Metropolitan Opera’s Live Cinema Series Returns to SUNY Sullivan

The Metropolitan Opera’s acclaimed series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, The Met: Live in HD, returns to SUNY Sullivan’s Seelig Theatre this Saturday, December 7, with an encore presentation of Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.”

Patricia Adams from SUNY Sullivan Foundation and Dan Rigney from SUNY Sullivan appeared on Radio Chatskill to discuss the series with “Classical Kit.”

The Met: Live in HD season continues with Verdi’s “Aida” on January 25, 2025, followed by Beethoven’s “Fidelio” on March 15, 2025. Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” will be transmitted on April 26, 2025, Strauss’s “Salome” on May 17, 2025, and Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” on May 31, 2025. All performances, except for “The Magic Flute,” are live simulcasts from the Met stage. All performances are Saturday matinees.

“From its beginning, The Met: Live in HD was created to connect the Met to a global audience,” said Peter Gelb, the Met’s Maria Manetti Shrem General Manager. “We’re glad to see audiences around the world beginning to return to cinemas in larger numbers since the end of the pandemic.”

Tickets for the Seelig Theatre presentations are $25 for general admission. Discounts are available for Met Opera Members and seniors at $20, students at $10, and children under five at $5. Tickets can be purchased online at sunysullivan.edu/met-opera/, or at the door.

“The College is thrilled to present Metropolitan Opera programs in our own Seelig Theatre,” said SUNY Sullivan President David Potash. “Thanks to generous contributions from the SUNY Sullivan Foundation, this and other programming brings the arts to our community.”

The Seelig Theatre opens 30 minutes before each screening. Proceeds from the event benefit the SUNY Sullivan Foundation.

Image: Angel Blue in the title role of Verdi’s “Aida.” (Photo by Paola Kudacki / Met Opera)