Editing Metropolitan Opera (section)

===High-definition video===
{{main|Metropolitan Opera Live in HD}}

Beginning on December 30, 2006, as part of the company's effort to build revenues and attract new audiences, the Met (along with [[National CineMedia|NCM Fathom]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncm.com/DigitalProgramming/About.aspx |title=About NCM digital programming. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509034550/http://www.ncm.com/DigitalProgramming/About.aspx |archive-date=May 9, 2007 }}</ref> broadcast a series of six performances live via satellite into movie theaters called "Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huliq.com/2580/metropolitan-opera-live-in-hd-now-playing-at-a-theater|title="Metropolitan Opera: Live In HD" Now Playing At A Theater|first=Ruzan|last=Haruriunyan|date=December 20, 2006|access-date=April 9, 2008|archive-date=June 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627151316/http://www.huliq.com/2580/metropolitan-opera-live-in-hd-now-playing-at-a-theater|url-status=live}}</ref> The first broadcast was the Saturday matinee live performance of the 110-minute version of [[Julie Taymor]]'s production of ''[[The Magic Flute]]''.<ref>[http://www.fathomevents.com/subpage/index.asp?EventID=610&code=METpage List of Met productions presented on HD in 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929232427/http://www.fathomevents.com/subpage/index.asp?EventID=610&code=METpage |date=September 29, 2010 }}</ref> The series was carried in over 100 movie theaters across North America, Japan, Britain and several other European countries.<ref>Robertson, Campbell. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/arts/music/01scre.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Mozart, Now Singing at a Theatre Near You"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220163954/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/arts/music/01scre.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |date=December 20, 2016 }}, ''The New York Times'', January 1, 2007.</ref> During the 2006–07 season, the series included live HD transmissions of ''[[I puritani]]'', ''[[The First Emperor]]'', ''[[Eugene Onegin (opera)|Eugene Onegin]]'', ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'', and ''[[Il trittico]]''. In addition, limited repeat showings of the operas were offered in most of the presenting cities. Digital sound for the performances was provided by [[Sirius Satellite Radio]].

These movie transmissions have received wide and generally favorable press coverage.<ref>Fitzsimmons, Elizabeth. [http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061231/news_1m31opera.html "Movie theaters offer opera live from the Met"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920072423/http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061231/news_1m31opera.html |date=September 20, 2007 }}, ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', December 31, 2006.</ref> The Met reports that 91% of available seats were sold for the HD performances.<ref>{{cite news| first=Richard| last=Ouzounian| title=Opera Screen Dream: Met simulcasts heat up plexes in cities, stix| url=https://variety.com/2007/legit/markets-festivals/met-simulcasts-heat-up-movie-venues-1117960463/| newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date=March 3, 2007| pages=41–42| access-date=January 17, 2018| archive-date=January 18, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118182422/http://variety.com/2007/legit/markets-festivals/met-simulcasts-heat-up-movie-venues-1117960463/| url-status=live}}</ref> According to General Manager Peter Gelb, there were 60,000 people in cinemas around the world watching the March 24 transmission of ''The Barber of Seville''.{{efn|1=Gelb, speaking during the intermission on March 24, 2007, noted that over 250 movie theatres were presenting the performance that day.}} ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that 324,000 tickets were sold worldwide for the 2006/07 season, while each simulcast cost $850,000 to $1&nbsp;million to produce.<ref name="Daniel Watkin">Daniel Watkin, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/arts/music/17broa.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=A19F59458C9A7DD88164C57597694FC6&gwt=pay Met Opera To Expand Simulcasts In Theaters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181808/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/arts/music/17broa.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=A19F59458C9A7DD88164C57597694FC6&gwt=pay |date=January 18, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', May 17, 2007.</ref>

The 2007/08 season began on December 15, 2007, and featured eight of the Met's productions starting with ''[[Roméo et Juliette]]'' and ending with ''[[La fille du régiment]]'' on April 26, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/press/detail.aspx?id=300 |title=The Met Opera's 2007/08 Season to Feature Seven New Productions – the Most in More than 40 Years. |access-date=May 13, 2007 |archive-date=February 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214200959/http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/press/detail.aspx?id=300 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Met planned to broadcast to double the number of theaters in the US as the previous season, as well as to additional countries such as Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The number of participating venues in the US, which includes movie theatre chains as well as independent theatres and some college campus venues, is 343.<ref name="Daniel Watkin"/><ref>[http://www.fathomevents.com/files/PRPDF/MET_07-08_Participating_LIVE_Theatre_List.htm "Participating Theatres – Met Opera Live in HD Series – Live Performances"]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, announced October 2, 2007,</ref> while "the scope of the series expands to include more than 700 locations across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia".<ref>Adam Wasserman, "Changing Definitions", ''Opera News'', December 2007, p. 60.</ref><ref>[http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/press/detail.aspx?id=3810 "The Metropolitan Opera Announces Expansion of Live, High-Definition Transmissions to Eleven in 2008–09"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501020812/http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/press/detail.aspx?id=3810 |date=May 1, 2008 }}, Met press release, April 22, 2008.</ref>

By the end of the season 920,000 people—exceeding the total number of people who attended live performances at the Met over the entire season—attended the eight screenings bringing in a gross of $13.3&nbsp;million from North America and $5&nbsp;million from overseas.<ref>Pamela McClintock, "Live perfs have Met beaming", ''Variety'', June 11, 2008, reporting on a survey conducted by [[Opera America]]</ref>