The MET Opera LIVE in HD

 APPROXIMATE LENGTH: 3 hours, 15 minute (1 intermission)

LOCATION: O’Shaughnessy Center

 LANGUAGE: Italian

In Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula, Amina, a treasured young woman of town, is to marry wealthy farmer Elvino. Only Lisa, the innkeeper who was once engaged to Elvino herself, is unhappy. The night before the ceremony, however, Amina is seen at the lodgings of visiting Count Rodolfo. While Amina’s sleepwalking is the cause and she innocently believes that she is in the company of her betrothed, the townspeople are not aware of her condition and turn on Amina as a result of the scandal. Incredulous and callous, Elvino also returns to Lisa, his past love. Will the truth be told about Amina’s unconscious sleep habit to reach a happy ending? Find out in this tale of superstition, jealousy, and endearing love.

 APPROXIMATE LENGTH: 3 hours, 30 minutes (2 intermissions)

LOCATION: O’Shaughnessy Center 

LANGUAGE: Italian

Four struggling bohemians – a poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher are living together in Paris, when one freezing Christmas Eve their lives are changed forever. A girl named Mimi knocks on their door looking for a candle light, and she and poet Rodolfo fall in love. However, the rush of love at first sight soon gives way to something much darker – it becomes clear that Mimi is desperately ill, and that Rodolfo, in his poverty, faces the harsh realities of life as he tries to save her. The inspiration for Rent and Moulin Rouge, Giacomo Puccini’s unforgettable love story is one of the most famous operas ever written and one not to miss!

 APPROXIMATE LENGTH: 4 hours, 10 minutes (2 intermissions)

LOCATION: Whitefish Performing Arts Center LANGUAGE: German

Count Waldner and his family are on the brink of financial ruin. For this reason, the older daughter Arabella is to be married as quickly as possible to some rich admirer, while her younger sister Zdenka is forced to disguise herself as a young man to save money for Arabella’s clothes. Although the wealthy landowner Mandryka seems to be the ideal match for Arabella, a betrothal and her family’s financial plans fall into chaos when Zdenka begins writing letters to the officer Matteo in Arabella’s name, who in turn falls head over heels in love with Arabella. Only the finale will reveal if the sisters find their marital aspirations, complicated by love and jealousy, in Richard Strauss’ most radiant and charming romantic comedy.

APPROXIMATE LENGTH: 3 hours, 30 minutes (2 intermissions)

LOCATION: Whitefish Performing Arts Center LANGUAGE: Italian

Andrea Chénier is a passionate love story set against the backdrop of real-life events of the French Revolution. Chénier is a poet, brought up in the lap of luxury, but unhappy with the social inequality around him. He’s in love with Maddalena, a beautiful young aristocrat, but her family’s servant Gérard, who resents the privileged upper classes, also harbors a deep passion for her. As Gérard becomes an integral player in the Revolution and uses his new power to condemn rival Chénier to death, a heartbroken Maddalena pleads with him to change his mind. Join us for Umberto Giodano’s sweeping drama to see if tragedy or justice prevails for these ill-fated lovers.

 APPROXIMATE LENGTH: 3 hours, 45 minutes (1 intermission)

LOCATION: Whitefish Performing Arts Center LANGUAGE: Italian

In the castle of Lord Valton, a Cromwell supporter, preparations are being made to celebrate the marriage of his daughter Elvira to Arturo, a Stuart supporter. However, when Arturo discovers that Queen Enrichetta, Charles I’s widow, has been taken prisoner and that Valton is bringing her to London to be executed, he helps the queen escape and flees with her. Believing herself betrayed, Elvira then loses all sense of reason. After a few months of hiding from his ensuing death sentence, Arturo finds Elvira, who ends up recognizing him and regaining her senses. Entangled as they are in a web of political intrigue, deception, and madness, will the power of love triumph for this passionate couple? For gorgeous melodies and spellbinding vocal fireworks, Vincenzo Bellini’s I Puritani has few equals.

 APPROXIMATE LENGTH: 5 hours, 10 minutes (2 intermissions)

LOCATION: O’Shaughnessy Center 

LANGUAGE: German

Often described as the start of modern music, Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde has been called the most influential work in the history of both opera and classical music. Bound in marriage to King Marke against her will, Irish princess Isolde resolves to end her life along with that of Tristan, a Cornish knight who is tasked with bringing Isolde back to Cornwall. But when a love potion is substituted for poison, the two are drawn into an all-consuming, obsessive love affair that destroys everything – and everyone – in its unstoppable path. This medieval romance about a forbidden love is a true masterpiece that is worth devoting the time to!

 APPROXIMATE LENGTH: 4 hours, 5 minutes (2 intermissions)

LOCATION: O’Shaughnessy Center 

LANGUAGE: Russian

When Eugene Onegin enters Tatyana's life, it is love at first sight as he appears like a character from her novels. But he coldly rejects her and flirts with her sister instead, resulting in a deadly duel with his trusted friend, Lensky. Years later, the two meet again, however, the mature Tatyana has entered into a marriage of convenience with the much older and much wealthier Prince Gremin. Tortured with guilt and remorse, Onegin is shocked to realize that Tatyana would have been the right one for him after all. Lush orchestrations, elegant ballroom dances, grand sets, and elaborate period costumes bring 1800s Russia to life in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s achingly beautiful tale of love, loss, regret, and the consequences of our choices.

 APPROXIMATE LENGTH: 2 hours, 50 minutes (1 intermission)

LOCATION: Whitefish Performing Arts Center LANGUAGE: Spanish

American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego. The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell. A vibrant new production not to miss, El Ultimo Sueno De Frida Y Diego is like a mural come to life, taking enthusiastic inspiration from both Frida and Diego’s paintings.