xp_adrienne | Opera, anyone?

This year's Met Opera tickets have arrived! Anyone want dibs on anything?

Excluding Macbeth. I'm keeping that one and dragging Kane to it.

And Carmen. And Widow. Tandy and I have dibs on those.

The complete 2014-15 Metropolitan Opera lineup is as follows:
Le Nozze di Figaro, begins September 22*
La Bohème, begins September 23
Macbeth, begins September 24
Carmen, begins September 30
Die Zauberflöte, begins October 6
The Death of Klinghoffer, begins October 20*
Aida, begins October 30
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, begins November 10
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, begins November 18
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, begins December 2
La Traviata, begins December 11
Hansel and Gretel, begins December 18
The Merry Widow, begins December 31*
Les Contes d’Hoffmann, begins January 12
Iolanta/Bluebeard’s Castle, begins January 26*
Don Giovanni, begins February 4
La Donna del Lago, begins February 16*
Manon, begins March 9
Lucia di Lammermoor, begins March 16
Ernani, begins March 20
Don Carlo, begins March 30
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, begins April 14*
Un Ballo in Maschera, begins April 23
The Rake’s Progress, begins May 1

* indicates new production

As you can see, many exceptional offerings this season. You've got your Barber of Seville, your Boheme, your Traviata, your Don Giovanni, your Marriage of Figaro. And then there's also a Julie Taymor puppet-version of Die Zauberflote? Domingo conducting Aida? Crazy shit!