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The Met: Live in HD 2015 Schedule & Your Chance to Win Tickets!

January 25, 2015
The Metropolitan Opera's Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series of live performance transmissions returns to cinemas this winter with the ninth season of The Met: Live in HD. Washingtonians will get the chance to experience incomparable performances live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, as well as interviews and behind-the-scenes features exclusive to the Live in HD series, all at their neighborhood cinema!

The Met: Live in HD 2015 Schedule
1/31 - Les Contes d’Hoffmann LIVE (2/4 Encore)
2/14 – Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle LIVE (2/18 Encore)
3/14 - La Donna del Lago LIVE (3/18 Encore)
4/25 - Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci LIVE (4/29 Encore)

Interested in winning tickets to see The Merry Widow or Les Contes d'Hoffmann LIVE? If so, keep reading to find out more about the shows and how you can win tickets. 
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
 
Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2015  
 
Time: 6:30 p.m. 
 
Run Time: 3 hours 50 minutes (approximate)
 
Ticketing: Tickets are available by clicking on the orange “Buy Tickets” button. If online ticketing is not available for your location, you can purchase your tickets by visiting the box office at your local participating cinema.
 
Special Fathom Features: Go behind the scenes with the Met's stars! During intermission, interviews with cast, crew, and production teams give an unprecedented look at what goes into the staging of an opera.  
 
An encore performance of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann will be shown in select cinemas on Wednesday, February 4 at 6:30 p.m. in all time zones. Please note: not all cinemas showing the live transmission will present an encore showing.

The magnetic tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the title role of the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer in the Met’s kaleidoscopic production of Offenbach’s energetic, operatic masterpiece. Hibla Gerzmava, Erin Morley, Christine Rice sing the three heroines—each an idealized embodiment of some aspect of Hoffmann’s desire. Thomas Hampson portrays the shadowy Four Villains, and Yves Abel conducts the sparkling score.

Want to win two tickets to see one of these performances? Leave a comment below letting me know which you would like to see and why. Must be 18+ as of 1/18/2015, and a current MK Rockville-Gaithersburg subscriber. Winner will be selected on 1/25/15 at 9am using random.org.