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Thanks to new technology, audiences in a record 23 venues around Ireland can now share the liveexperience of the world’s greatest opera, ballet andclassical music in the world’s major cultural capitals.And –it’s all for a fraction of the cost of a normal ticket(and without the air-fares, levies, or baggage fees!).

The live performances by the world’s biggest names inopera, ballet and symphonic music feature the greatestsolo performers of the age to bring you the ultimateworld-class experience in each of the three mainclassical arts.

If you are one of the tens of thousands who havealready been to see these remarkable live HDevents in Ireland, you already know that this is as close as it can get to physically being in theopera house, theatre or concert hall. If you haven’tbeen yet – you have a treat in store. It’s easy, it’saffordable, it’s informal, it’s spectacular, and it’snear you...so come along, and sign up to the CAIe-list to be kept informed of events and offers.

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The Met, the Bolshoi and (for the first time)the Berlin Philharmonic – LIVE in HD fromNew York, Moscow and Berlin.

Thanks to new technology, audiences in a record 23 venues around Ireland can now share the liveexperience of the world’s greatest opera, ballet andclassical music in the world’s major cultural capitals.And – it’s all for a fraction of the cost of a normal ticket(and without the air-fares, levies, or baggage fees!).

The live performances by the world’s biggest names inopera, ballet and symphonic music feature the greatestsolo performers of the age to bring you the ultimateworld-class experience in each of the three mainclassical arts.

If you are one of the tens of thousands who havealready been to see these remarkable live HDevents in Ireland, you already know that this is as close as it can get to physically being in theopera house, theatre or concert hall. If you haven’tbeen yet – you have a treat in store. It’s easy, it’saffordable, it’s informal, it’s spectacular, and it’snear you...so come along, and sign up to the CAIe-list to be kept informed of events and offers.

The Met, the Bolshoi and the Berlin Phil: the greatest global names in the classical arts – live and local!

ARKLOWGCG Cinemawww.gaietyarklow.ie |0402 41016

BELFASTOmniplex Dundonaldwww.omniplex.ie |08717 200 400

Queens Film Theatrewww.queensfilmtheatre.com |02890 971335

CASTLEBARThe Linenhall Arts Centre (FROM 15 DEC. ‘12)

www.thelinenhall.com |094 9023733

CORKOmniplex, Mahon Pointwww.omniplex.ie |1520 444 000

DERRY /Omniplex DerryLONDONDERRYwww.omniplex.ie |087 17200400

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See www.classicalartsireland.comfor detailed information, audio & video on all screenings and CAI’s full programme

Join the CAI e-list and have a chance to win a fabulous

WEEKEND FOR TWO IN NEW YORK with tickets to The Met!The prize includes return flights from Dublin, two nightsaccommodation in a luxury Manhattan hotel and twopremium tickets to the The Met. Enter by joining the CAI email list at www.classicalartsireland.com

ehT Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor

The Neubauer Family Foundation

Global corporate sponsorship of The Met Live in HD is provided by

The HD Broadcasts are supported by

PATHE LIVE www.pathelive.com

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L’ELISIR D’AMORE

The great Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in BartlettSher’s new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera,as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Mariusz Kwiecien isthe blustery sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is Dulcamara,the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts.

VERDI

OTELLO

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

THOMAS ADÈS

THE TEMPEST

Continuing a Shakespeare strand in this season, ComposerThomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of hisown work, with the great baritone Simon Keenlyside starring asProspero. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala in this hugely inventive and stylish staging.

MOZART

LA CLEMENZA DI TITO

Back in the Met after her huge triumph as Carmen in 2010, thespectacular Latvian mezzo soprano Elina Garanca sings Sesto inMozart’s drama set in ancient Rome. Giuseppe Filianoti is thenoble Tito and Barbara Frittoli is Vitellia, in this handsome revivalof one of the composer’s final masterpieces. Harry Bicket conducts.

VERDI

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA

Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting provides a compellingbackdrop for this dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance. MarceloÁlvarez stars as the conflicted king; Karita Mattila is Amelia, the object of his secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is hersuspicious husband. Kathleen Kim is the page Oscar, and StephanieBlythe sings the role of the fortune-teller Ulrica. Fabio Luisi conducts.

VERDI

AIDA

The Met’s lavish and unforgettable production of Verdi’s ancientEgyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslavedEthiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroicRadamès, played by Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptianprincess Amneris, sung by Olga Borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts.

BERLIOZ

LES TROYENS

The Met offers worldwide HD audiences a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, MarcelloGiordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the star-studded cast, portrayingcharacters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisimarshals the enormous and spectacular musical forces involved.

