Don Giovanni now comes with a bucket of popcorn. Four years after first taking opera productions to the movie theater, the Metropolitan Opera has announced that it is bringing its "Live in HD" broadcasts to 100 additional U.S. venues.

The Metropolitan Opera has set a record for its box office opening day, selling more than $2.6 million worth of single tickets for the new season.

The South African artist has taken on a range of social justice issues in his sculpture, film and drawings. Now, he's tackling opera.  

Ladies in pasties take the stage at the Met for its new production of  Les Contes d'Hoffmann. In this thoroughly modern version of the 19th Century tale, Jacques Offenbach's psychodrama about three failed love affairs is part-Kafka, part-Fellini. Watch the video.