In this file photo from Jan. 12, 2008, an audience watch a presentation of the Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi's Macbeth at the Regal Movie Theater in New York.
On Sept. 25, 2006, hundreds gathered in New York's Times Square to watch the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" on a jumbo screen.
The new season at the Met will be presented live in HD in Santa Cruz. Photo courtesy of New York Metropolitan Opera Beginning in October, the Santa Cruz Cinema 9 will offer a weekly live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera from New York on its high-definition digital projector in the series "The Met: Live in HD." The first broadcast will be Oct.
Published: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 8:38 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 8:38 a.m. For the second year, live HD broadcasts of Metropolitan Opera productions will be presented at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.