Curzon Cinemas is proud to bring you the new season of the New York Metropolitan Opera Live in HD. With highlights including Adès’ The Tempest, Verdi's Aida,  Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito and Handel's Giulio Cesare, the new line-up is set to be as exciting and sensational as the 2011-2012 season.

Met Opera live will be screening at:
Chelsea, Mayfair, Richmond, Renoir and hmvcurzon Wimbledon

Tickets will initially go on sale to Curzon Members only via the members' booking line - 0330 500 1551 - from Tuesday 1 May at 9.00am and in person in the following venue box offices:

Curzon Mayfair, Curzon Chelsea, Curzon Richmond, Renoir Cinema and hmvcurzon Wimbledon.*

Tickets will then go on general sale online and by telephone from Tuesday 8 May at 9.00am. Tickets can be booked via the box office during normal opening hours.

*Please note: Phone bookings will only be available for the new opera season at hmvcurzon during the members' priority booking period and not for other films or events.

TICKETS: £35.00/£29.75 Cineastes and under 15s.
Chelsea Pullmans seats: £45.00/£38.25 Cineastes.
Royal Box seats at Curzon Mayfair: £55.00/£46.75 Cineastes
 

NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA 2012/2013 SEASON:

Donizetti’s L’ELISIR D’AMORE
13 October 2012 - 5.55pm
(Approximate running time: 182 minutes with interval)
 
Conductor: Maurizio Benini, Production: Bartlett Sher, Cast: Anna Netrebko (Adina), Matthew Polenzani (Nemorino), Mariusz Kwiecien (Belcore), Ambrogio Maestri (Doctor Dulcamara)
 

Verdi’s OTELLO
27 October 2012 - 5.55pm 
(Approximate running time: 207 minutes with interval)

Conductor: Semyon Bychkov, Production: Elijah Moshinsky, Cast: Renée Fleming (Desdemona), Johan Botha (Otello), Michael Fabiano (Cassio), Falk Struckmann (Iago)
 

Adès’ THE TEMPEST
10 November 2012 - 5.55pm
(Approximate running time: 210 minutes with interval)
Met Premiere
 
Conductor: Thomas Adès, Libretto: Meredith Oakes, Production: Robert Lepage
Cast: Audrey Luna (Ariel), Isabel Leonard (Miranda), Iestyn Davies (Trinculo), Alek Shrader (Ferdinand), Alan Oke (Caliban), William Burden (King of Naples), Toby Spence (Antonio), Simon Keenlyside (Prospero)
 

Mozart’s LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
1 December 2012 - 5.55pm  
(Approximate running time: 193 minutes with interval)
 
Conductor: Harry Bicket, Production: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Cast: Lucy Crowe (Servilia), Barbara Frittoli (Vitellia), Elīna Garanča (Sesto), Kate Lindsey (Annio), Giuseppe Filianoti (Tito).
 

Verdi’s UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
8 December 2012 - 5.55pm
(Approximate running time: 234 minutes with interval)
  
Conductor: Fabio Luisi, Production: David Alden, Cast: Karita Mattila (Amelia), Kathleen Kim (Oscar), Stephanie Blythe (Ulrica), Marcelo Álvarez (Gustavo III), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Anckarström)
 
 
Verdi’s AIDA
15 December 2012 - 5.55pm
(Approximate running time: 234 minutes with interval)
 
Conductor: Fabio Luisi, Production: Sonja Frisell, Cast: Liudmyla Monastyrska (Aida), Olga Borodina (Amneris), Roberto Alagna (Radamès), George Gagnidze (Amonasro), Štefan Kocán (Ramfis), Miklós Sebestyén (The King)
 
 
Berlioz’s LES TROYENS
5 January 2013 - 5.00pm
(Approximate running time: 341 minutes with interval)

Conductor: Fabio Luisi, Production: Francesca Zambello , Cast: Deborah Voigt (Cassandra), Susan Graham (Dido), Marcello Giordani (Aeneas), Dwayne Croft (Coroebus), Kwangchul Youn (Narbal)
 

Donizetti’s MARIA STUARDA
19 January 2013 - 5.55pm
(Approximate running time: 195 minutes with interval)
Met Premiere
 
Conductor: Maurizio Benini, Production: David McVicar , Cast: Joyce DiDonato (Maria Stuarda), Elza van den Heever (Elisabetta), Francesco Meli (Leicester), Joshua Hopkins (Cecil), Matthew Rose (Talbot)


Verdi’s RIGOLETTO
16 February 2013 - 5.55pm
(Approximate running time: 211 minutes with interval)
 
Conductor: Michele Mariotti, Production: Michael Mayer , Cast: Diana Damrau (Gilda), Oksana Volkova (Maddalena), Piotr Beczala (Duke of Mantua), Željko Lučić (Rigoletto),Štefan Kocán (Sparafucile)
 

Wagner’s PARSIFAL
2 March 2013 - 5.00pm
(Approximate running time: 340 minutes with interval)
 
Conductor: Daniele Gatti, Production: François Girard, Cast: Katarina Dalayman (Kundry), Jonas Kaufmann (Parsifal), Peter Mattei (Amfortas), Evgeny Nikitin (Klingsor), René Pape (Gurnemanz)
     

Zandonai’s FRANCESCA DA RIMINI
16 March 2013 - 4.00pm
(Approximate running time: 237 minutes with interval)
 
Conductor: Marco Armiliato , Production: Piero Faggioni, Cast: Eva-Maria Westbroek (Francesca), Marcello Giordani (Paolo), Robert Brubaker (Malatestino), Mark Delavan (Gianciotto)
 
 
Handel’s GIULIO CESARE
27 April 2013 – 5.00pm
(Approximate running time: 271 minutes with interval)
 
Conductor: Harry Bicket, Production: David McVicar , Cast: Natalie Dessay (Cleopatra), Alice Coote (Sesto), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), David Daniels (Giulio Cesare), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Guido Loconsolo (Achilla
 
 
Please note: Timings are approximate and subject to change.