The New York Metropolitan Opera

The Opera? At a movie theater?
That's right! The Palace 9 is pleased to be presenting the broadcast in glorious High Definition right from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City straight to our silver screen. Please stay tuned for more information on our coverage of the 2011-2012 season!

2011-12 Season:

The Metropolitan Opera's Emmy and Peabody award-winning series of live, high-definition performance transmissions returns this fall. The sixth season of The Met: Live in HD features eleven live and nine encore presentations through May 2012.

All live events take place on Saturdays. In addition to the live events, encore performances will be exhibited on select days after the respective live event.
The full schedule of events follows below.

Tickets on sale NOW!

JANUARY

• 1/21 | 12:55pm : The Enchanted Island
  Encore: Wednesday, 2/8 at 6:30pm & Thursday, 2/9 at 1:00pm
  Approx Runtime: 3 hrs. 40min. | More Information
  Online Ticketing: [Encore: 2/8] [Encore: 2/9]
  
  

FEBRUARY

• 2/11 | 12:00pm : Wagner's Götterdämmerung (Pt. 4 of the Ring Cycle)
  Encore:May 2012 as part of our rebroadcast of the entire Ring Cycle - TBD
  Approx Runtime: 4 hrs. 25min. | More Information
  Online Ticketing: [LIVE 2/11]
  
  
• 2/25 | 12:55pm : Verdi's Ernani
  Encore: Wednesday, 3/14 at 6;30pm & Thursday, 3/15 at 1:00pm
  Approx Runtime: 3hrs. 55min. | More Information
  Online Ticketing: [LIVE 2/25] [Encore: 3/14] [Encore: 3/15]
  
  

APRIL

• 4/7 | 12:00pm : Massenet's Manon
  Encore: Wednesday, 4/25 at 6:30pm & Thursday, 4/26 at 1:00pm
  Approx Runtime: 4 hrs. 10min. | More Information
  Online Ticketing: [LIVE 4/7] [Encore: 4/25] [Encore: 4/26]
  
  
• 4/14 | 12:55pm : Verdi's La Traviata
  Encore: Wednesday, 5/2 at 6:30pm & Thursday, 5/3 at 1:00pm
  Approx Runtime: 3 hrs. 15min. | More Information
  Online Ticketing: [LIVE 4/14] [Encore: 5/2] [Encore: 5/3]
  
  

COMING SOON

• April/May 2012 : THE MET Ring Cycle
  Dates: Coming Soon!
  

Opera Policies:

Movietickets.com purchases:
Please be advised when you buy tickets online at Movietickets.com there is a non-refundable service charge of $1.00 per ticket.  After purchasing them online, you must present the credit card you used at the theater box office in order to get your tickets.  If your card is compromised or unavailable, please present us with the card number (whether active or inactive - this will allow us to retrieve your tickets). At the time of pick-up, please be sure to advise our staff that you are picking up tickets that you have already purchased online.

To buy tickets on Movietickets.com, simply find our theater and navigate to the date of the performance you wish to purchase tickets for using the drop down list towards the top of the page. Click the showtime and proceed to follow the on screen directions.

Phone sales:
This year we happy to be announcing that we will be accepting purchases over the phone!  Simply call our theater at (802) 660-9300 during any of opperational hours and request to speak with a manager about purchasing opera tickets. 

Please be aware that there will be a non-refundable $3.00 service charge per ticket for sales over the phone.  You have the option of either picking the tickets up at the theater at anytime, or having them mailed to you.  Visa and Mastercard are the only forms of over-the-phone payments we accept.

Day of Opera:
Doors open one hour prior to the all live performances, unless our regular film schedule nessesitates opening earlier. Seating for encore performances generally occurs half an hour prior to the performance. 

Seats are first come, first serve, no exceptions and NO person will be admitted without a ticket.

Refund policy
Due to the high demand for tickets, any refunds must be requested 30 minutes prior to the start time of the show.  Refunds will not be given after that time. 

In addition, tickets are not transferable to another show (ie, encores). If you would like to exchange your ticket to another performance you must do so at least 30 minutes prior to the show. 

If, due to inclement weather or another emergency situation you need to get a refund and cannot physically come to the theater to get a refund, we will refund your tickets over the phone (minus a $3.00 service charge), however we do require you mail the tickets to us as proof of purchase.  If tickets are not received in 10 days your credit card will be re-charged the amount of the ticket.