1PM
Lobby doors open and seating begins: 12:30PM
Tickets: $20 (includes tax) + fees

Bring a friend for free! Purchase your admission ticket in advance, and we’ll save a seat for your guest – on us! Just stop by the Box Office before the broadcast to pick up your complimentary ticket.

Encore presentation
Estimated run time: 3 hours including intermission

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Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Met debut as the larger-than-life Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures.

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How can I get my friend to experience the opera?

– The Paramount was originally built as an opera house.
– If they play golf, watch a baseball game, or watch tv for a few hours, the opera is about this long.
– Opera is the most spectacular of all the performing arts, involving: song,  instrumentals, drama,  dance, design

I can’t sit that long!

You don’t have to, there is an intermission, buy a snack. You can stand in the back. (Leave at the intermission, thanks for trying!)

What should I wear?

Whatever you feel like. It doesn’t have to be the fancy event that you were imagining.

Homework before you show up, if possible:

– Listen to some of the music on Spotify.
– Google the synopsis to understand the story line.

Toi, toi, toi! – German Opera speak for “Break a leg!”
Hope you and a friend enjoy this experience!

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