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OPERA AND NATIONAL THEATRE   

Enjoy some of the most creative and talented singers, conductors, composers, musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers and dancers from around the world through live or recorded HD simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera and National Theatre Live.

ALL HD programs are held at Eckerd College in the Dan and Mary Miller Auditorium.

This program is generously sponsored by Westminster Communities of Florida and WUSF Public Media.

EVENT FEES

Prices are per individual for each performance. Seating is open.

  • $25 Adult/Nonmember
  • $20 OLLI/ASPEC/Westminster Resident
  • $10 Student/Child (available at door only)

We strongly recommend that you register beforehand. We accept credit card payments only.

VENUE

The Dan and Mary Miller Auditorium is the perfect venue to appreciate a simulcast program without sound intrusion from adjoining theaters featuring loud blockbusters. The state-of-the-art auditorium features:

  • NEC 15,000 lumen projector
  • BluRay and DCP video projection capabilities
  • 12’x26’ projection screen
  • 16 surround speakers, 3 cinema stage speakers
  • 374 upholstered, cushioned seats
  • Assisted listening system available upon request

 

DINING AND PARKING

  • Arrive early. Stay late. Bon Appétit at Eckerd offers several dining options for lunch and dinner before or after each performance. Looking for a warm beverage or light snack? Starbucks® in the James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences is open during the academic year. Dining hours are subject to change. Please call Bon Appétit at 727.864.8411 or visit eckerd.cafebonappetit.com to confirm. Free visitor parking is available in designated areas throughout campus.

 

UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

Registration for the 24–25 Season is now open.

 
  • The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live at Eckerd CollegeGrounded

  • Program ID: EC7804HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 10/19/2024
    Times: 12:55 PM–4:00 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 75
    Description: 

    Two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded, commissioned by the Met and based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, wrestles with the ethical quandaries and psychological toll of 21st-century warfare. Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, one of opera’s most compelling young stars, portrays Jess, a hot-shot fighter pilot whose unplanned pregnancy takes her out of the cockpit and lands her in Las Vegas, operating a Reaper drone halfway around the world. As she struggles to adjust to this new way of doing battle, she fights to maintain her sanity, and her soul, as she is called to rain down death by remote control. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin oversees the Met premiere of Tesori’s kaleidoscopic score and a cast that also features tenor Ben Bliss as the Wyoming rancher who becomes Jess’s husband. Michael Mayer’s high-tech staging, using a vast array of LED screens, presents a variety of perspectives on the action, including the drone’s predatory view from high above.

    Sung in English.

    Estimated run time is 2 hours, 45 minutes, with one intermission.

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

  • National Theatre Live at Eckerd CollegeFrankenstein

  • Program ID: EC37805HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 10/26/2024
    Times: 2:00 PM–4:30 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 191
    Description: 

    Captured live in 2011 from the National Theatre stage in London, this thrilling, sold-out production became an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world.

    Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (ElementaryTrainspotting) alternating between the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation.

    Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.

    Scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil, are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic tale.

    Estimated run time is 2 hours, 9 minutes.

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

  • National Theatre Live at Eckerd CollegeVanya

  • Program ID: EC27805HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 11/16/2024
    Times: 2:00 PM–4:30 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 195
    Description: 

    Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions. Filmed live during its sold-out run in London’s West End. Directed by Sam Yates and designed by Rosanna Vize.

    Estimated run time is 1 hour, 57 minutes.

     

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

  • The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live at Eckerd CollegeTosca

  • Program ID: EC37804HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 11/23/2024
    Times: 12:55 PM–4:30 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 65
    Description: 

    Extraordinary soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the volatile diva Floria Tosca for her first time at the Met. David McVicar’s thrilling production also features tenor Freddie De Tommaso in his eagerly anticipated company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and powerhouse baritone Quinn Kelsey as the sadistic chief of police Scarpia. Maestro Xian Zhang conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies.

    Sung in Italian.

    Estimated run time is 3 hours, 30 minutes, with 2 intermissions.

