Aida ticket Sales soar to 1.7 Million

The Met: Live in HD launched its thirteenth season on Saturday with Verdi’s Aida, taking in an estimated attendance of 83,000 in North America and earning a gross of $1.7 million. It was seen live on more than 900 screens. An estimated additional 155,000 people saw it live on 800 screens in 37 countries in Europe, 10 countries in Latin America, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Jamaica, Morocco, Belarus, and Ukraine.

Aida, one of the world’s most popular operas, with its cast of hundreds, spectacular sets and costumes, and brilliant score—including the famous Triumphal March—starred Anna Netrebko in the title role, with Anita Rachvelishvili as Amneris and Aleksandrs Antonenko as Radamès. Maestro Nicola Luisotti conducted.

Aida was the first of ten live performance transmissions to be screened this season at the Ramsdell. The next event will be Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila on Saturday, October 20 with Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna as the title biblical lovers in a riveting new staging by Tony Award-winning director Darko Tresnjak.

The Samson et Dalila Live in HD performance will be transmitted live around the world at 1:00 p.m on October 20. The transmission will be seen in more than 2,000 movie theaters in 73 countries around the world. For more information on Samson et Dalila, including casting by date, please click here.