Quebec Director Robert Lepage: Anna Netrebko

Productions Dept: Cineplex announced its Met: Live in HD 2012-13 schedule Thursday, with 12 productions to be simulcast live to cinemas across Canada as they are performed in New York. Encore performances repeat the same high-definition productions, according to CBC. Quebec director Robert Lepage returns to the Met stages Nov. 10 with a new modern interpretation of The Tempest by Thomas Ad s, who is to conduct his own work. Baritone Simon Keenlyside stars as Prospero in this production, set in La Scala opera house in the 18th century. and a new production of L'Elisir d'Amore , starring Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani, will open the season of Metropolitan Opera productions beamed into Canadian cinemas this fall. Tony-winning Broadway director Bartlett Sher is to helm Gaetano Donizetti s L Elisir d Amore on Oct. 13 to launch the season, with encores on Nov. 17 and 19. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.