Sun, Mar 21 at 4 pm Sun, Jun 20 at 4 pm $21; Members $19; 5 or More $18; Members 5 or More $16

Siegfried is the third opera in Richard Wagner’s four-opera epic, Der Ring, or “The Ring Cycle,” as it is commonly called in the United States.  Siegfried is a strong-willed and strong-armed youth, and grandchild of Wotan (the king of the Gods). Siegfried slays Fafner, dragon who guards the Ring and whose blood bestows on Siegfried the ability to understand the language of birds.

Sun, Mar 28 at 3 pm Sun, May 30 at 7:30 pm $21; Members $19; 5 or More $18; Members 5 or More $16

Richard Strauss’ Salome is a one act opera about Salome, the young and beautiful Princess of Herods. The opera is famous (at the time of its premiere, infamous) for its Dance of the Seven Veils. It is now better known for the more shocking final scene (often a concert-piece for dramatic sopranos), where Salome declares her love to the severed head of John the Baptist.

Sun, Mar 28 at 7:30 pm Sun, May 9 at 4 pm $21; Members $19; 5 or More $18; Members 5 or More $16

Donizetti's Viva la Mamma, or Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali, is a mad-cap farce about opera singers behaving badly and stage mothers behaving even worse! Rehearsals are underway for the very serious opera Romolo ed Ersilia, but the unruly performers, and their even more unruly egos, prevent any actual rehearsal from taking place.

Sun, Apr 11 at 3 pm $21; Members $19; 5 or More $18; Members 5 or More $16

In 1872 Giuseppe Verdi presented his masterpiece, Aida, for the first time in Europe, at La Scala. Aida’s history begins with the debut in Milan, after the Cairo premiere in February 1872, in which the staging was entrusted to the composer himself, Giuseppe Verdi.

Sun, Apr 11 at 7:30 pm $21; Members $19; 5 or More $18; Members 5 or More $16

Don Carlo is possibly the most intense, deep, nuanced, rich, and masterful work of the “mature” Giuseppe Verdi, an extensive and monumental showcase of everything Verdi. It is also the Verdi opera that exists in the most number of versions.

Thu, Apr 29 at 8 pm Sun, Jun 27 at 7:30 pm $26; Members $24; 5 or More $23; Members 5 or More $21

Verdi's Simon Boccanegra is a story about politics and love—a deadly combination. Simon Boccanegra is the Doge of Genoa, but twenty-five years earlier he fathered a child with Marie, the daughter of his then-political rival Fiesco. Marie died while still young, and their daughter disappeared.

Sun, May 9 at 8 pm $21; Members $19; 5 or More $18; Members 5 or More $16

Giacomo Puccini’s immortal opera in a high budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, starring the opera world’s "dream team", soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Rolando Villazón.

Wed, May 26 at 2 pm $26; Members $24; 5 or More $23; Members 5 or More $21

LIVE from Teatro alla Scala, Milan

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Sun, May 30 at 3 pm $21; Members $19; 5 or More $18; Members 5 or More $16

The dynamic duo of leading ladies fires up the stage with heartbreaking performances, making this Norma from Teatro Comunale di Bologna one of the most talked about and must-see productions of Italy’s 2008 Operatic Season.

Sun, Jun 27 at 3 pm $21; Members $19; 5 or More $18; Members 5 or More $16

Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio, performed at the Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona, 2010

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Thu, Jul 1 at 2 pm and 8 pm $26; Members $24; 5 or More $23; Members 5 or More $21

LIVE from Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona at 2pm

Delayed Satellite broadcast at 8pm

The tragic destiny of the male protagonist - a compulsive gambler whose passion drives him to sacrifice his love, to commit murder and ultimately to die - is underscored by Tchaikovsky´s masterly musical treatment of the major phantasmagorical elements so widespread in Russian literature and art.