Natalie Di Luccio

Latest  News  Update  About;“The Met: Live in HD,” the Metropolitan Opera’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series of live performance transmissions into movie theaters around the world, begins Saturday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. with the Met’s new production of “Das Rheingold” directed by Robert Lepage and conducted by James Levine.

The 2010-11 fifth anniversary season includes 12 live operas, the most so far in a single season, six of which are new productions. All 12 high-definition productions will be shown live worldwide on Saturdays through May 14, with most encore presentations in the United States shown on Wednesdays, 18 days following the live transmission.Participating theaters in MetroWest and the Milford area include Bellingham 14, Framingham 15, Solomon Pond Mall 15 in Marlborough and Blackstone Valley in Millbury.