DONIZETTI

MARIA STUARDA

The stunning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato takes on thevirtuosic bel canto role of Mary, Queen of Scots. Director DavidMcVicar turns to the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy,which explores regal characters at fateful moments of their lives.Elza van den Heever sings Elizabeth I, and Maurizio Benini conducts.

VERDI

RIGOLETTO

Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’sgripping tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. In this production, inspiredby the antics of the Rat Pack, Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Dukeof Mantua, Željko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and DianaDamrau is Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda.

WAGNER

PARSIFAL

The great German tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role ofthe innocent who finds wisdom in François Girard's new vision forWagner’s final masterpiece. Also starring Katarina Dalayman as themysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as thewicked Klingsor, and René Pape as Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.

ZANDONAI

FRANCESCA DA RIMINI

Zandonai's compelling and melodic opera, inspired by an episodefrom Dante's Inferno, returns in the Met's ravishingly beautifulproduction, last seen in 1986. Dramatic soprano Eva-MariaWestbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers.Marco Armiliato conducts.

HANDEL

GIULIO CESARE

The opera that conquered London in Handel’s own time comes tothe Met in David McVicar’s lively production. Leading countertenorDavid Daniels is Julius Ceasar opposite the remarkable Frenchsoprano Natalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.

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LOVENSKIOLD/NOURRIT/TAGLIONI

LA SYLPHIDE

A classic fairy-tale ballet, La Sylphide is a story of James, abetrothed young Scotsman who falls in love with a beautiful butuntouchable fairy-creature. He banishes a witch who tells his bride-to-be of his infatuation, but on his wedding day, flees after thenymph when she reappears.

TCHAIKOVSKY/PETIPA

SWAN LAKE

One of the most enduringly popular ballets of all time, and writtenfor the Bolshoi Ballet, Swan Lake has it all: gloriously rich andmemorable music by Tchaikowsky, an achingly romantic fairy-talestory, and choreography which succeeds in capturing all of theelegance of one of nature’s most graceful creatures.

PUGNI/SAINT-GEORGES/PETIPA

THE PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER

An immensely popular and grandiose ’spectacular’ ballet, ThePharaoh’s Daughter tells an exotic tale of a young Englishman at an Egyptian princess’s tomb. He is transported into the past,meets and falls in love with the princess, but has the dangerouscomplication of her betrothal to the Nubian king to deal with.

TCHAIKOVSKY/PETIPA

THE NUTCRACKER

The perennial family Christmas favourite of toys coming to life. On Christmas Eve, Marie’s Godfather offers her a nutcracker in the shape of a soldier. After the celebrations a miracle happens:the Christmas tree begins to grow and the toys all come to life.

MINKUS/PETIPA/KHUDEKOV

LA BAYADÈRE

La Bayadère (the Temple Dancer) is an exotic story of love andintrigue in India. Nikiya, a young temple dancer, swears her love to ayoung warrior. The High Brahmin wants Nikiya for himself and tellsthe all-powerful Rajah (who had decided that the warrior wouldmarry his own daughter), and the Rajah makes a deadly intervention.

MINKUS/PETIPA

DON QUIXOTE

One of the most charming and amusing of all 19th century romanticRussian ballets. Don Quixote tells the famous tale of the romantic,shortsighted and eccentric old man determined to revive chivlarlyon an adventurous quest. All sorts of hilarious scrapes ensue whenhis high-minded idealism confronts humdrum reality.

STRAVINSKY/NIJINSKY

THE RITE OF SPRING

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is widely loved as one of thegreatest pieces of music of the 20th century. The savage beauty of the music, the depiction of pagan fertility rituals and humansacrifice caused riots at the Ballet’s premiere in Paris in 1913. Thisperformance commemorates the 100th anniversary of its premiere.

PROKOFIEV/RADLOV/PIOTROVSKY

ROMEO & JULIET

Prokofiev’s great ballet based on Shakespeare’s timeless love storyof two young lovers from feuding families is one of the mostpopular ballets in the world. In his new (2010) Bolshoi choreography,the character of Juliet has been developed by the great YuriGrigorovitch from his personal memories of Natalia Bessmertnova– his first Juliet, and main inspiration.

Rachmaninov Kolokola (The Bells) for soloists, choir and orchestra, Op. 35

Stravinsky Le Roi des Étoiles (The King of the Stars)Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (revised 1947 version)

In an immensely colourful all-Russian programme, soloists LubaOrgonasova, (soprano) Mikhail Petrenko (bass) and Dmitry Popov,(tenor) are joined by the Berlin Radio choir under Simon Halsey forRachmaninov’s great choral work, The Bells. Stravinsky’s astonishing and electrifying Rite of Spring is preceded by his rarely heard Le Roides Étoiles – a 5 minute gem for huge orchestra. Principal conductor,the charismatic Sir Simon Rattle conducts the BPO.

