Anna Netrebko dressed in a red suit and top hat, smiling

 

The Metropolitan Opera

Live in HD

2012/2013

For tickets, call 910.962.3195.

All operas are presented with English subtitles.
Operas are shown live via satellite in UNCW's Lumina theater, unless noted as an "Encore".
THeater doors open 30 minutes prior to the performance.
light concessions are available 1 hour before the performance and during the first intermission.
Met Live in HD 2012 - 2013 Season Trailer
Anna Netrebko Smiling

 

Donizetti’s L'Elisir d'Amore

 

New Production

 

October 13, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in Bartlett Sher's new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera, as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Mariusz Kwiecien is the blustery sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is Dulcamara, the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts.
Renee Fleming in a peach dress looking into the distance

Verdi’s Otello

October 27, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with Johan Botha in the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming. Semyon Bychkov conducts.
Simon Keenlyside standing over a waving blue cloth, as the god, Prospero

Adès’s The Tempest—Met Premiere

November 10, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of his own work, with baritone Simon Keenlyside starring as Prospero. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala in this inventive staging.
scene from opera with chorus in foreground and ship in background

Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito

December 1, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

The virtuosic Elīna Garanča sings Sesto in Mozart’s drama set in ancient Rome. Giuseppe Filianoti is the noble Tito and Barbara Frittoli is Vitellia, in this handsome revival of one of the composer’s final masterpieces. Harry Bicket conducts.

 
Dmitri Hvorostovsky staring at the camera seductively

Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera

New Production

December 8, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting provides a compelling backdrop for this dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance. Marcelo Álvarez stars as the conflicted king; Sondra Radvanovsky is Amelia, the object of his secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is her suspicious husband. Kathleen Kim is the page Oscar, and Stephanie Blythe sings the role of the fortune-teller Ulrica. Fabio Luisi conducts.
Scene of 3 women in Ancient Egypt

Verdi’s Aida

December 16, 2012, 12:55 pm ET, ENCORE

The Met's unforgettable production of Verdi's ancient Egyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radamès, played by Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptian princess Amneris, sung by Olga Borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts. 

 
scene from the opera with a woman being held up by a crowd in Ancient Greece

Berlioz’s Les Troyens

January 5, 2013, 12 pm ET

The Met offers a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic, last performed at the Met in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the starry cast, portraying characters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi marshals the large-scale musical forces.
Joyce DiDonato in a red dress, praying up to the sky

Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda—Met Premiere

January 19, 2013, 12:55 pm ET

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, one of the world’s most exciting singers, takes on the virtuosic bel canto role of the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots. Director David McVicar turns to the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, which explores regal characters at fateful moments of their lives. Elza van den Heever sings Elizabeth I, and Maurizio Benini conducts.
Piotr Beczala looking at a liquor drink and a playing card in Las Vegas scene

Verdi’s Rigoletto– New Production

February 16, 2013, 12:55 pm ET

Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. In this production, inspired by the antics of the Rat Pack, Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke of Mantua, Željko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto's daughter, Gilda.
Jonas Kaufmann wrapped in grey clothing

Wagner’s Parsifal–New Production

March 2, 2013, 12 pm ET

Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom in François Girard's new vision for Wagner's final masterpiece. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.
dark scene with arched windows shining light onto two women

Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini

March 16, 2013, 12 pm ET

Zandonai's compelling opera, inspired by an episode from Dante's Inferno, returns in the Met's ravishingly beautiful production, last seen in 1986. Dramatic soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts.
David Daniels looking at Natalie Dessay who is stretched out on a bed

Handel’s Giulio Cesare—New Production

April 27, 2013, 12 pm ET

The opera that conquered London in Handel’s time comes to the Met in David McVicar’s lively production. The world’s leading countertenor, David Daniels, sings the title role opposite Natalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.

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