Barber of Seville: The Met Opera Live in HD

Join MAX to watch The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD theater broadcast of The Barber of Seville, at the AMC Kabuki 8 (at Post Street and Fillmore Street). The opera will be a recorded version of the original simulcast live from New York's Lincoln Center.

The Barber of Seville is Gioachino Rossini’s perfectly honed treasure and has become what may be the world’s most popular comic opera. Its buoyant good humor and elegant melodies have delighted the diverse tastes of every generation for two centuries, and several of the opera’s most recognizable tunes have entered the world’s musical unconscious, most notably the introductory patter song of the swaggering Figaro, the titular barber of Seville. The paradox of Rossini’s music is that the comedy can soar only with disciplined mastery of vocal technique. The singers must be capable of long vocal lines of attention-holding beauty as well as the rapid runs of coloratura singing. The score features solos of astounding speed in comic, tongue-twisting patter forms, especially the title role’s well-known Act I showstopper, “Largo al factotum.”

We'll meet in the lobby of the theatre at 6:00 PM which will give us time to distribute the tickets, get food and refreshments, and get settled before the performance begins at 6:30 PM.  The opera will run three hours and 10 minutes with one intermission.

We have reserved 15 tickets in the middle of the theatre.  There is food and drink available at the theatre before the performance and at intermission.

The cost for the pre-purchased tickets to watch the opera is $28.  The deadline to register and reserve a ticket is Sunday, June 1.

Dues-paying members who are logged into this website may click REGISTER on the left to register for these pre-purchased tickets.   To cancel a pre-purchased ticket, or for any questions, email event co-champion Stephen Geisheker at stephen.geisheker@maxsf.org with Barber of Seville in the subject line.  Sorry, no refunds after Sunday June 1.

Parking:
A pay parking garage is located below the Kabuki 8 theaters (enter off Fillmore) and additional parking garages and lots are available nearby.  Sorry, the theater does not offer parking validation.

Public Transportation:
From the Castro, take the 24 bus north to Geary, then walk or take the 38 or 38R inbound bus to Filmore.  Or take the 22 bus to Geary.  From the East Bay, take BART to the Montgomery station.  Then catch the 38 or 38R outbound bus to Filmore.