Mozart Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K. 319Wagner Overture to ‘Tannhauser’ Shostakovich Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is centre stage in this eclecticprogramme under the sensational young Latvian conductor AndrisNelsons. Mozart’s youthful and joyful Symphony No. 33 is followed by one of the most imposing Wagner Overtures. The concert finisheswith Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony – a work that was originallyplanned as a grand statement in homage to Lenin, but was eventuallycompleted as a much more personal musical statement.

Mendelssohn Incidental music to ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’, Op. 61 (excerpts)

Berlioz Sinfonie Fantastique, Op. 14

The legendary Claudio Abbado returns to conduct in two remarkableworks. The Ladies of the Bayerischen Rundfunks choirs join theorchestra for the refined gossamer-light magic of Mendelssohn’s Musicfor A Midsummer Night’s Dream. After the interval, the Orchestradelivers one of the greatest and most colourful of all romantic‘programme’ symphonies, Berlioz’s ever popular SymphonieFantastique – a dramatised depiction of his own obsessive love for the Irish actress Harriet Smithson.

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RecordedLive

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Met Premiere

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DONIZETTI

L’ELISIR D’AMORE

The great Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in BartlettSher’s new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera,as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Mariusz Kwiecien isthe blustery sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is Dulcamara,the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts.

VERDI

OTELLO

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

THOMAS ADÈS

THE TEMPEST

Continuing a Shakespeare strand in this season, ComposerThomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of hisown work, with the great baritone Simon Keenlyside starring asProspero. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala in this hugely inventive and stylish staging.

MOZART

LA CLEMENZA DI TITO

Back in the Met after her huge triumph as Carmen in 2010, thespectacular Latvian mezzo soprano Elina Garanca sings Sesto inMozart’s drama set in ancient Rome. Giuseppe Filianoti is thenoble Tito and Barbara Frittoli is Vitellia, in this handsome revivalof one of the composer’s final masterpieces. Harry Bicket conducts.

VERDI

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA

Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting provides a compellingbackdrop for this dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance. MarceloÁlvarez stars as the conflicted king; Karita Mattila is Amelia, the object of his secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is hersuspicious husband. Kathleen Kim is the page Oscar, and StephanieBlythe sings the role of the fortune-teller Ulrica. Fabio Luisi conducts.

VERDI

AIDA

The Met’s lavish and unforgettable production of Verdi’s ancientEgyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslavedEthiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroicRadamès, played by Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptianprincess Amneris, sung by Olga Borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts.

BERLIOZ

LES TROYENS

The Met offers worldwide HD audiences a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, MarcelloGiordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the star-studded cast, portrayingcharacters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisimarshals the enormous and spectacular musical forces involved.

DONIZETTI

MARIA STUARDA

The stunning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato takes on thevirtuosic bel canto role of Mary, Queen of Scots. Director DavidMcVicar turns to the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy,which explores regal characters at fateful moments of their lives.Elza van den Heever sings Elizabeth I, and Maurizio Benini conducts.

VERDI

RIGOLETTO

Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’sgripping tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. In this production, inspiredby the antics of the Rat Pack, Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Dukeof Mantua, Željko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and DianaDamrau is Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda.

WAGNER

PARSIFAL

The great German tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role ofthe innocent who finds wisdom in François Girard's new vision forWagner’s final masterpiece. Also starring Katarina Dalayman as themysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as thewicked Klingsor, and René Pape as Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.

ZANDONAI

FRANCESCA DA RIMINI

Zandonai's compelling and melodic opera, inspired by an episodefrom Dante's Inferno, returns in the Met's ravishingly beautifulproduction, last seen in 1986. Dramatic soprano Eva-MariaWestbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers.Marco Armiliato conducts.

HANDEL

GIULIO CESARE

The opera that conquered London in Handel’s own time comes tothe Met in David McVicar’s lively production. Leading countertenorDavid Daniels is Julius Ceasar opposite the remarkable Frenchsoprano Natalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.

SATURDAY 13OCTOBER 20125.55pm

SATURDAY 27OCTOBER 20125.55pm

SATURDAY 10NOVEMBER 20125.55pm

SATURDAY 1DECEMBER 20125.55pm

SATURDAY 8DECEMBER 20125.55pm

SATURDAY 15DECEMBER 20125.55pm

SATURDAY 5JANUARY 20135pm (note earlier time)

SATURDAY 19JANUARY 20135.55pm

SATURDAY 16FEBRUARY 20135.55pm

SATURDAY 2MARCH 2013 5pm (note earlier time)

SATURDAY 16MARCH 20134pm (note earlier time)

SATURDAY 27APRIL 20135pm (note earlier time)

LOVENSKIOLD/NOURRIT/TAGLIONI

LA SYLPHIDE

A classic fairy-tale ballet, La Sylphide is a story of James, abetrothed young Scotsman who falls in love with a beautiful butuntouchable fairy-creature. He banishes a witch who tells his bride-to-be of his infatuation, but on his wedding day, flees after thenymph when she reappears.

