Seven New Productions, Including a World Premiere, a Met Premiere, and the Complete Ring Cycle,
James Levine conducts the final two installments of Robert Lepage’s production of the Ring: Siegfried and Götterdämmerung; complete cycles scheduled for April and May 2012

 View the Season Trailer here

The season opens with the first-ever Met performance of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, starring Anna Netrebko in the first of two new productions she sings this season; Laurent Pelly’s production of Manon follows in April

The world premiere of The Enchanted Island, a pastiche of Baroque music and Shakespearean comedy, opens on New Year’s Eve

Tony Award-winning stage directors Michael Grandage and Des McAnuff make their Met debuts with new productions of Don Giovanni and Faust In its sixth season, The Met: Live in HD series will feature 11 live transmissions

The 2011 – 2012 Line-up
Anna Bolena – Gaetano Donizetti October 15, 2011, 11 AM - Run Time: 250 minutes
Don Giovanni – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart October 29, 2011, 11 AM - Run Time: 230 minutes
Siegfried – Richard Wagner November 5, 2011, 10 AM - Run Time: 351 minutes
Satyagraha – Phillip Glass November 19, 2011, 11 AM - Run Time: 248 minutes
Rodelinda – George Frideric Handel December 3, 2011, 10:30 AM - Run Time: 255 minutes
Faust – Charles Gounod December 10, 2011, 11 AM - Run Time: 255 minutes
The Enchanted Island – Various January 21, 2012, 11 AM - Run Time: 210 minutes
Götterdämmerung – Richard Wagner February 11, 2012, 10 AM - Run Time: 374 minutes
Ernani – Giuseppe Verdi February 25, 2012, 11 AM - Run Time: 229 minutes
Manon – Jules Massenet April 7, 2012, 10 AM - Run Time: 243 minutes
La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi April 14, 2012, 11 AM - Run Time: 187

Tickets are $20 General Admission, $17 for TCA Members, $10 for children under 18 and students. Season tickets can be purchased for $200 General Admission and $170 for TCA members. Tickets go on sale for Metropolitan Opera Members on Friday, August 19, 2011, for TCA Members on Friday, August 25, 2011 and General Admission on Monday August 29, 2011. You can purchase tickets or find more information by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or by going to our website; tcataos.org.

Donizetti’s Anna Bolena – New Production
October 15, 2011
Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera’s greatest mad scenes in a production that also stars El?na Garan?a as her rival, Jane Seymour, and Ildar Abdrazakov as Henry VIII. Marco Armiliato conducts.
 

Donizetti’s AnnaMozart’s Don Giovanni – New Production
October 29, 2011
Mariusz Kwiecien brings his youthful and sensual interpretation of Mozart’s timeless anti-hero to the Met for the first time, under the direction of Tony Award®-winning director Michael Grandage and with James Levine conducting. A troupe of refined Mozartians appears in this new production, including Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Isabel Leonard, Matthew Polenzani, Ramón Vargas, and John Relyea. Gerald Finley steps into the title role later in the season, and Andrew Davis also conducts.

Wagners’s Siegfried– New Production
November 5, 2011
In part three of the Ring, Wagner’s cosmic vision focuses on his hero’s early conquests, while Robert Lepage’s revolutionary stage machine transforms itself from bewitched forest to mountaintop love nest. Gary Lehman sings the title role and Deborah Voigt’s Brünnhilde is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. James Levine conducts.

Glass’s Satyagraha
November 19, 2011
The Met’s visually extravagant production is back for an encore engagement. Richard Croft (right) once again is Gandhi in Philip Glass’s unforgettable opera, which the Washington Post calls “a profound and beautiful work of theater.”

Handel’s Rodelinda
December 3, 2011
Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth’s much-heralded production, Renée Fleming
reprises the title role. She’s joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts

Gounod’s Faust– New Production
December 10, 2011
With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Angela Gheorghiu as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. A later run features another first-tier Faust cast: Roberto Alagna, Joseph Calleja, Marina Poplavskaya, and Ferruccio Furlanetto. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success.

The Enchanted Island– New Production
January 21, 2012
Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the Met presents an original Baroque fantasy, featuring a who’s who of Baroque stars led by eminent conductor William Christie. With music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, the new libretto by Jeremy Sams combines elements of The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. David Daniels is Prospero, Joyce DiDonato is Sycorax, Danielle de Niese is Ariel, Luca Pisaroni is Caliban, and Plácido Domingo makesa special appearance as Neptune. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo also star. This dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met’s 125th Anniversary Gala).

Wagner’s Götterdämmerung
February 11, 2012
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.

Verdi’s Ernani
February 25, 2012
Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.

Massenet’s Manon– New Production
April 7, 2012
Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.
 

