Met Opera
2011-2012 Season
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2011-12 season will feature the world’s leading singers, conductors, and stage directors in seven new productions, including a world premiere, a Met premiere, and the first complete performances of a new Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Lepage.
The season includes the Met premiere of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, conducted by Marco Armiliato and directed by David McVicar (the beginning of an ambitious multi-season project to produce all three of Donizetti’s famous “Queen” operas directed by McVicar); The Enchanted Island, the world premiere of a Baroque pastiche with an original libretto by Jeremy Sams and set to the music of Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, conducted by William Christie and directed by Phelim McDermott; the Met debuts of Tony Award winners Michael Grandage and Des McAnuff with new productions of Don Giovanni, conducted by Levine, and Faust, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; a new production of Massenet’s Manon conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi and directed by Laurent Pelly; and Robert Lepage’s productions of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, the third and fourth installments of Wagner’s Ring cycle, both conducted by Levine.
La Traviata
17-24 May 2012: Four Shows Only - BOOK NOW!
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.
Pricing
Adults - $33.00pp
Students / Seniors / Children - $28.00pp
Please Note: A surcharge applies for Ten Trip Tickets and Gift Vouchers, Comps are not valid for Met Opera Live sessions.
Click here to download a programme of the 2011-2012 Season
Wagner's Ring Cycle Encore
Robert Lepage’s landmark production of Wagner’s Ring is back for three complete cycles in 2012, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium for this visionary staging of opera’s ultimate epic, leading a cast of some of the world’s greatest Wagner singers, including Deborah Voigt as Brünnhilde.
Special "Opera Fan" discount when you book all four productions at Light House Petone
$80 per adult and $65 for seniors (60+)*.
*Discount applies to single transaction. Tickets may be purchased in advance. Only valid at Light House Petone.
Wagner's Dream
7-11 June 2012: Three Shows Only - BOOK NOW!
The stakes could not be higher as one of the theater's finest stage directors teams up with one of the world's leading opera companies to tackle opera's most monumental challenge: the production of Wagner's epic Ring cycle - the four-part, 16-hour work that the composer first presented in 1876.
Das Rheingold
14- 18 June 2012: Three Shows Only - BOOK NOW!
The cycle launches with Das Rheingold, the prologue to Wagner’s epic drama. “The Ring is not just a story or a series of operas, it’s a cosmos,” says Lepage, who brings cutting-edge technology and his own visionary imagination to the world’s greatest theatrical journey. Bryn Terfel sings the leading role of Wotan for the first time with the company, heading an extraordinary cast.
Die Walküre
21- 25 June 2012: Three Shows Only - BOOK NOW!
The Met has assembled a stellar cast for this second installment of Robert Lepage’s new production of the Ring cycle, conducted by James Levine: Bryn Terfel is Wotan, lord of the Gods, in his first performances of the role with the company. Deborah Voigt (pictured above) adds the part of Brünnhilde to her extensive Wagnerian repertoire at the Met.
Siegfried
28 June - 2 July 2012: Three Shows Only - BOOK NOW!
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 mountain top love nest.
Götterdämmerung
5 - 9 July 2012: Three Shows Only - BOOK NOW!
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 Lehmanis Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate.
Pricing
Adults - $25.00pp
Students / Seniors / Children - $20.00pp
Opera Fan Special
Book all 4 operas and pay $80 per adult and $65 per Senior (60+)
Please Note: A surcharge applies for Ten Trip Tickets and Gift Vouchers, Comps are not valid for Met Opera Live sessions.