Fathom and The Metropolitan Opera's Emmy and Peabody award-winning series of live, high-definition performance transmissions returns to movie theatres across the United States this fall. This season will feature nine live and nine encore presentations from October to May.

All live events take place on Saturday afternoons. In addition to the live events, Wednesday encore performances will be shown the third week after the respective live event. The full schedule is below.

Don’t miss the chance to experience the excitement of the Met, including interviews and behind-the-scenes features, all at your neighborhood movie theatre!

	MET – Turandot LIVE Saturday, November 7, 2009 The broadcast of Puccini’s opera Turandot will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theatres. Director Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production of Puccini’s last opera is a favorite of the Met repertoire. Maria Guleghina plays the ruthless Chinese princess of the title, whose hatred of men is so strong that she has all suitors who can’t solve her riddles beheaded. Marcello Giordani sings Calàf, the unknown prince who eventually wins her love and whose solos include the famous “Nessun dorma.” An encore presentation of this performance will be exhibited on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 6:30 PM in all time zones.
	MET – Les Contes d’Hoffmann LIVE Saturday, December 19, 2009 The broadcast of Offenbach’s opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theatres. Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher (South Pacific) directs this new production, returning after the triumph of his Met Barber of Seville (seen live in HD in the 2006–07 season). Offenbach’s fictionalized take on the life and loves of the German Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann is a fascinating psychological journey. Met Music Director James Levine conducts Joseph Calleja in the tour-de-force title role and a stellar star cast including Anna Netrebko as the tragic Antonia, Elina Garanca as the ambiguous Nicklausse, and Alan Held as the demonic four villains. An encore presentation of this performance will be exhibited on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 6:30 PM in all time zones.
	MET – Der Rosenkavalier LIVE Saturday, January 9, 2010 The broadcast of Strauss’s opera Der Rosenkavalier will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theatres. Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna stars Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover. Music Director James Levine conducts a cast that also includes Kristinn Sigmundsson and Thomas Allen. An encore presentation of this performance will be exhibited on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 6:30 PM in all time zones.
	MET – Carmen LIVE Saturday, January 16, 2010 The broadcast of Bizet’s opera Carmen will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theatres. One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen “is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom,” says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet’s drama. “It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It’s sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking.” Elina Garanca plays the seductive gypsy of the title, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. An encore presentation of this performance will be exhibited on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 6:30 PM in all time zones.
	MET – Simon Boccanegra LIVE Saturday, February 6, 2010 The broadcast of Verdi’s opera Simon Boccanegra will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theatres. Four decades into a legendary Met career, tenor Plácido Domingo makes history singing the title role in Verdi’s gripping political thriller, which is written for a baritone. Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, and James Morris are his co-stars in this moving and tragic story of a father and his lost daughter. James Levine conducts. An encore presentation of this performance will be exhibited on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:30 PM in all time zones.
	MET – Hamlet LIVE Saturday, March 27, 2010 The broadcast of Thomas’s opera Hamlet will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theatres. The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other writer’s. Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of the Bard’s most unforgettable characters in this new production of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet. For the role of Ophelia, the French composer created an extended mad scene that is among the greatest in opera. An encore presentation of this performance will be exhibited on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 6:30 PM in all time zones.
	MET – Armida LIVE Saturday, May 1, 2010 The transmission of Rossini’s opera Armida will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theatres. This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvorák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman returns to direct this new production of a work she describes as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” The fanciful and magical tale, Zimmerman says, “has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.” An encore presentation of this performance will be exhibited on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 6:30 PM in all time zones.

Tickets are now available at the theatres listed below.