The Met Opera - Live in HD 2007-2008
December 27, 2007
The Met's first simulcast of the season, Roméo et Juliette, showed on 477 screens in the United States, and 100 screens abroad, selling around 97,000 tickets. The season is as follows:
Roméo et Juliette
December 15, 2007 (10:00 am – 1:30 pm PST)
Hansel and Gretel
January 1, 2008 (10:00 am – 12:35 pm PST)
Macbeth
January 12, 2008 (10:30 am – 1:50 pm PST)
Manon Lescaut
February 16, 2008 (10:00 am – 1:41 pm PST)
Peter Grimes
March 15, 2008 (10:30 am – 2:15 pm PDT)
Tristan und Isolde
March 22, 2008 (9:30 am – 3:05 pm PDT)
La Bohème
April 5, 2008 (10:30 am – 1:50 pm PDT)
La Fille du Régiment
Saturday, April 26, 2008 (10:30 am – 1:40 pm PDT)
Here is a list of participating cinemas in the United States. In the Bay Area, the South Bay seems to have the most theaters involved in this.
In the United States, one can purchase tickets online via Fathom Events by choosing the performance from the drop-down menu under the header labeled "Event Search," and then typing one's zipcode in the form that appears on the right column labeled "Find Theatres." The results page redirects the user to either Fandago, MovieTickets.com, or some other third party site depending on the cinema. There are surcharges, so the $22 ticket is actually $23-25.50, and is more expensive than standing room at the Met ($20).
As far as I could tell most of the cinemas outside the United States have some similar method of purchasing tickets online, the exceptions being the Czech Republic and Puerto Rico (the Met considers the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico an International Location). I believe I was able to navigate Cine Magnum well enough to reserve tickets for a theatre in Thuringia.