Verdi’s La Traviata
April 14, 2012
Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
 

The Taos High School Drama department will present Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner, for five performances on February 17,18, 24, and 25. All shows are at 7:00 p.m. with a matinee at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday the 18th. The production will be staged at the Taos Community Auditorium, at 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
The story takes place in 1939 in the fictional town of Mesalia, Ohio. Mr. Sheridan Whiteside, celebrated radio host, has fallen on the front steps of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley who have invited him to their home for dinner. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to leave the Stanleys’ house, Mr. Whiteside proceeds to attend to his business, including inviting a variety of people (and animals) into the home of his dismayed hosts. As the story progresses, Whiteside catalyzes conflict and catastrophe in the lives of nearly everyone around him.
The delightfully sarcastic and demanding Whiteside is played by Steve Moser who is joined by the talented Taos High School’s drama students, under the direction of Saundra Bouchie. This time tested hit is a comedy that everyone will enjoy.

Tickets are $12 general admission and $6 for students, military personnel, and senior citizens. Tickets charge by phone 758-2052 or visit the TCA office at 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Notre between 10:30 AM and 4 PM.

The Taos High School Drama department will present Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner, for five performances on February 17,18, 24, and 25. All shows are at 7:00 p.m. with a matinee at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday the 18th. The production will be staged at the Taos Community Auditorium, at 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
The story takes place in 1939 in the fictional town of Mesalia, Ohio. Mr. Sheridan Whiteside, celebrated radio host, has fallen on the front steps of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley who have invited him to their home for dinner. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to leave the Stanleys’ house, Mr. Whiteside proceeds to attend to his business, including inviting a variety of people (and animals) into the home of his dismayed hosts. As the story progresses, Whiteside catalyzes conflict and catastrophe in the lives of nearly everyone around him.
The delightfully sarcastic and demanding Whiteside is played by Steve Moser who is joined by the talented Taos High School’s drama students, under the direction of Saundra Bouchie. This time tested hit is a comedy that everyone will enjoy.

Tickets are $12 general admission and $6 for students, military personnel, and senior citizens. Tickets charge by phone 758-2052 or visit the TCA office at 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Notre between 10:30 AM and 4 PM.

The Taos High School Drama department will present Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner, for five performances on February 17,18, 24, and 25. All shows are at 7:00 p.m. with a matinee at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday the 18th. The production will be staged at the Taos Community Auditorium, at 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
The story takes place in 1939 in the fictional town of Mesalia, Ohio. Mr. Sheridan Whiteside, celebrated radio host, has fallen on the front steps of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley who have invited him to their home for dinner. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to leave the Stanleys’ house, Mr. Whiteside proceeds to attend to his business, including inviting a variety of people (and animals) into the home of his dismayed hosts. As the story progresses, Whiteside catalyzes conflict and catastrophe in the lives of nearly everyone around him.
The delightfully sarcastic and demanding Whiteside is played by Steve Moser who is joined by the talented Taos High School’s drama students, under the direction of Saundra Bouchie. This time tested hit is a comedy that everyone will enjoy.

Tickets are $12 general admission and $6 for students, military personnel, and senior citizens. Tickets charge by phone 758-2052 or visit the TCA office at 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Notre between 10:30 AM and 4 PM.

The Taos High School Drama department will present Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner, for five performances on February 17,18, 24, and 25. All shows are at 7:00 p.m. with a matinee at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday the 18th. The production will be staged at the Taos Community Auditorium, at 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
The story takes place in 1939 in the fictional town of Mesalia, Ohio. Mr. Sheridan Whiteside, celebrated radio host, has fallen on the front steps of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley who have invited him to their home for dinner. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to leave the Stanleys’ house, Mr. Whiteside proceeds to attend to his business, including inviting a variety of people (and animals) into the home of his dismayed hosts. As the story progresses, Whiteside catalyzes conflict and catastrophe in the lives of nearly everyone around him.
The delightfully sarcastic and demanding Whiteside is played by Steve Moser who is joined by the talented Taos High School’s drama students, under the direction of Saundra Bouchie. This time tested hit is a comedy that everyone will enjoy.

Tickets are $12 general admission and $6 for students, military personnel, and senior citizens. Tickets charge by phone 758-2052 or visit the TCA office at 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Notre between 10:30 AM and 4 PM.

Running time: Approximately 210 minutes, including two intermissions
Host: Joyce DiDonato
For more information: metopera.org/hdlive

Four extraordinary singers star in Verdi’s Ernani. American soprano Angela Meade, whose victory in the Met’s National Council Auditions was chronicled in the 2008 documentary film The Audition, takes the role of the noblewoman Elvira in her first Live in HD appearance. Marcello Giordani, star of the Live in HD transmissions of Manon Lescaut, La Damnation de Faust, Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Simon Boccanegra, and La Fanciulla del West, sings the title role of the noble bandit who loves Elvira. Dmitri Hvorostovsky adds a new role to his distinguished repertory as Don Carlo, a royal suitor for Elvira’s hand, and Ferruccio Furlanetto is da Silva, a wealthy relative with his own designs on Elvira. Marco Armiliato, who led the Met premiere performances of Anna Bolena earlier this season, conducts Verdi’s thrilling drama of passion, power, and honor, seen in Pier Luigi Samaritani’s lavish production. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato hosts the transmission.

