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Click here for the Met Opera Live in HD Series webpage.
Tickets for general admission seating for the 2012-2013 season are now available for purchase. Ticket sales are not available after 12:00PM the Friday before the Saturday performance to allow the college to process ticket orders. Ticket prices are:
Tickets may be purchased individually online or at the door one hour prior to performance.
Email events@virginiawestern.edu with special seating requirements or call (540) 857-6492. Special arrangements must be made by 5 p.m. on Thursday prior to the performance on Saturday. For all performances, doors open one hour before show time.
Performances are held in Whitman Theater in the Business Science Building.
New Parking Instructions for Fall 2012: Parking is available in parking lot 1 on the South Campus. Use the cobblestone walkway between Chapman Hall and the Bookstore. Enter the third floor of Webber Hall, cross the pedestrian bridge and take the stairs (on the right) or the elevator (on the left) down to the first floor. Click here for a campus map.
Please turn cell phones and electronic devices off during performances.
McAlisters’ Deli will offer sandwiches, desserts and sides for sale at each opera performance. No advance purchase is necessary.
Join the Virginia Western Met Opera Live in HD Mailing List to be kept up to date on Met Opera Live in HD performances. Email events@virginiawestern.edu or call 540-857-6492.
Click here for information on how to find out if the college is closed or events are cancelled.
April 27, 2013; 12:00 PM (Approx. run time 4:31)
The opera that conquered London in Handel's time comes to the Met in David McVicar's lively production. The world’s leading countertenor, David Daniels, sings the title role opposite Natalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.
Tickets are no longer available online, but can be purchased at the door prior to the performance.
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