The Met: Live in HD
For the past 5 years, the Metropolitan Opera has offered a special program of high definition live movie theater transmissions of opera-we like to call it “Met at the Movies”!
This years’ season has been announced and tickets are currently available for purchase. The dates and times for each live production and its encore showing are detailed in the description of each opera below.
The following local Twin Cities movie theaters are sponsoring the “Met at the Movies” program this year. Check their website or call them to secure tickets now they are being sold to the general public.
| AMC Block E 15 600 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403 (612) 338-1466 Buy Tickets |
AMC Rosedale 14 850 Rosedale Avenue St. Paul, MN 55113 (651) 604-9347 Buy Tickets |
Regal Eagan Stadium 16 2055 Cliff Road, Eagan, MN 55122 (651) 452-8329 Buy Tickets |
Movies 8 1850 ADAMS ST STE 15 MANKATO, MN 56001 (507) 625-1929 Buy Tickets |
Regal Brooklyn Center Stadium 20 6420 Camden Ave North, Minneapolis, MN 55430 (763) 560-6300 Buy Tickets |
| Showplace Theatre 1625 West End Blvd. Saint Louis Park, MN 55416 Buy Tickets |
Oakdale Cinema 5677 Hadley Ave N Saint Paul, MN 55128 (651) 770-4992 Buy Tickets |
AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18 4000 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (952) 229-4262 Buy Tickets |
Parkwood 18 Theatre 1533 FRONTAGE RD N WAITE PARK, MN 56387 (320) 251-1188 Buy Tickets |
AMC Arbor Lakes Megastar 16 12575 ELM CREEK BLVD N MAPLE GROVE, MN 55369 (763) 494-0379 Buy Tickets |
Wagner’s Götterdämmerung – New Production
February 11, 2012 - 11:00am
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts. |
Verdi’s Ernani
February 25, 2012 - 11:55am
March 14, 2012 - 6:30pm
Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Marcello Giordani is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. |
Massenet’s Manon– New Production
April 7, 2012 - 11:00am
April 25, 2012 - 6:30pm
Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium. |
Verdi’s La Traviata
April 14, 2012 - 11:55am
May 2, 2012 - 6:30pm
Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium. |