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

  • The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live at Eckerd CollegeAida

  • Program ID: EC47804HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 1/25/2025
    Times: 12:30 PM–5:00 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 66
    Description: 

    Soprano Angel Blue makes her long-awaited Met role debut as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country, one of opera’s defining roles. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for Michael Mayer’s spectacular new staging, which brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi, following her 2024 debut in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, is Aida’s Egyptian rival Amneris, and tenor Piotr Beczała is the soldier Radamès—completing opera’s greatest love triangle. The all-star cast also features baritone Quinn Kelsey as Amonasro and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy as Ramfis.

    Sung in Italian.

    Estimated run time is 3 hours, 40 minutes, with 1 intermission.

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

  • National Theatre Live at Eckerd CollegePresent Laughter

  • Program ID: EC47805HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 2/8/2025
    Times: 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 192
    Description: 

    The multi award-winning production of Noël Coward‘s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) returns to the big screen. As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Filmed live during its sold-out run at The Old Vic in 2019. Directed by Matthew Warchus.

    Estimated run time is 3 hours.

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

  • The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live at Eckerd CollegeFidelio

  • Program ID: EC57804HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 3/15/2025
    Times: 12:55 PM–4:00 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 68
    Description: 

    Following a string of awe-inspiring Met performances, soprano Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore, who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny. Tenor David Butt Philip is the political prisoner Florestan, sharing the stage with bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny as the villainous Don Pizarro, veteran bass René Pape as the jailer Rocco, and soprano Ying Fang and tenor Magnus Dietrich, in his company debut, as the young Marzelline and Jaquino. Bass Stephen Milling sings the principled Don Fernando, and Susanna Mälkki conducts the Met’s striking production, which finds modern-day parallels in Beethoven’s stirring paean to freedom.

    Sung in German.

    Estimated run time is 3 hours, 5 minutes, with 1 intermission.

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

  • National Theatre Live at Eckerd CollegeNye

  • Program ID: EC57805HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 3/29/2025
    Times: 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 196
    Description: 

    One man’s dream of the NHS. From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the NHS, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan is often referred to as the politician with greatest influence on our country without ever being Prime Minister. Confronted with death, Nye’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill in an epic Welsh fantasia. Michael Sheen (Under Milk Wood) is Nye Bevan in this surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state. It’s written by Tim Price (Teh Internet is Serious Business) and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island).

    Estimated run time is 2 hours, 55 minutes.

     

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

  • The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live at Eckerd CollegeLe Nozze di Figaro

  • Program ID: EC67804HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 4/26/2025
    Times: 12:55 PM–5:00 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 66
    Description: 

    Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading an extraordinary cast in Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel stars as the clever valet Figaro, opposite soprano Olga Kulchynska as his betrothed, the wily maid Susanna. Baritone Joshua Hopkins is the skirt-chasing Count, with soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife and mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino.

    Sung in Italian.

    Estimated run time is 3 hours, 55 minutes, with 1 intermission.

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

  • The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live at Eckerd CollegeSalome

  • Program ID: EC77804HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 5/24/2025
    Times: 12:55 PM–3:30 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 68
    Description: 

    This is an encore presentation. Previously recorded.

    Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts his first Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story—already filtered through the beautiful and strange imagination of Oscar Wilde’s play—a psychologically perceptive, Victorian-era setting rich in symbolism and subtle shades of darkness and light. Headlining the new staging is soprano Elza van den Heever as the abused and unhinged antiheroine, who demands the head of Jochanaan, sung by celebrated baritone Peter Mattei. Tenor Gerhard Siegel is Salome’s lecherous stepfather, King Herod, with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as his wife, Herodias, and tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth. 

    Sung in German.

    Estimated run time is 2 hours, 15 minutes, with no intermission.

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

  • The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live at Eckerd CollegeBarbiere di Siviglia

  • Program ID: EC87804HD25
    Fee (nonmember): $25.00
    Fee (member): $20.00
    Date(DOW, Start): Sa, 5/31/2025
    Times: 12:55 PM–4:30 PM
    Location: Eckerd College Miller Auditorium
    Seats Available: 68
    Description: 

    Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the titular barber of Seville, with bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.

    Sung in Italian.

    Estimated run time is 3 hours, 35 minutes, with 1 intermission.

    This program meets 1 times(s). End times are an estimate and subject to change.
    Multiple registrations? You can register for multiple seats in this program, but each seat must be purchased in a separate order when using the same account.
 

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