The Metropolitan Opera Lectures

Dates vary with the opera presentations, see below.

“The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD” series begins Oct. 13 and features five operas on various Saturdays through Dec.15. On Thursday prior to each live broadcast, Mary Ellen Young presents a lecture on that Saturday’s opera. The lectures include a survey of the historical and cultural aspects of the opera and an examination of the libretto and audio/video highlights. The lecture series begins with an introduction to opera. The operas are broadcast live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City directly to several hundred theaters world-wide, including the AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown and Regal at The Avenues Mall in Jacksonville. Theater ticket fee not included.

Schedule:

• Introduction to Opera
  Lecture: Oct. 4, 2012
• Donizetti: “L’Elisir d’Amore”
  Lecture: Oct. 11; Opera: Oct. 13, 2012
• Verdi: “Otello”
  Lecture: Oct. 25; Opera: Oct. 27, 2012
• Mozart: “La Clemenza di Tito”
  Lecture: Nov. 29; Opera: Dec. 1, 2012
• Verdi: “Un Ballo in Maschera”
  Lecture: Dec. 6; Opera: Dec. 8, 2012
• Verdi: “Aida”
  Lecture: Dec. 13; Opera: Dec. 15, 2012