The Taos Opera Guild is inviting audience members to breakfast at 9 AM at the Taos Inn, 125 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte. The guild will do a brief introductory talk about the opera. The price for the breakfast is $15 including tax and gratuity. For reservations call Doc Martin’s Restaurant at 575-758-1977.

Individual opera ticket prices are $17 for TCA members, $20 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office.
The Met: Live in HD at the TCA is underwritten by: KRZA Community Radio, KKIT/KVOT - DMC Braodcasting, the Taos Opera Guild and Phoenix Mechanical

The Taos High School Drama department will present Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner, for five performances on February 17,18, 24, and 25. All shows are at 7:00 p.m. with a matinee at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday the 18th. The production will be staged at the Taos Community Auditorium, at 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
The story takes place in 1939 in the fictional town of Mesalia, Ohio. Mr. Sheridan Whiteside, celebrated radio host, has fallen on the front steps of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley who have invited him to their home for dinner. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to leave the Stanleys’ house, Mr. Whiteside proceeds to attend to his business, including inviting a variety of people (and animals) into the home of his dismayed hosts. As the story progresses, Whiteside catalyzes conflict and catastrophe in the lives of nearly everyone around him.
The delightfully sarcastic and demanding Whiteside is played by Steve Moser who is joined by the talented Taos High School’s drama students, under the direction of Saundra Bouchie. This time tested hit is a comedy that everyone will enjoy.

Tickets are $12 general admission and $6 for students, military personnel, and senior citizens. Tickets charge by phone 758-2052 or visit the TCA office at 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Notre between 10:30 AM and 4 PM.

Sun., Feb. 26 at 2:00 PM, Mon. and Tues., Feb., 27 & 28 at 7:30 PM
Country: UK/Germany/ Canada/ Switzerland, Language: English, Runtime: 99 min., Rated R for sexual content and brief language

Directed by David Cronenberg from a screenplay by Academy Award® winning writer Christopher Hampton (Atonement, Dangerous Liaisons), A Dangerous Method is set on the eve of World War I in Zurich and Vienna. Drawn from true-life events, the film explores the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein, the beautiful but disturbed young woman who comes between them. Sensuality, ambition and deceit set the scene for the pivotal moment when Jung, Freud and Sabina come together and split apart, forever changing the face of modern thought

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Creative Framing and Crating, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sun., Feb. 26 at 2:00 PM, Mon. and Tues., Feb., 27 & 28 at 7:30 PM
Country: UK/Germany/ Canada/ Switzerland, Language: English, Runtime: 99 min., Rated R for sexual content and brief language

Directed by David Cronenberg from a screenplay by Academy Award® winning writer Christopher Hampton (Atonement, Dangerous Liaisons), A Dangerous Method is set on the eve of World War I in Zurich and Vienna. Drawn from true-life events, the film explores the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein, the beautiful but disturbed young woman who comes between them. Sensuality, ambition and deceit set the scene for the pivotal moment when Jung, Freud and Sabina come together and split apart, forever changing the face of modern thought

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Creative Framing and Crating, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sun., Feb. 26 at 2:00 PM, Mon. and Tues., Feb., 27 & 28 at 7:30 PM
Country: UK/Germany/ Canada/ Switzerland, Language: English, Runtime: 99 min., Rated R for sexual content and brief language

Directed by David Cronenberg from a screenplay by Academy Award® winning writer Christopher Hampton (Atonement, Dangerous Liaisons), A Dangerous Method is set on the eve of World War I in Zurich and Vienna. Drawn from true-life events, the film explores the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein, the beautiful but disturbed young woman who comes between them. Sensuality, ambition and deceit set the scene for the pivotal moment when Jung, Freud and Sabina come together and split apart, forever changing the face of modern thought

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Creative Framing and Crating, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Experience a very special cinematic presentation: LEONARDO LIVE, a preview of the UK's National Gallery landmark exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, captured live and broadcast on a delayed basis to movie screens around the world.

This never-before-seen exhibition brings together the largest number of Leonardo’s rare surviving paintings ever assembled in one collection.

Art lovers globally will have the chance to be part of this highly-anticipated gallery opening, the first-ever captured live for global movie theater audiences. The program will be presented by internationally acclaimed art historians and broadcasters Tim Marlow and Mariella Frostrup. See the trailer here

Ticket prices are $7 for TCA members, $10 for the general public and $5 for students18 and under. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office

Experience a very special cinematic presentation: LEONARDO LIVE, a preview of the UK's National Gallery landmark exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, captured live and broadcast on a delayed basis to The Taos Community Auditorium.

This never-before-seen exhibition brings together the largest number of Leonardo’s rare surviving paintings ever assembled in one collection.

Art lovers globally will have the chance to be part of this highly anticipated gallery opening; the first-ever captured live for global movie theater audiences. Internationally acclaimed art historians and broadcasters Tim Marlow and Mariella Frostrup will present the program. For a glimpse of this exciting exhibition see the trailer at http://www.leonardolivehd.com/

Ticket prices are $7 for TCA members, $10 for the general public and $5 for students18 and under. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office.

Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students 18 and under. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office, which opens 45 minutes prior to the performances.