Encore presentations offer another chance to see popular operas from the award-winning series in your local movie theater
Tickets now on sale in the United States and Canada
New York, NY (May 10, 2019) — Beginning Wednesday, June 19, the Met will presentSummer Encores, featuring select performances from the celebrated Live in HD series, in more than 400 movie theaters across the United States and Canada. The 2019 Summer Encores opens with Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, seen in Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed production, with tenor Vittorio Grigolo and soprano Diana Damrau as the star-crossed lovers. The series continues with the Met’s classic production of Puccini’sLa Bohème; Rossini’s comedy Il Barbiere di Siviglia with a winning cast led by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, tenor Juan Diego Flórez, and baritone Peter Mattei; and Verdi’s monumental Aida, with superstar soprano Anna Netrebko in the title role, opposite mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as her rival, Amneris.
Screening dates in the United States and Canada are listed below. To purchase tickets to the Summer Encores in the United States, visit FathomEvents.com. To purchase tickets in Canada, visit Cineplex.com. For participating international venues and dates, please check your local cinema listings.
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2019 Summer Encores
Roméo et Juliette (United States: June 19 · Canada: June 19, 30)
A pair of charismatic artists, tenor Vittorio Grigolo and soprano Diana Damrau, star in Gounod’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy. Gianandrea Noseda conducts Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed production. Transmitted live on January 21, 2017.
La Bohème (United States: June 26 · Canada: June 26, July 6)
Franco Zeffirelli’s famed staging, an audience favorite for more than 30 years, features a winning cast, including soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Vittorio Grigolo as the lovers Mimì and Rodolfo. Stefano Ranzani conducts. Transmitted live on April 5, 2014.
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (United States: July 10 · Canada: July 17, 21)
Rossini’s madcap comedy stars mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, tenor Juan Diego Flórez, and baritone Peter Mattei. Maurizio Benini conducts Bartlett Sher’s spirited production.Transmitted live on March 24, 2007.
Aida (United States: July 17 · Canada: July 24, August 4)
Soprano Anna Netrebko and mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili offer blazing performances in Verdi’s grand drama of ancient Egypt, seen in a monumental production by Sonja Frisell. Nicola Luisotti conducts. Transmitted live on October 6, 2018.
The Met: Live in HD returns for its 14th season on October 12, with Puccini’sTurandot, starring Christine Goerke in the title role, led by the Metropolitan Opera’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
The 2019–20 Live in HD season features ten transmissions, including five new productions: the Met premiere of Philip Glass’s groundbreaking 20th-century operaAkhnaten, starring Anthony Roth Costanzo, conducted by Karen Kamensek; Berg’s Wozzeck, starring Peter Mattei in a new staging by William Kentridge, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; the Gershwins’ classic American opera Porgy and Bess, starring Eric Owens and Angel Blue, directed by James Robinson and conducted by David Robertson; the Met premiere of Handel’s Agrippina, starring Joyce DiDonato in a contemporary staging by David McVicar; and François Girard’s production of Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer,starring Bryn Terfel in the title role and conducted by Valery Gergiev.
In addition to Turandot and the five new productions, Live in HD audiences will have the chance to see Massenet’s lush French masterpiece Manon; the return of Anthony Minghella’s inspired vision of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, with Plácido Domingo as Sharpless; Anna Netrebko in the title role of Puccini’s Tosca; and Diana Damrau and Jamie Barton as the dueling queens of Maria Stuarda, the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy. Detailed opera information, casting, and dates can be found at metopera.org/HDlive. Tickets for the 2019–20 Live in HD season will go on sale on July 17, 2019 in the United States and Canada, with Met Members offered priority access to tickets before the general public.
The Met: Live in HD, the company’s award-winning series of opera transmissions into cinemas around the world, is now shown in more than 70 countries and in more than 2,200 movie theaters. Since launching the series in December 2006, the Metropolitan Opera has become the leading producer of alternative cinema content, selling more than 27 million tickets to date. The Met: Live in HD is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor The Neubauer Family Foundation. Digital support of The Met: Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Met: Live in HD series is supported by Rolex. The HD broadcasts are supported by Toll Brothers, America’s luxury home builder®.
