our 2015/2016 Met brochure

BOOK TICKETS
Book tickets directly at your preferred venue (list below)
or visit www.classicalartsireland.com
BELFAST
Odeon Belfast
www.odeon.co.uk
0871 224 4007
Omniplex Dundonald
www.omniplex.ie
CARLOW
IMC Carlow
www.imccinemas.ie
CARRICK-ON-SHANNON
Carrick Cineplex
www.carrickcineplex.ie
071 967 2000
CORK
Omniplex Mahon Point
www.omniplex.ie
CRAIGAVON
Omniplex Craigavon
www.omniplex.ie
DERRY/LONDONDERRY
Omniplex Derry
www.omniplex.ie
DROGHEDA
Droichead Arts Centre
www.droichead.com
041 983 3946
DUBLIN
IMC Dún Laoghaire
www.imccinemas.ie
IMC Santry
www.imccinemas.ie
IMC Screen Cinema
Townsend St
www.imccinemas.ie
GALWAY
The Eye Cinema
www.eyecinema.ie
091 7780078
Met Opera
KILKENNY
IMC Kilkenny
www.imccinemas.ie
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LETTERKENNY
Century Cinemas
www.centurycinemas.ie
074 9121976
LIMERICK
Omniplex Dooradoyle
www.omniplex.ie
NAAS
Odeon Naas
www.odeoncinemas.ie
1520 880 000
NEWTOWNABBEY*
Theatre at the Mill
www.theatreatthemill.com
028 9034 0202
*Screenings at this venue start
in January 2016
SLIGO
Omniplex Sligo
www.omniplex.ie
TRALEE
Omniplex Tralee
www.omniplex.ie
WATERFORD
Odeon Waterford
www.odeoncinemas.ie
1520 880 000
WEXFORD
Omniplex Wexford
www.omniplex.ie
Light House Cinema,
Smithfield
www.lighthousecinema.ie
01 872 8006
Odeon Stillorgan
www.odeoncinemas.ie
1520 880 000
Omniplex Rathmines
www.omniplex.ie
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T H E WO R L D ’ S G R E AT E ST O P E R A
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www.classicalartsireland.com
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ARKLOW
Omniplex Arklow
www.omniplex.ie
PRESENTS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Met Opera
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T H E WO R L D ’ S G R E AT E ST O P E R A
LIVE BY SATELLITE TO YOUR LOCAL VENUE
Classical Arts Ireland is delighted to present The Met: Live in HD's
tenth anniversary season of award winning live opera transmissions.
The performances are beamed direct from the Metropolitan Opera's
home in New York to 25 venues across Ireland. The season features
10 operas, including five that are new to the series, plus starry
performances of five Met favourites. Enjoy the very best of
international opera – in your local venue!
VERDI
SAT 17 OCT 2015 6.00pm
SAT 21 NOV 2015 5.30pm
PRODUCTION
NEW
PRODUCTION
ROBERTO
DEVEREUX
SAT 16 APRIL 2016 6.00pm
In Franco Zeffirelli’s golden production of this
classic opera, Nina Stemme is Turandot, the
proud princess of ancient China whose riddles
doom every suitor to seek her hand. Tenor
Marco Berti is Calàf, the brave prince who sings
“Nessun Dorma” and wins her love.
The genius director Patrice Chéreau didn’t live
to see his great Elektra production make it to
the stage of the Met. But his overpowering
vision lives on with soprano Nina Stemme
who portrays Elektra’s quest for vengeance
for the murder of her father, Agamemnon.
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts.
RICHARD STRAUSS
SAT 30 JAN 2016 6.00pm
Truth and legend come together in this early
Wagner masterpiece. Today’s leading
Wagnerian tenor, Johan Botha, takes on the
title role of the young knight caught between
true love and passion. The Met’s own star
Music Director James Levine conducts.
Eva-Maria Westbroek and Peter Mattei co-star.
The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor
Jonas Kaufmann join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story.
Opolais sings the title role of a country girl who
transforms herself into a Parisian temptress,
while Kaufmann is the dashing student
who desperately woos her. Director
Richard Eyre places the action
in occupied France in a
film noir setting.
SAT 5 MAR 2016 6.00pm
PRODUCTION
In this third in a trilogy of Donizetti operas
featuring Tudor queens, soprano Sondra
Radvanovsky plays Queen Elizabeth I,
forced to sign the death warrant of the
nobleman she loves, Roberto Devereux,
sung by Matthew Polenzani.
PUCCINI
PUCCINI
NEW
DONIZETTI
ELEKTRA
MANON LESCAUT
SAT 31 OCT 2015 5.00pm
SAT 2 APRIL 2016 6.00pm
TURANDOT
TANNHÄUSER
WAGNER
Anthony Minghella’s breathtaking production
has thrilled audiences ever since its premiere in
2006. One of the world’s foremost Butterflys,
soprano Kristine Opolais, is in the title role.
Tenor Roberto Alagna sings Pinkerton, the
naval officer who breaks her heart.
SAT 16 JAN 2016 6.00pm
NEW
MADAMA
BUTTERFLY
PUCCINI
The drama of a young woman who sexually and
emotionally dominates a wide range of willing
victims, both male and female. Met Music
Director James Levine conducts this wild journey
of love, obsession, and death, with soprano
Marlis Petersen in the title role. Production by
acclaimed artist and director William Kentridge.
Bizet’s gorgeous opera of lust and longing set
in the Far East returns to the Met in a production
that vividly creates an undersea world on its stage.
Soprano Diana Damrau stars as Leïla, the beautiful
Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers
competing for her hand.
SAT 3 OCT 2015 6.00pm
Verdi’s masterful Otello matches
Shakespeare’s play in tragic intensity,
with Aleksandrs Antonenko as the
doomed Otello and upcoming
soprano Sonya Yoncheva as his
innocent wife and victim.
PRODUCTION
BIZET
This Goya-inspired production of Met favourite
Il Trovatore takes place against the backdrop of a
war-torn Spain. Anna Netrebko stars as Leonora,
the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for
the love of the gypsy troubadour.
VERDI
NEW
BERG
LES PÊCHEURS
DE PERLES
IL TROVATORE
OTELLO
LULU
SAT 30 APRIL 2016 6.00pm
NEW
PRODUCTION
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CAI also screens concerts by
the Berlin Philharmonic in
venues nationwide. Visit
www.classicalartsireland.com
for concert dates and times
NEW
PRODUCTION