The Met: Live in HD at the Peterborough Players 2012-13 Season Announced

The 2012-13 season of The Met: Live in HD opera series opens at the Peterborough Players theatre on October 13, at 1:00 pm, with Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore (The Elixir of Love). The Metropolitan Opera will simulcast 12 operas on Saturday afternoons via satellite and high definition equipment onto a large screen at The Players' intimate 250-seat theatre.

Subtitles are streamed onto the bottom of the screen throughout each performance, and special interviews and behind the scenes footage is shown during intermissions. Sunflowers Restaurant and Catering of Jaffrey, NH, caters sweet and savory "Opera Bites" that patrons may purchase before each opera and during intermissions.    

The Met: Live in HD 2012-13 Season:

October 13, 2012, 1 PM – L'Elisir d'Amore (Donizetti) – New Production

October 27, 2012, 1 PM – Otello (Verdi)

November 10, 2012, 1 PM – The Tempest (Ades) – Met Premiere 

December 1, 2012, 1 PM – La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart)

December 8, 2012, 1 PM – Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) – New Production

December 15, 2012, 1 PM – Aida (Verdi)

January 5, 2013, 12 PM – Les Troyens (Berlioz)

January 19, 2013, 1 PM – Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) – Met Premiere

February 16, 2013, 1 PM – Rigoletto (Verdi) - New Production

March 2, 2013, 12 PM – Parsifal (Wagner) – New Production

March 16, 2013, 12 PM – Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai)

April 27, 2013, 12 PM – Giulio Cesare (Handel) – New Production

Tickets: $25 adults, $20 students. Discounted Subscription Packages are available: full season for $228; Pick 8 for $168; Pick 6 for $138.  Box Office: (603) 924-7585 or Online: www.PeterboroughPlayers.org

The Peterborough Players is handicapped accessible and hearing assists are available through the Box Office. General and handicapped parking available on site.

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