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Iseman Met Opera Broadcasts

The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at Yale

Love opera? Curious about opera? Enjoy theater, great voices, and spectacular productions? Want to see performances from one of the world's greatest opera companies without leaving campus?

The Yale School of Music continues to present The Iseman Met Opera Broadcasts Live in HD for the Yale community – free of charge.

Tickets are available at the Yale School of Music box office in Sprague Hall (470 College Street) and on the web. A current Yale ID is required, and tickets are not transferable. Please bring your ID to the broadcast. The box office is open Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, and one hour before each broadcast.

Students may reserve tickets beginning the Monday three weeks before each broadcast. Tickets are free and are general admission.

Please visit this page for the dates that ticket reservations open for each broadcast.

For further information, call 203 432-4158 or visit the Sprague Hall box office.

Upcoming Broadcasts

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore | October 13 at 12:55 pm

Expected running time: 3 hours, 2 minutes

Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in Bartlett Sher's new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera, as 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.

Verdi: Otello | October 27 at 12:55 pm

Expected running time: 3 hours, 27 minutes

Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with Johan Botha in the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming. Semyon Bychkov conducts.

Adès: The Tempest | November 10 at 12:55 pm

Expected running time: 3 hours

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

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito | December 1 at 12:55 pm

Expected running time: 3 hours, 13 minutes

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.

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera | December 9 at 12:55 pm

Expected running time: 3 hours, 54 minutes

Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting provides a compelling backdrop for this 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.

Verdi: Aida | December 15 at 12:55 pm

Expected running time: 3 hours, 54 minutes

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. Fabio Luisi conducts.

See the Met's complete list of upcoming broadcasts