New opera season means live Met performances on local screens

The Metropolitan Opera announced its 2009-2010 season for its series of performances to be shown on big screens throughout the country.

Last season, Cinemark Carefree Circle, Tinseltown, and Hollywood Theaters presented the operas on Saturdays and encores on Wednesdays.

The Met broadcasts its operas live in high definition. Advance tickets are now available.

Next season marks the opera company’s 125^th anniversary. The Met is based in New York.

THE MET’S 2009-2010 SEASON

Tosca – October 10, 2009
Approximate running time 3 hours 30 minutes / 2 intermissions
James Levine; Karita Mattila, Marcelo Álvarez, Juha Uusitalo, Paul Plishka

Aida – October 24, 2009
Approximate running time 4 hours / 2 intermissions
Daniele Gatti; Violeta Urmana, Dolora Zajick, Johan Botha, Carlo Guelfi, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Stefan Kocán

Turandot – November 7, 2009
Approximate running time 3 hours 30 minutes / 2 intermissions
Andris Nelsons; Maria Guleghina, Marina Poplavskaya, Marcello Giordani, Samuel Ramey

Les Contes d’Hoffmann – December 19, 2009
Approximate running time 3 hours / 2 intermissions
James Levine; Kathleen Kim, Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Elina Garanča, Joseph Calleja, Alan Held

Der Rosenkavalier – January 9, 2010
Approximate running time 4 hours 45 minutes / 2 intermissions
James Levine; Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Christine Schäfer, Eric Cutler, Thomas Allen, Kristinn Sigmundsson

Carmen – January 16, 2010
Approximate running time 4 hours / 2 intermissions
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Barbara Frittoli, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Mariusz Kwiecien

Simon Boccanegra – February 6, 2010
Approximate running time 3 hours 40 minutes / 2 intermissions
James Levine; Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, Plácido Domingo, James Morris

Hamlet – March 27, 2010
Approximate running time 3 hours 45 minutes / 1 intermission
Louis Langrée; Natalie Dessay, Jennifer Larmore, Toby Spence, Simon Keenlyside, James Morris

Armida – May 1, 2010
Approximate running time 4 hours 20 minutes / 2 intermissions
Riccardo Frizza; Renée Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, Bruce Ford, José Manuel Zapata, Barry Banks, Kobie van Rensburg

From http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/hdevents/index.aspx?id=8334