Hi there, all you Westchester opera lovers! It’s time to get in line – and you undoubtedly (and painfully) remember how early you have to get there to secure the seats you really want. These HDs are truly hot tickets!
So here’s the info: Guild membership (at the $150 level) is required for purchasing during the PRIORITY PERIOD for reserved seats at WP’s City Center Cinema 15, from August 16th through the 20th. The general public can buy after that. Members can, of course, also purchase non-reserved seats to make sure they don’t miss out should there be sold-out performances. Last year that happened, after all.
(At New Rochelle’s City 18, which has no reserved seating, obviously no Guild membership is required. However, at this time the theater’s manager had no information as to the date their tickets will go on sale nor how they will be priced.)
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On the 16th, in White Plains, doors are officially scheduled to open at 11:00 AM, but the sympathetic top manager suggested they might just open a bit earlier, if the line is huge… (I leave it to you and your prescience to decide what time to arrive on the scene!)
As to arrival time for the actual HD transmissions: Each of the 10 operas is scheduled to start at 12:55 PM – with the exception of Borodin’s Prince Igor, (March 1, 2014) -- which will start at 12 noon.
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All “Encore” performances will take place on the Wednesday evening, following the live Saturday transmission; All at 6:30 PM.
Here are the prices for the WP City Center:
Reserved Seats: $27 (Seniors $25; Students & Children under age 11, $21)
Unreserved Seats: $25 (Seniors $23; Students & Children under age 11, $19)
The special excitement for this coming season is James Levine's heralded return to the podium. In addition there will be the introduction of four new productions, plus fabulous casts, that include such super-stars as Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufman and Renee Fleming.
Here is the auspicious line-up:
Eugene Onegin – Tchaikovsky (New production) -- Oct. 5, 2013
The Nose – Shostakovich – Oct. 26, 2013
Tosca – Puccini – Nov. 9, 2013
Falstaff – Verdi (New production) –Dec. 14, 2013
Rusalka –Dvorack – Feb. 8, 2014
Prince Igor – Borodin (New production) – Mar. 1, 2014
Werther – Massenet (New production) – Mar. 15, 2014
La Boheme – Puccini (famous Zeffirelli production) April 5, 2014
Cosi fan tutte – Mozart – April 26, 2014
La Cenerentola – Rossini – May 10, 2014
Good luck – or better yet -- “break a leg” with acquiring good seats! See you on the line.
