Canada's Empire Theatres chain has posted the Opus Arte offerings that will be screening this fall at its multiplexes. Most productions will be screened at 1:00 p.m. local time, and, obviously, they've been scheduled not to conflict with the Met's simulcasts.

http://www.empiretheatres.com/opusArte

The good news includes an increase in the number of participating cities, particularly in Ontario, and sufficient demand for opera to warrant double showings. The bad news is that ballet audiences aren't large enough to merit similar treatment. (sad.gif) On the other hand, Atlantic Canada won't get to see the operas. Odd indeed.

July 26 - Le nozze di Figaro (Royal Opera)
August 9 - Spartacus (Bolshoi Ballet w/Nina Kaptsova & Carlos Acosta)
August 16 & 17 - Aïda (Teatre del Liceu) - 12 p.m.
September 13 - Cinderella (Paris Opera Ballet w/Agnès Letestu & José Martinez)
September 27 & 28 - Cav/Pag (Teatro Real)
October 4 - Don Quixote (National Ballet of Cuba w/Viengsay Valdés & Romel Frómeta)
October 25 & 26 - Don Giovanni (Royal Opera) - 12 p.m.
November 1 - Giselle (Royal Ballet w/Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg & Marianela Nuñez)
November 29 & 30 - Don Carlo (Royal Opera)
December 6 & 7 - The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North)
December 13 - The Nutcracker (San Francisco Ballet) - presumably a repeat from last year, w/Maria Kochetkova, Davit Karapetyan, Yuan Yuan Tan & Pierre-François Vilanoba

Participating cities for ballets: St. John's, Halifax, Sydney, Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton, Charlottetown, St. Catharines, Kitchener, North York, Mississauga, Ottawa, London, Richmond Hill, Burlington, Kingston, Bolton, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, North Vancouver and Victoria. The Digiscreen site also lists showings at the Ex-Centris Theatre in Montreal, the Princess Twin in Waterloo and the Ridge Theatre in Vancouver.