ShowPlace Icon Theatre Opera Series
Opera fans and music lovers are invited to experience the Metropolitan Opera and enjoy both LIVE and ENCORE screenings of 11 Metropolitan Operas this 2011-2012 season. “Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD,” is a groundbreaking series of opera performances
being transmitted into movie theatres worldwide. Guests can catch all the action beginning October 15, 2011 through April 14, 2012 at the Kerasotes ShowPlace Icon Theatre located in the South Loop. LIVE operas will be broadcast on Saturday afternoons and the ENCORE presentations will be shown on Wednesday evenings through May.
The broadcast will be presented live on the big screen in the auditorium at Icon and feature cutting-edge digital cinema projectors with 26,000 watts of power for distortion-free listening.
The full 2011-2012 Metropolitan Opera LIVE and ENCORE schedules are below.
WHEN: October 15, 2011 – April 14, 2012
Saturdays- LIVE; (showtimes vary, please see schedule below)
Wednesdays- ENCORE shows; 6:30 PM
COST: LIVE shows
$24 Adult
$22 Senior
$18 Child
ENCORE shows
$18 Adult, Senior, Child
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2011-2012 MET SERIES SCHEDULE
LIVE SHOWS:
Saturday, October 15: 11:55 AM CT
Donizetti’s Anna Bolena — Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera’s greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David McVicar. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry VIII and Marco Armiliato conducts.
Saturday, October 29: 11:55AM CT
Mozart’s Don Giovanni — Mariusz Kwiecien brings his youthful and sensual interpretation of Mozart’s timeless anti-hero to the Met for the first time, under the direction of Tony Award®-winning director Michael Grandage and with James Levine conducting. Also starring Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramón Vargas and Luca Pisaroni.
Saturday, November 5: 11:00 AM CT
Wagner’s Siegfried — 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 mountaintop love nest. Gary Lehman sings the title role and Deborah Voigt’s Brünnhilde is his prize, Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer and James Levine conducts.
Saturday, November 19: 11:55 AM CT
Glass’s Satyagraha — The Met’s visually extravagant production is back for an encore engagement. Richard Croft once again is Gandhi in Philip Glass’s unforgettable opera, which the Washington Post calls, “a profound and beautiful work of theater.”
Saturday, December 3: 11:30 AM CT
Handel’s Rodelinda — Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth’s much-heralded production, Renée Fleming reprises the title role. She’s joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl; Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.
Saturday, December 10: 11:55 AM CT
Gounod’s Faust — With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success.
Saturday, January 21: 11:55 AM CT
The Enchanted Island — In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and others, and a new libretto devised and written by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes, Plácido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo play Miranda and Ferdinand. The dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met’s 125 anniversary gala).
Saturday, February 11: 11:00 AM CT
Wagner’s Götterdämmerung — 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 Lehman is Siegfried, the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.
Saturday, February 25: 11:55 AM CT
Verdi’s Ernani — Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Marcello Giordani is her mismatched lover and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.
Saturday, April 7: 11:00 AM CT
Massenet’s Manon — Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.
Saturday, April 14: 11:55 AM CT
Verdi’s La Traviata — 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.
ENCORE SCHEDULE:
(All Encore Showtimes are Wednesdays at 6:30PM CT)
November 2: Anna Bolena
November 16: Don Giovanni
December 7: Satyagraha
January 4: Rodelinda
January 11: Faust Encore
February 8: The Enchanted Island
March 14: Erani
April 25: Manon
May 2: La Traviata
three new concession stand popcorn options for only $7 each. The new popcorn choices feature Caramel, Cheddar and the Chicago Mix (Cheddar and Caramel). Upcoming movie release highlights for October include: The Ides of March, Footloose, Paranormal Activity 3 and more.
enjoy an array of signature panini from the Lobby Lounge menu for $10 each including: the Italian, Chicken, Portabello and more. The complete panini menu is available below. Signature Pizzas, Desserts and Meat and Cheese Plates are also always available.
vanilla ice cream; $4, regularly $6) or Brownie a la mode in a Skillet (Freshly baked chocolate caramel brownie served in a cast-iron skillet topped with Vanilla Bobtail Ice Cream; $5, regularly $7).
they screen the director’s cuts of the films over three weeks in June.
the ShowPlace Icon Theatre. Guests can watch the wedding on five 50 inch HD TVs located throughout the lounge while indulging in a themed champagne cocktail the “Royal Wedding.” Food specials will also be featured in addition to bites that are regularly available from the menu including Signature Pizzas, Panini’s, Desserts and Meat and Cheese Plates.
An Affirmative Act is the first-ever courtroom drama about the legalization of gay marriage. The premise of the film is unique – a lesbian couple is charged with fraud for marrying under the false pretenses of being a heterosexual couple. They did so in order to adopt their child and obtain equal benefits and rights. Defended by a charismatic heterosexual attorney, but fought by a governor seeking to protect his anti-gay marriage bill, a massive media-covered courtroom battle ensues. The film stars multiple Academy Award and Emmy winners and nominees and was written and produced by veteran producer and best-selling author Ken Del Vecchio. The all-star cast features Blanche Baker, (Emmy winner; Sixteen Candles), Charles Durning (2-time Academy Award/4-time Golden Globe/9-time Emmy winner and nominee), Justin Deas (6-time Emmy winner), and Eric Etebari (Witchblade; The Lincoln Lawyer). A legal thriller filled with twists and mystery from beginning to end, An Affirmative Act has been described by Echelon Magazine as “a riveting courtroom drama guaranteed to inflame the passions of the masses”. “I’m thrilled to have created a movie that elicits such a strong response on a topic that is so important in our country right now,” says Ken Del Vecchio, writer and producer of more than 15 star-filled feature films. “The law, the courtroom and politics are central to this film. But it’s the personal struggle to obtain equality that is at its heart. Today, we need to bring attention to this issue so that justice is ultimately served.”
The Metropolitan Opera this 2010 – 11 season. Guests can catch all the action beginning October 9, 2010 through May 14, 2011 at the Kerasotes ShowPlace Icon Theatre located in the South Loop. LIVE operas will be broadcast on Saturday during which patrons can indulge in an array of brunch items including a Truffled Egg and Bacon Pizza as well as Mimosa and Bloody Mary specials.
y the concert experience of a lifetime with Ladies and Gentlemen…The Rolling Stones. The movie will be featured in re-mastered HD digital version of the band performing on one of their most legendary tours, captured from front row seats when the Stones were at their peak. The Rolling Punch cocktail for $12 each (Muddled Mixed Berries, Captain Morgan, Simple Syrup, Sour Mix, Topped with Soda Water) will be available.
