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Don’t miss the excitement of The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinees – in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE broadcast of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette will be shown for one day only on Saturday, December 15 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Gounod’s ultra-sensual interpretation of Shakespeare is an ideal vehicle for Anna Netrebko’s incandescent appeal. The irresistible Nathan Gunn is Mercutio and Plácido Domingo presides on the podium.

An encore presentation of this performance will be broadcast in select theatres on Sunday, December 16^th.

The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 (1:00 pm – Eastern Time)

Don’t miss the excitement of The Metropolitan Opera in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE broadcast of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel will be shown for one day only on Tuesday, January 1 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Most fairy tales, though charming on the outside, have darker underpinnings. Alice Coote and Christine Schäfer play the siblings lost in a shadowy world of unknown menace, pursued by the Witch (portrayed by tenor Philip Langridge) who seeks to devour them.

An encore presentation of this performance will be broadcast in select theatres on Sunday, January 6^th.

The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth

Saturday, January 12, 2008 (1:30 pm – Eastern Time)

Don’t miss the excitement of The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinees - in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE broadcast of Verdi’s Macbeth will be shown for one day only on Saturday, January 12 at 1:30PM ET / 10:30AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Giuseppe Verdi’s longstanding affinity for Shakespeare is explored in Adrian Noble's dark yet exhilarating vision for this disturbing work. James Levine conducts and acclaimed baritone Lado Ataneli stars in the towering title role. Bass-baritone John Relyea plays the role of the doomed Banquo.

An encore presentation of this performance will be broadcast in select theatres on Sunday, January 13^th.

The Metropolitan Opera: Manon Lescaut

Saturday, February 16, 2008 (1:00 pm – Eastern Time)

Don’t miss the excitement of The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinees - in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE broadcast of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut will be shown for one day only on Saturday, February 16 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT in select theatres nationwide. On the heels of her triumph in Jenufa, Finnish phenomenon Karita Mattila adds another landmark role to her Met repertory, the free-spirited beauty Manon Lescaut. The story of the magnetic attraction between two young lovers is the perfect vehicle for the soprano’s exhilarating charisma, especially when matched by the ardent tenor of Marcello Giordani.

An encore presentation of this performance will be broadcast in select theatres on Sunday, February 17^th .

The Metropolitan Opera: Peter Grimes

Saturday, March 15, 2008 (1:30 pm – Eastern Time)

Don’t miss the excitement of The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinees – in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE broadcast of Britten’s Peter Grimes will be shown for one day only on Saturday, March 15 at 1:30PM ET / 10:30AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Peter Grimes is under investigation for unthinkable transgressions, yet Benjamin Britten’s probing exploration of the nature of guilt and judgment implicates an entire fishing village. Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey takes on the complex title role. The riveting Patricia Racette plays Ellen Orford, the woman who refuses to abandon him. Peter Grimes, with its sweeping orchestral beauty, will be an engrossing and haunting theatrical journey.

An encore presentation of this performance will be broadcast in select theatres on Sunday, March 16^th.

The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde

Saturday, March 22, 2008 (12:30 pm – Eastern Time)

Don’t miss the excitement of The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinees - in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE broadcast of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde will be shown for one day only on Saturday, March 22 at 12:30PM ET / 9:30AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Met Music Director and eminent Wagnerian James Levine conducts this much anticipated revival. Deborah Voigt, one of the world’s most celebrated Wagnerian sopranos, undertakes this iconic role for the first time at the Met. The leading Tristan of our time, Ben Heppner, portrays the other half of this archetypal couple on their mystical journey of love, sex, and death.

An encore presentation of this performance will be broadcast in select theatres on Sunday, March March 23^rd.

The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème

Saturday, April 5, 2008 (1:30 pm – Eastern Time)

Don’t miss the excitement of The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinees - in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE broadcast of Puccini’s La Bohème will be shown for one day only on Saturday, April 5 at 1:30PM ET / 10:30AM PT in select theatres nationwide. A magnificent cast comes together for Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic production of the Puccini favorite. The exciting young conductor Nicola Luisotti presides over a glorious vocal ensemble led by the mesmerizing Angela Gheorghiu, who sings Mimì at the Met for the first time in twelve years, opposite golden-toned tenor Ramón Vargas as her lover, Rodolfo.

An encore presentation of this performance will be broadcast in select theatres on Sunday, March April 6^th.

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

Saturday, April 26, 2008 (1:30 pm – Eastern Time)

Don’t miss the excitement of The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinees - in HD on the Big Screen! The LIVE broadcast of Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment will be shown for one day only on Saturday, April 26 at 1:30PM ET / 10:30AM PT in select theatres nationwide. Experience the “exceedingly yummy operatic cake” that was called “the operatic show of the season” by The Times of London when it opened at Covent Garden this past winter. Audiences were dazzled by Natalie Dessay’s fearless coloratura and impeccable comic timing and by Juan Diego Flórez’s remarkable musicality—complete with the famous high Cs.

An encore presentation of this performance will be broadcast in select theatres on Sunday, March April 27^th.