Tickets are available now to Met Opera and State Theatre members by calling 231-947-3446 or at the box office. State Theatre members will also receive a link to order online, or you can email info@traversecityfilmfest.org. Ticket prices are $26 for adults, $24 for State Theatre Members, $22 for Seniors 65 and over, and $18 for Children and Students. Please, only four tickets per opera during our Met and State Member ticketing periods. This year we are again offering reserved seating, thanks to the generosity of our opera supporters. Click HERE to view the seating chart. If you require wheelchair, mobility, or companion seating, please call our ticketing liaison, Judy Trentham, at 231-944-3040.

Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore – New Production

October 13, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

Become enchanted by Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani as they star in Bartlett Sher’s new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera, taking on the roles of the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Mariusz Kwiecien is the blustery sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is Dulcamara, the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts.

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Verdi’s Otello

October 27, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with Johan Botha in the title role, opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming. Allow yourself to return to the island of Cyprus during the late 1400s where Falk Struckmann is Iago and Semyon Bychkov conducts.

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Adès’ The Tempest – Met Premiere

November 10, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of his 2004 work, with baritone Simon Keenlyside starring as Prospero, the overthrown Duke of Milan. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala in this inventive staging of this famous neoclassical romance.

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Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito

December 1, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

The virtuosic Elīna Garanča sings Sesto in Mozart’s drama set in ancient Rome. Giuseppe Filianoti is the noble Tito and Barbara Frittoli is Vitellia, in this handsome revival of one of the composer’s final masterpieces. Harry Bicket conducts.

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Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera – New Production

December 8, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

Audiences can once again experience the work of Verdi in Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting which provides a compelling backdrop for Verdi’s dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance. Marcelo Álvarez stars as the conflicted king; Sondra Radvanovsky is Amelia, the object of his secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is her suspicious husband. Kathleen Kim is the page Oscar, and Stephanie Blythe sings the role of the fortune-teller Ulrica. Fabio Luisi conducts.

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Verdi’s Aida

December 15, 2012, 12:55 pm ET

The Met’s unforgettable production of Verdi’s ancient Egyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radamès, played by Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptian princess Amneris, sung by Olga Borodina. Explore the times of the Old Kingdom in this acclaimed story set in ancient Egypt. Fabio Luisi conducts.

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Berloiz’s Les Troyens

January 5, 2013, 12:00 noon ET

The Met offers a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic, last performed by the company in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the starry cast, portraying characters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi marshals the large-scale musical forces.

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Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda – Met Premiere

January 19, 2013, 12:55 pm ET

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, one of the world’s most exciting singers, takes on the virtuosic bel canto role of the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots. Director David McVicar turns to the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, which explores regal characters at fateful moments of their lives. Elza van den Heever sings Elizabeth I, and Maurizio Benini conducts this Met premiere production.

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Verdi’s Rigoletto – New Production

February 16, 2013, 12:55 pm ET*

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

*Note: tickets for this opera will not go on sale at this time due to a potential scheduling conflict. The opera will be shown and tickets will go on sale at a later date to be announced.

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Wagner’s Parsifal – New Production

March 2, 2013, 12:00 noon ET

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.

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Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini

March 16, 2013, 12:00 noon ET

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

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Handel’s Giulio Cesare – New Production

April 27, 2013, 12:00 noon ET

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 an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts