The Metropolitan Opera Live & Encore Season in HD 2012/2013

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Tickets go on sale for Met members Friday, August 24, 1:00 P.M. at the box office only. You must present your Met membership card, or if you are new member and do not have your card, then the printed confirmation with your membership number.

Tickets go on sale to the general pubic Wednesday, September 5, 1:00 P.M. at the box office and online here.

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Live simulcasts: General Admission $24, Seniors $22, Students/Children $16

Encore Presentations: General Admission $20, Seniors $18, Students/Children $16

Tickets may be returned up to seven days before each event. There is a $5 service charge for each returned ticket.

L'Elisir d'Amore, Donizetti - New Production
Live: Saturday, October 13, 9:55 A.M.(Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, November 7, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 3 hours

Anna Netrebko and Mathew 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.

Otello, Verdi
Live: Saturday, October 27, 9:55 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, November 14, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 3 hours, 30 min.

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.

The Tempest, Adès - Met Premiere
Live: Saturday, November 10, 9:55 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, November 28, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 3 hours, 30 min.

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.

La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart
Live: Saturday, December 1, 9:55 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, December 19, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 3 hours, 15 min.

The virtuosic Elina Garanca 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.

Un Ballo in Maschera, Verdi - New Production
Live: Saturday, December 8, 9:55 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 4 hours

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.

Aida, Verdi
Live: Saturday, December 15, 9:55 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 4 hours

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 Radames, played by Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptian princess Amneris, sung by Olga borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts.

Les Troyens, Berlioz
Live: Saturday, January 5, 2013, 9:00 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 5 hours, 45 min.

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.

Maria Stuarda, Donizetti - Met Premiere
Live: Saturday, January 19, 2013, 9:55 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, February 6, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 3 hours, 15 min.

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.

Rigoletto, Verdi - New Production
Live: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 9:55 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 3 hours, 30 min.

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, Zeljko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto's daughter, Gilda.

Parsifal, Wagner - New Production
Live: Saturday, March 2, 2013, 9:00 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 5 hours, 45 min.

Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom in Francois Girard's new vision for Wagner's final masterpiece. His fellow Wagneriann 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.

Francesca da Rimini, Zandonai
Live: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 9:00 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 4 hours

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.

Giulio Cesare, Handel - New Production
Live: Saturday, April 27, 2013, 9:00 A.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Encore: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 6:30 P.M. (Purchase Tickets)
Run Time: 4 hours, 30 min.

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 Ntalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.

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