The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD
 Photo courtesy Metropolitan Opera
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Since its doors first opened in 1962, the Hopkins Center has shared a connection
with New York City’s Metropolitan Opera
House at Lincoln Center—both buildings were designed by architect Wallace
Harrison. This opera season, the two arts centers will also share performances,
as The Metropolitan
Opera: Live in HD brings world-class opera from Lincoln Center to Hanover.
Upper Valley audiences will experience the excitement of the 2007-08 season
through eight afternoons of Met performances transmitted live in
high-definition (HD) video.
Ten high-definition cameras located throughout the Met’s theater capture the
singers, costumes, and orchestra—projecting them larger than life onto the big
screen at the Loew. In crystal-clear HD and digital stereo surround sound, the
performances are immediate and thrilling. During intermissions, there are live
backstage tours, behind-the-scenes costume changes, scenery moves, and
interviews with the artists.
“We’re delighted and honored to be a broadcast presenter for the
Metropolitan Opera’s new HD simulcast program,” says Jeffrey James, director of
the Hopkins Center. “We immediately contacted the Met when this program was
launched last year in commercial movie theatres, and are now pleased to be
among the first colleges and universities to be carrying the broadcasts in
their second year. We also welcome the participation of our local community
partner Opera North, and, judging by healthy advance sales of the eight-opera
series, we are looking forward to a popular on-screen opera season at the Hop
this year.”
General admission is $25 and a Met Pass for all eight shows is $169,
Dartmouth students $5. All shows take place in the Loew Auditorium. For tickets
and information, call the Hopkins Center Box Office at 646-2422 or visit
hop.dartmouth.edu.
Performance schedule
- Dec. 15–Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
- Jan. 6–Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel (encore
presentation, not live)
- Jan.12–Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth
- Feb. 16–Giacomo Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
- March 15–Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes
- March 22–Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
- April 5–Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème
- April 26–Gaetano Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment
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