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Kelli OHara as Laura Brown, Joyce DiDonato as Virginia Woolf, and Renée Fleming as Clarissa Vaughan in Kevin Putss "The Hours." PAOLA KUDACKI/MET OPERA
Kelli O'Hara as Laura Brown, Joyce DiDonato as Virginia Woolf, and Renée Fleming as Clarissa Vaughan in Kevin Puts' "The Hours." PAOLA KUDACKI/MET OPERA
Matthew Polenzani as Tamino in Mozarts' "The Magic Flute." KEN HOWARD/MET OPERA
Nathan Gunn as Papageno and Matthew Polenzani as Tamino in Mozart's "The Magic Flute." KEN HOWARD/MET OPERA
Nathan Gunn as Papageno in Mozart's "The Magic Flute." KEN HOWARD/MET OPERA
Bay Street Theater will soon be the place for opera thanks to The Met: Live in HD which will bring the Metropolitan Opera’s 2022-2023 season to the theater’s big screen. Starting in December and running through September 2023, Bay Street audiences will be able to experience 11 spectacular productions — a mix of company premieres, new productions, and classic repertory favorites— presented live directly from the Met’s stage in New York City, or by encore.
The series premieres with an opera weekend on Saturday, December 10, at 12:55 p.m. and the highly anticipated world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts’s adaptation of “The Hours,” starring Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, and Joyce DiDonato, live from the Met’s stage. Opera weekend continues on Sunday, December 11, at 12:55 p.m. with an encore screening of the classic favorite 2006 Met production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The traditional meeting the new makes for an unbelievable full-weekend opera experience.
Bay Street theatergoers can purchase tickets for the entire 11-part series for $150 or individual screenings for $35 per ticket. Tickets are available for Bay Street Theater patrons and mainstage subscription holders for $25. There is a $5 subscription processing fee per person. Tickets available at baystreet.org or by calling 631-725-9500. Bay Street Theater is on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor.
Saturday, December 10, at 12:55 p.m.
“The Hours” — Live
Approximate runtime: 3:13 (one intermission)
Sunday, December 11, at 1 p.m.
“The Magic Flute” — Encore
Approximate runtime: 1:55 (one intermission)
Saturday, January 14, at 12:55 p.m.
“Fedora” — Live
Approximate runtime: 2:41 (one intermission)
Sunday, February 5, at 12:55 p.m.
“La Traviata” — Encore
Approximate runtime: 3:11 (two intermissions)
Saturday, February 11, at 12:55 p.m.
“Medea” — Encore
Approximate runtime: 3:06 (one intermission)
Saturday, March 18, at noon
“Lohengrin” — Live
Approximate runtime: 4:54 (two intermissions)
Saturday, April 1, at 12:30 p.m.
“Falstaff: — Live
Approximate runtime: 3 p.m. (one intermission)
Saturday, April 15, at noon
“Der Rosenkavalier” — Live
Approximate runtime: 4:42 (two intermissions)
Sunday, September 10, at 1 p.m.
“Champion” — Encore
Approximate runtime: 3:20 (one intermission)
Saturday, September 23, at 1 p.m.
“Don Giovanni” — Encore
Approximate runtime: 3:14 (one intermission)
Saturday, September 30, at 1 p.m.
“Die Zauberflöte” — Encore
Approximate runtime: 3:30 (one intermission)
Staff Writer on Nov 20, 2022