Met Opera: Will Call Tickets, Refund Policy & Hot Sellers

If you purchased tickets online, you must present at the box office either the printed confirmation for each opera or the same credit card used to make the purchase. (Retrieving Will Call tickets at the box office is a faster process with the credit card). Please tell the ticket seller the number of operas that you have tickets for. Your card will be swiped the same number of times and all of your tickets will be dispensed. If it's feasible, I encourage you to collect your Will Call tickets well before each event. Just stop by the box office once we're open for the day. This will save you time the day of each opera, and will eliminate any concern as to whether your online purchase was accurate.

Tickets, whether for Live simulcasts or Encore presentations, may be refunded at the box office up to 7 days before each event.

Tickets for the Live simulcasts are selling much faster than the Encore presentations. As of Wednesday, September 3rd, the number of remaining tickets for the Live simulcasts are as follow: Opening Night (12 tickets available); Doctor Atomic (81 tickets available); La Damnation de Faust (4 tickets available); Orfeo ed Euridice (10 tickets available). The Live simulcasts not listed here indicates they are sold out.

If you have any questions about the above procedure and policy, please write to me at rocky@rosetheatre.com or phone (360) 385.1039.

Metropolitan Opera HD Live & Encore Presentations - 2008/2009

Tickets for the Metropolitan Opera's HD Live simulcasts and Encore Presentations go on sale to the general public this Friday, August 22, at noon at both the Rose box office and online. The Metropolitan Opera can be reached at 1.800.638.6737 or www.metopera.org

$22 Adults, $20 Seniors (62+), $15 Children (12 & under)
There will be no late seating.

Opening Night Gala starring Renee Flemming

Monday, September 22, 2008 - 6:00 p.m. (time delayed)
Running time: 4 hours, 30 min. - Tickets Here

The Met's 125th anniversary season opens September 22 with a celebratory gala starring the extraordinary Renee Flemming in three of her most acclaimed roles. Music director James Levine and Marco Armiliato conduct fully staged performances of the second act of Verdi's La Traviata, the third act of Massenet's Manon, and the final scene from Richard Strauss's Capriccio. Tenor Ramon Vargas and baritones Thomas Hampson and Dwayne Croft join the soprano for the season-opener.

HD Live Presentation: Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 10:00 a.m. - SOLD OUT
Encore Presentation: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 7:00 pm - Tickets Here
Running time: 1 hour, 37 min.

Karita Mattila caused a sensation when she sang Salome at the Met for the first time in 2004. She reprises her stunning interpretation of the part, including her unforgettable Dance of the Seven Veils.

Conductor: Mikko Franck. Production: Jurgen Flimm. Cast: Karita Mattila, Ildiko Komlosi, Kim Begley, Joseph Kaiser, Juha Uusitalo.

Libretto by Peter Sellars, adapted from original sources
HD Live Presentation: Saturday, November 8, 2008 - 10:00 a.m. - Tickets Here
Encore Presentation: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 7:00 p.m. - Tickets Here
Running time: 3 hours, 21 min.

John Adams's contemporary masterpiece explores a momentous episode of modern history: the creation of the atomic bomb. Director Penny Woolcock makes her Met debut with this gripping story that changed the course of history. Baritone Gerald Finley plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the title character. "Oppenheimer is challenged by his supreme gifts as a human being, both intellectual and spiritual. More than anything, his life journey was a quest for beauty."-Gerald Finley

Conductor: Alan Gilbert. Production: Penny Woolcock. Cast: Sasha Cooke, Meredith Arwady, Gerald Finley, Richard Paul Fink, Eric Owens.

Libretto by Almire Gandonniere and the composer
HD Live Presentation: Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 10:00 a.m. - Tickets Here
Encore Presentation: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 7:00 p.m. - Tickets Here
Running time: 2 hours, 45 min.

Robert Lepage, one of theater's most imaginative directors, applies his artistry to Berlioz's contemplation of good and evil. Using ethereal projections, Lepage has created a vision for La Damnation de Faust that seamlessly marries art and technology. "The production focuses on the singers," he says. "But there's a trail of visual consequences and stagecraft that accompanies the events happening on the stage." Marcello Giordani stars in the title role opposite Susan Graham as Marguerite and John Relyea as Mephistopheles. James Levine conducts this rarely staged masterwork. "The story of Faust is very timely. Our society places such an emphasis on remaining eternally young."-Marcello Giordani

Conductor: James Levine. Production: Robert Lepage. Cast: Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, John Relyea

Libretto by Louis Gallet
HD Live Presentation: Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. - SOLD OUT
Encore Presentation: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Tickets Here
Running time: 3 hours, 21 min.

