Returning for a second season, Cineworld cinemas across the UK will screen special high definition broadcasts from the world-famous New York Metropolitan Opera.
Anyone wanting to see a free preview of the season should get their skates on, as screenings are taking place tonight at 37 Cineworld cinemas across the UK (more information)
Alternatively. the season kicks off with Salome on 11th October. A full list and description is available here, with a synopsis after the jump.
- Richard Strauss's Salome - 11th October 2008 - starring Jurgen Flimm, Karita Mattila, Ildiko Komlosi
- Alan Gilbert's Dr Atomic - 8th November 2008 - starring Penny Woolcock, Sasha Cooke, Meredith Arway
- Hector Berlioz's La Damnation De Faust - 22nd November 2008 - starring Robert Lepage, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani
- Jules Massenet's Thais - 20th December 2008 - starring John Cox, Renee Fleming, Thomas Hampson
- Giacomo Puccini's La Rondine - 10th January 2009 - starring Nicolas Joel, Angela Gheorghiu, Lisette Oropesa
- Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo Ed Euridice - 24th January 2009 - starring Mark Morris, Stephanie Blythe, Danielle De Niese
- Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor - 7th February 2009 - starring Mary Zimmerman, Anna Neterbko, Rolando Villazon
- Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly - 7th March 2009 - starring Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Marcello Giordani
- Vincenzo Bellini's La Sonnambula - 21st March 2009 - starring Mary Zimmerman, Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Florez
- Gioachino Rossini's La Cenerentola - 9th May 2009 - starring Cesare Lievi, Elina Garanca, Lawrence Brownlee
All events include behind-the-scenes features, including interviews with artists, directors and stage managers.
I can not find a local cinema which will be showinh the metropolitan opera programme for autumn 2009 to spring 2010 please advise.
I will be in the UK on 1 May 2010. Is there a cinema in the city of Hereford ... or in Herefordshire ... that will be showing the Met broadcast of Armida?
Thank you.