The Metropolitan Opera 2011-2012 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera's Emmy and Peabody award-winning series of live, high-definition performance transmissions returns to movie theaters across the United States this fall.

Goodrich Quality Theaters will present The Metropolitan Opera series in Cinema Quality Digital Projection! What does this mean? The presentation is even be better than last year! It will be a brighter, crisper amazing picture!

All live events take place on Saturdays. In addition to the live events, encore performances will be exhibited on select Wednesdays after the respective live event, and in a few select theaters Kalamazoo 10, Quality 16, Randall 15 IMAX, Savoy 16, we will offer 1pm Thursday encore performances.

Playing in select theaters: Brownsburg 8, Canton Cinema, Eastside 9, Forum 8, Hamilton 16 IMAX, Holland 7, Jackson 10, Kalamazoo 10, Krafft 8, Lansing Mall Cinema, Oxford 7, Portage 16 IMAX, Quality 16, Randall 15 IMAX, Saginaw 12, Savoy 16, W. Columbia 7, Willow Knolls 14

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
See below for for a complete schedule and description. Casting subject to change, running times are approximate.


	The Enchanted Island - New Production Devised and written by Jeremy Sams, Music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others Saturday, January 21, 2012 (12:55PM ET / 11:55 AM CT) Expected Run time: 3 hours 35 minutes Download Cast Sheet In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world's best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast headed by David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, and Pl'cido Domingo. This world-premiere production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch. An encore of this performance will be on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 6:30 PM in all time zones. Four select theaters to also have an encore on Feb. 9 at 1:00PM in all time zones. (Kalamazoo 10, Quality 16, Randall 15 IMAX, Savoy 16)

	Wagner Götterdämmerung – New Production Saturday, February 11 (12:00PM ET / 11:00AM CT) Expected Running time: 6 hours 24 minutes With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.

	Verdi Ernani Saturday, February 25, 2012 (12:55PM ET / 11:55 AM CT) Expected Running time: 3 hours 49 minutes Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Marcello Giordani is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. An encore of this performance will be exhibited on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 6:30 PM in all time zones. Four select theaters to also have an encore on Mar. 15 at 1:00PM in all time zones. (Kalamazoo 10, Quality 16, Randall 15 IMAX, Savoy 16)

	Massenet Manon - New Production Saturday, April 7, 2012 (12:00PM ET / 11:00AM CT) Expected Running time: 4 hours 8 minutes Anna Netrebko's dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly's new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met's Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium. An encore of this performance will be on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 6:30 PM in all time zones. Four select theaters to also have an encore on Apr. 26 at 1:00PM in all time zones. (Kalamazoo 10, Quality 16, Randall 15 IMAX, Savoy 16)

	Verdi La Traviata Saturday, April 14, 2012 (12:55PM ET / 11:55 AM CT) Expected Running time: 3 hours 7 minutes Natalie Dessay puts on the red dress in Willy Decker's stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium. An encore of this performance will be on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 6:30 PM in all time zones. Four select theaters to also have an encore on May 3 at 1:00PM in all time zones. (Kalamazoo 10, Quality 16, Randall 15 IMAX, Savoy 16)