The radiant Renee Flemming plays the Egyptian courtesan in search of spiritual sustenance. Thomas Hampson is the monk who falls from grace. Massenet's sensual score is presented in a new production by John Cox. "Thais sees in her future that once her beauty fades, she will have no value in the society in which she lives. She's such a modern figure, and this is one of the iconic roles in the entire soprano literature."-Renee Flemming

Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos. Production: John Cox. Cast: Renee Flemminig, Michael Schade, Thomas Hampson

La Rondine - Giacomo Puccini
(new production)

Libretto by Giuseppe Adami
HD Live Presentation: Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 10:00 a.m. - SOLD OUT
Encore Presentation: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Tickets Here
Running time: 2 hours, 15 min.

Opera's charismatic real-life duo, Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna provide the star power to deliver this ravishing romance from the world's most popular opera composer. Gheorghiu plays the kept woman who gambles on true love, and Alagna is the man who makes her question the cost of her glittering existence. Nicolas Joel directs the new production of this gorgeously melodic look at love. "Magda is dreaming of true love, like Violetta in La Bohme. She is similar to Manon Lescaut - she loves her liberty. She's as sincere as Carmen, and she's a strong character like Tosca. But when Magda dreams of true love, she's not just a heroine - she's a woman. And all women in this world dream of true love."-Angela Gheorghiu

HD Live Presentation: Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 10:00 a.m. - Tickets Here
Encore Presentaiton: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Tickets Here
Running time: 1 hour, 31 min.

Mark Morris's acclaimed production returns! This complete vision for Gluck, with choreography by Morris and costumes by Isaac Mizrahi, features the artistry of Stephanie Blythe in the title role. The alluring Danielle de Niese is Orfeo's adored wife, Euridice, who inspires the hero to face the underworld for her sake.

Conductor: James Levine. Production: Mark Morris. Cast: Danielle de Niese, Heidi Grant Murphy, Ying Huang, Stephanie Blythe

HD Live Presentation: Saturday, February 7, 2009 - 10:00 a.m. - SOLD OUT
Encore Presentation: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Tickets Here
Running time: 3 hours, 20 min.

Diana Damrau and Anna Netrebko - both acclaimed for their dramatic skills - share the title tole of Donizetti's fragile heroine. Tenors Rolando Villazon and Piotr Beczala alternate in the part of Lucia's lover, Edgardo. Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Mary Zimmerman's hit production is staged as a Victorian ghost story.

Conductor: Marco Armiliato. Production: Mary Zimmerman. Cast: Diana Damrau, Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Rolando Villazon, Vladimir Stoyanov, Mariusz Kwiecien, Ildar Abdrazakov

HD Live Presentation: Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 10:00 a.m. - SOLD OUT
Encore Presentation: Wednesday, March18, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Tickets Here
Running time: 3 hours, 21 min.

The riveting actress Patricia Racette returns to the title role of Anthony Minghella's stunning production, a new classic of the Met repertory. Cristina Gallardo-Domas, the original Butterfly of the production when it opened the 2006-07 season, shares the run.

Conductor: Patrick Summers. Production: Anthony Minghella. Cast: Patricia Racette, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Maria Zifchak, Roberto Aronica, Marcello Giordani, Dwayne Croft

Libretto by Felice Romani
HD Live Presentation: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 10:00 a.m. - SOLD OUT
Encore Presentation: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Tickets Here
Running time: 2 hours, 40 min.

Mary Zimmerman, who directed Natalie Dessay in last season's hit new production of Lucia di Lammermoor, underlines La Sonnambula's dual elements of sleep and wakefulness in an intriguing staging set in the present. Belliini's hauntingly lyrical score soars as performed by Dessay and Juan Diego Florez, back from their sensational run together in La Fille du Regiment in leading opera houses around the world. "Amina is a very pure character. Playing her, you have to try to remember an innocence you once had - as a child, for example...I love the lines that Bellini wrote for the voice. You have to keep this purity of voice and this softness all the time. You have to give it your heart and your soul."-Natalie Dessay

HD Live Presentation: Saturday, May 9, 2009 - 9:30 a.m. - SOLD OUT
Encore Presentation: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Tickets Here
Running time: 3 hours

Hot on the heels of her triumphant Met debut as Rosina in last season's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Elina Garanca portrays another Rossini charmer in this bel canto Cinderella story. Lawrence Brownlee is her Prince Charming. Veteran baritone Alessandro Corbelli demonstrates his impeccable comic timing to match the gravitas of Met favorite John Relyea.

Conductor: Maurizio Benini. Production: Cesare Lievi. Cast: Elina Garanca, Lawrence Brownlee, Simone Alberghini, Alessandro Corbelli, John Relyea