USCB to bring the Metropolitan Opera to Beaufort, well sorta

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Update April 23: Today mark the first of the final three in this series.

First reporting: The University of South Carolina Beaufort has started a new music series called The Met: Live in HD at the Center for  the Arts on the Historic Beaufort campus. 

The series will feature 12 live transmissions of the New York Metropolitan Opera via high definition streaming. 

The season began Saturday with Das Rheingold and will continue with:

  • Boris Godunov (October 23)
  • Don Pasquale (November 13)
  • Don Carlo (December 11)
  • La Fanciulla del West (January 8)
  • Nixon in China (February 12)
  • Iphigénie en Tauride (February 26)
  • Lucia di Lammermoor (March 19)
  • Le Comte Ory (April 9)
  • Capriccio (April 23)
  • Il Trovatore (April 30)
  • Die Walküre (May 14)

Tickets are available at the door on the day of the broadcast, or in advance online or at the Center for the Arts box office (843) 521-4154. 

Ticket prices are: Adult/Seniors $20, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Members $16, USCB students/and youth under 18 $10.  

For additional information contact USCB Center for the Arts director Bonnie Hargrove at 843-521-3145 or bhargrov@uscb.edu.