Met Opera HD 2012-2013 Schedule

Honolulu -- Dole Cannery Regal Theatres
Hilo -- Prince Kuhio Theaters #9
Kailua Kona -- Makalapua Stadium Cinema 10

 

Verdi’s Rigoletto - New Production
February 16, 2013, 12:55pm ET

U.S. Encore: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 6:30pm local time
Canada Encores: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 12:00pm local time
  Monday, April 8, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
  Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time

Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke, Željko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto's daughter, Gilda.

Approximate runtime: 3:31

 

Wagner’s Parsifal–New Production
March 2, 2013, 12:00pm ET

U.S. Encore: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 6:30pm local time
Canada Encore: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 12:00pm local time

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

Approximate runtime: 5:40

 

Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini
March 16, 2013, 12:00pm ET

U.S. Encore: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 6:30pm local time
Canada Encore: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 12:00pm local time

Zandonai's compelling opera, inspired by an episode from Dante's Inferno, returns in the Met's ravishingly beautiful production, last seen in 1986. Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts.

Approximate runtime: 3:57

 

Handel’s Giulio Cesare—New Production
April 27, 2013, 12:00pm ET

U.S. Encore: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 6:30pm local time
Canada Encores: Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 12:00pm local time
  Monday, June 3, 2013 at 6:30pm local time

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 Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.

Approximate runtime: 4:31