isn't a price that all folks can pay.
But, in a first for the elite opera house, the Met theaters across the country, including the Regal Commerce Center Stadium 18 multiplex in North Brunswick.
season, the screening was part of the Met's new multimedia strategy to broaden its audience, even when the house's 3,800 seats and 195 standing spots are electric charge as being at the Met, of course.
discount for children), with the high-definition, ticketholders get. (And any seat at all is more comfortable than the Met's standing room, even at out a month in advance.
kids to seniors.
They applauded the big arias and curtain Taymor -- just like the audience in the opera house.
from the Golden family of Hunterton County. They made Mary Henle, 32, of the Golden clan would go to another Met screening "in a heartbeat," she said.
"You can see so much better with the closeups, and opera is much more accessible this way. You don't have to drive into Manhattan or pay Met prices."
specially shortened holiday version, designed to appeal to other kite- like puppets have been retained, Taymor and J.
D. McClatchy condensed the Met's full, three-hour The performance made the most of the witty, mellifluous score, with baritone Nathan Gunn (as bumptious bird Sarastro) among the cast's highlights.
Aaron Slepoi, 10, of Mountainside saw "The Lion King" on Broadway, but the opera screening left him better -- the production was amazing.
I really en joyed seeing it in the movie theater."
The multiplex audience saw what Met patrons saw, plus and CBS anchorwoman Katie Couric.
music director James Levine struck up the overture, with to thankful applause.
Anna Ne trebko -- will be Jan. 6, also at the Commerce Star-Ledger.
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