HDTV Almanac - The Fat Lady is About to Sing

[alfredpoor]

You don’t have to spend the weekend in New York City to see live performances at the Metropolitan Opera. Thanks to the Live in HD program, you can watch the performances live in more than 1,200 movie theaters across the country and around the world. In the 2009-2010 season, the series sold more than 2.2 [...]

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[wessokolosky]

FWIW,

I've seen the Met live at the Met about 3-4 years ago from some of the best seats in the house. I've also seen the Met in HD at a local theater. I heard and saw better in the theater than at the Met. Of course the experiences are not the same (seeing Renee Fleming live at the Met is incomparable), but the HD broadcasts are superb in their own way. Highly recommended!

Wes Sokolosky