September 16, 2009

Contact:
Lisa Murray
Development & PR Director
lmurray@peterboroughplayers.org
www.peterboroughplayers.org
(603) 924-9344 ext. 105

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Met: Live in HD at the Peterborough Players
Opera Series Opens October 10th

Peterborough, NH (September 16, 2009) – The Met: Live in HD Saturday afternoon opera series will be at the Peterborough Players this year! The Metropolitan Opera’s Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini, opens the series on October 10th at 1 p.m. at the Players theatre. There are nine operas in the series, October through May, all showing at 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoons.

The Peterborough Players is honored to be one of the select venues around the world to host the Metropolitan Opera series. All operas are simulcast live, via satellite and high definition equipment, onto a movie theatre-sized screen. Tickets are currently on sale for the season, with reserved seating. Tickets may be purchased individually for each show or in discounted subscription packages.

The Met: Live in HD
October-May
Saturdays at 1 p.m.
$25adults $20students
$162 for 9 operas; $140 for 7 operas; $115 for 5 operas
Box Office: (603) 924-7585
Online: www.peterboroughplayers.org

The Peterborough Players is handicapped accessible and is equipped with a hearing assistance system. Free parking available on site.

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The Peterborough Players, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization, has been providing professional theatre to audiences since 1933. Peterborough Players, PO Box 118, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, NH 03458, (603) 924-9344, www.peterboroughplayers.org.

The Peterborough Players is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Putnam Foundation, and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation. The 2009 Second Company is supported by a grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation-Monadnock Region and the Goyette Memorial Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation-Monadnock Region.