tickets” button. If online ticketing is not available for your location, you can purchase your tickets by visiting the box office at your local participating cinema.
Met Members enjoy a priority period earlier in the summer to secure their tickets before the general public! Learn more here.
The Metropolitan Opera’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series of live performance transmissions returns to cinemas across the United States this fall with the ninth season of The Met: Live in HD. The season begins with Verdi’s Macbeth, starring Anna Netrebko and Željko Lučić, on Saturday, October 11 and will feature 10 live and 10 encore presentations through April 2015.
All live events take place on Saturdays. In addition to the live events, encore performances will be exhibited on Wednesdays immediately following the respective live event. The full schedule of events follows below.
Don’t miss the chance to experience incomparable performances live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, as well as interviews and behind-the-scenes features exclusive to the Live in HD series, all at your neighborhood cinema!
The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor The Neubauer Family Foundation.
Global corporate sponsorship of The Met: Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg.
The Met: Live in HD 2014-15 Schedule of Events
2014
10/11 – Macbeth LIVE
10/15 – Macbeth Encore
10/18 – Le Nozze di Figaro LIVE – New Production
10/22 – Le Nozze di Figaro Encore
11/1 – Carmen LIVE
11/5 – Carmen Encore
11/22 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia LIVE
11/26 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia Encore
12/13 – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg LIVE
12/17 – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Encore
2015
1/17 – The Merry Widow LIVE – New Production
1/21 – The Merry Widow Encore
1/31 – Les Contes d’Hoffmann LIVE
2/4 – Les Contes d’Hoffmann Encore
2/14 – Iolanta / Duke Bluebeard’s Castle LIVE – New Production
2/18 – Iolanta / Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Encore
3/14 – La Donna del Lago LIVE – Met Premiere
3/18 – La Donna del Lago Encore
4/25 – Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci LIVE – New Production
4/29 – Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci Encore
The Met: Live in HD Information
• The Met’s 2014-15 Live in HD and Radio Program Guide will be available exclusively by request directly from the Metropolitan Opera. Request your free Guide today by visiting metopera.org/HDguide or by calling 1-800-Met-Opera (1-800-638-6737) today.
• The Met: Live in HD opera synopses and cast listings are available before each performance. Sign up to receive them by e-mail today by visiting metoperafamily.org/HDlive.
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• To learn more about becoming a Met member and enjoy benefits throughout the Met season, including a subscription to Opera News, member discounts and offers, advance access to Live in HD tickets, priority ticketing at the opera house, and much more please visit metopera.org/HD or call 1-800-MET-OPERA (1-800-638-6737).
