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from the issue of December 6, 2007
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Ross to showcase live Metropolitan Opera House performances starting Dec. 15
Performances from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City will be broadcast live in high-definition at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
The performances open at noon, Dec. 15 with Charles Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette." The show will be rebroadcast with an encore (not live) performance at 1 p.m. Dec. 16.
This is the second year the Metropolitan has offered international HD transmissions. The series reached an estimated audience of more than 325,000 viewers in six broadcasts a year ago.
Shows will continue through April 18 at the Ross. Other broadcasts include (first showing is live, second is not live): "Hansel and Gretel," noon Jan. 1, 1 p.m. Jan. 6; "Macbeth," 12:30 p.m. Jan. 12, 1 p.m. Jan. 13; "Manon Lescaut," noon Feb. 16, 1 p.m. Feb. 17; "Peter Grimes," 12:30 p.m. March 15, 1 p.m. March 16; "Tristan und Isolde," 11:30 a.m. March 22, 1 p.m. March 23; "La Bohème," 12:30 p.m. April 5, 1 p.m. April 6; and "La Fille du Régiment," 12:30 p.m. April 26, 1 p.m. April 27.
Advance tickets are available at the Ross box office. Admission is $22 general, $20 seniors and $15 for UNL students, children and members of the Friends of the Ross and UNL Friends of Opera.
For more information, go online to www.theross.org.
The series is co-sponsored by the UNL Friends of the Opera and NET Radio.
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