TCHAIKOVSKY/PETIPA

SWAN LAKE

One of the most enduringly popular ballets of all time, and writtenfor the Bolshoi Ballet, Swan Lake has it all: gloriously rich andmemorable music by Tchaikowsky, an achingly romantic fairy-talestory, and choreography which succeeds in capturing all of theelegance of one of nature’s most graceful creatures.

PUGNI/SAINT-GEORGES/PETIPA

THE PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER

An immensely popular and grandiose ’spectacular’ ballet, ThePharaoh’s Daughter tells an exotic tale of a young Englishman at an Egyptian princess’s tomb. He is transported into the past,meets and falls in love with the princess, but has the dangerouscomplication of her betrothal to the Nubian king to deal with.

TCHAIKOVSKY/PETIPA

THE NUTCRACKER

The perennial family Christmas favourite of toys coming to life. On Christmas Eve, Marie’s Godfather offers her a nutcracker in the shape of a soldier. After the celebrations a miracle happens:the Christmas tree begins to grow and the toys all come to life.

MINKUS/PETIPA/KHUDEKOV

LA BAYADÈRE

La Bayadère (the Temple Dancer) is an exotic story of love andintrigue in India. Nikiya, a young temple dancer, swears her love to ayoung warrior. The High Brahmin wants Nikiya for himself and tellsthe all-powerful Rajah (who had decided that the warrior wouldmarry his own daughter), and the Rajah makes a deadly intervention.

MINKUS/PETIPA

DON QUIXOTE

One of the most charming and amusing of all 19th century romanticRussian ballets. Don Quixote tells the famous tale of the romantic,shortsighted and eccentric old man determined to revive chivlarlyon an adventurous quest. All sorts of hilarious scrapes ensue whenhis high-minded idealism confronts humdrum reality.

STRAVINSKY/NIJINSKY

THE RITE OF SPRING

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is widely loved as one of thegreatest pieces of music of the 20th century. The savage beauty of the music, the depiction of pagan fertility rituals and humansacrifice caused riots at the Ballet’s premiere in Paris in 1913. Thisperformance commemorates the 100th anniversary of its premiere.

PROKOFIEV/RADLOV/PIOTROVSKY

ROMEO & JULIET

Prokofiev’s great ballet based on Shakespeare’s timeless love storyof two young lovers from feuding families is one of the mostpopular ballets in the world. In his new (2010) Bolshoi choreography,the character of Juliet has been developed by the great YuriGrigorovitch from his personal memories of Natalia Bessmertnova– his first Juliet, and main inspiration.

Rachmaninov Kolokola (The Bells) for soloists, choir and orchestra, Op. 35

Stravinsky Le Roi des Étoiles (The King of the Stars)Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (revised 1947 version)

In an immensely colourful all-Russian programme, soloists LubaOrgonasova, (soprano) Mikhail Petrenko (bass) and Dmitry Popov,(tenor) are joined by the Berlin Radio choir under Simon Halsey forRachmaninov’s great choral work, The Bells. Stravinsky’s astonishing and electrifying Rite of Spring is preceded by his rarely heard Le Roides Étoiles – a 5 minute gem for huge orchestra. Principal conductor,the charismatic Sir Simon Rattle conducts the BPO.

Mozart Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K. 319Wagner Overture to ‘Tannhauser’ Shostakovich Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is centre stage in this eclecticprogramme under the sensational young Latvian conductor AndrisNelsons. Mozart’s youthful and joyful Symphony No. 33 is followed by one of the most imposing Wagner Overtures. The concert finisheswith Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony – a work that was originallyplanned as a grand statement in homage to Lenin, but was eventuallycompleted as a much more personal musical statement.

Mendelssohn Incidental music to ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’, Op. 61 (excerpts)

Berlioz Sinfonie Fantastique, Op. 14

The legendary Claudio Abbado returns to conduct in two remarkableworks. The Ladies of the Bayerischen Rundfunks choirs join theorchestra for the refined gossamer-light magic of Mendelssohn’s Musicfor A Midsummer Night’s Dream. After the interval, the Orchestradelivers one of the greatest and most colourful of all romantic‘programme’ symphonies, Berlioz’s ever popular SymphonieFantastique – a dramatised depiction of his own obsessive love for the Irish actress Harriet Smithson.

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