About Chapala Opera Guild & The Met Live

Visit our office location at Av. Hidalgo #421 (adjacent on right to S & S Auto Sales) in Riberas del Pilar. Ask for Meredith! and buy your Guild membership at only $700 Mx annually at (12) months. M - F 10 - 5.  

Your paid membership goes directly to fund expenses incurred by the Guild.  The Guild is now an approved Mexican non-profit organization titled "Amigos de Chapala Opera, Asociedad Civil, A.C.

On-going Guild expenses include: 

Legal and accounting fees to form and maintain the S.A.;  Desk rental at our new location;  advertising including the Ojo del Lago, Guadalajara Reporter;  website and social media; ñprinting; periodic Guild meetings, etc.  We work to limit expenses - there are no paid staff nor other forms of overhead.  

After exploratory discussions for the Met to consider Lakeside as a new venue, Howard  obtained a production license with the Met and its’ Mexico licensee, Auditorio Nacional.

This agreement allowed us to organize a non-profit organization to produce the Met Live HD broadcasts in an Ajijic cinema.

In the fall of 2018, after meeting with The Met and Auditorio Nacional (the Mexico licensee to the Met) Howard presented the owners of the MovieSpace Cine in Ajijic the opportunity to present The Met Live in HD Opera programs.  This led to the succesful opening season in 2019 / 2020. This partnership would not have been possible without the generosity and cultural contributions to the Lakeside community by the MovieSpace officers, investors and employees. 

While there are other worthy goals for the Guild – including member education and social events, local opera student financial support and community awareness-building of Opera as an art form – our focus now is to re-start and support the Met Live in HD transmissions in a high-quality, safe theatrical environment

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 In December 2006, the company launched The Met: Live in HD, a  series of performance transmissions shown live in high definition in  movie theaters around the world. The series expanded from an initial six  transmissions to 10 in the 2014–15 season and today reaches more than  2,000 venues in 73 countries across six continents.  Including Mexico!

 The Met’s 2022 - ‘23 season in Ajijic of live movie theater transmissions features ten spectacular productions, including exciting company premieres, new productions, and classic repertory favorites. 

Please note: Due to Covid limitations, patrons are asked to voluntarily wear protective masks.

       CAMPAIGN 2022 / 2023

The Chapala  Opera Guild must receive (11) / eleven Transmission Sponsors and (100) one-hundred Guild memberships by December 15, 2022 in order to meet our obligations to the Met Live in HD and MovieSpace organizations.

In order to sustain the production partnership we formed with the Moviespace Cine, we seek commitments of $10,000 MX for each live broadcast.  This would be for funding the  2022-2023 Season. 

We also seek a Guild Mega-Donor of $30,000 mx to cover the Guild’s overhead costs including legal, accounting , desk fees, Internet and website fees.

We are truly grateful for the out-pouring of Sponsorships for the 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 Seasons.  

Please e-mail your offer of support to service@chapalaoperaguild.org.

Note: Cash or checks in Mexican pesos, U.S. or Canadian currency,  or via PayPal are acceptable for Guild memberships and Broadcast Sponsorships. Please make checks payable to: 

"Amigos de Chapala Opera, A.C.

paypal: www.PayPal.me/chapalaoperaguild

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               Ajijic  Met HD Season 2022 / 2023

(Composer / sung in / Run time)

Cancelled:

Oct. 22: Medea           11:55 AM

Cherubini/Italian/2 hrs. 50 min.

Transmission a gift of: 

Elizabeth Shepard & Casa del Sol Inn

Nov. 5: La Traviata.           11:55 AM                                      Verdi/ Italian/3 hours)

Transmission a gift of: Allegra & Howard Willis

Cancelled Ajijic:  See Conjunto below

Dec. 10: The Hours     11:55 AM

Puts/English/2 hrs 55 min.

Transmission a gift of: Jim Coolidge 

& Ruben’ Olivares

Jan. 14: Fedora  11:55 AM.

Giordano/Italian/2 hrs. 55 min.

Transmission a gift of:  Lee Moriarity and  Bob Miller

Mar. 18: Lohengrin * 11:00 AM 

Wagner/Germán/4 hrs. 35 min. 

Transmission a gift of: 

  Apr. 1: Falstaff  *       9:55AM 

Verdi/Italian/2 hrs. 45 min.

Transmission a gift of: 

Apr. 15: Der Rosenkavalier * 11:00 AM

Strauss/Germán/4 hrs. 30 min.

Transmission a gift of: Gloriosa Hair Design 

Apr. 29: Champion 

Blanchard/English/3 hrs.

Transmission a gift of: 

May 20: Don Giovanni 

Mozart/Italian/2 hrs. 55 min.

Transmission a gift of: 

Sat. Jun. 3: Die Zauberflote 

Mozart/German/3 hrs. 10 min.

Transmission a gift of: 

Chapala Opera Guild Administration & Meeting Education Fund: $30,000 pesos

Funded  by a gift from: 

All show times are 11:55 AM Central/Ajijic time, 

unless otherwise noted above. *

All Óperas shown in  Spanish subtitles. 

        Some sung in English.

Cancelled til further notice:

MovieSpace Ticket Prices *

         2021-2022 SEASON 

Full Season: 10 Operas + Bonus "The Magic Flute")

TOTAL: $2,700 pesos  

($270 each 

 "Pick Package Tickets"/ 1 Purchaser

      - Pick Your Preferred Operas and Combine with a Friend or Partner

Pick 10 TICKETS - $270 pesos each

Pick 7-9 TICKETS  $300 pesos each 

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS  $330 pesos each  

* Subject to change without prior notice please

    GUILD MEMBER BENEFITS 

1.  With Season or Group Ticket Purchase:

+ 1   COMPLIMENTARY DRINK* per person per opera

2. Pre-season ticket sales priority seating 

3. Exclusive invitations to Guild education and receptions.

4. Special event and e-Mail information bulletins.

  TICKET SALES    

Please note reserved tickets are only available after October one at the MovieSpace  box office (taquilla) from 11 AM til 7 PM daily. 

Based on the Moviespace ticketing system, at the time of purchasing tickets, customers must select their seats, so all attendees are given their tickets with their numbered places (H1, A5... etc.) 

That is why it is important that people who book their places, go to the box office to buy their tickets and choose their place.