To find a theater near you and to buy tickets:
Click here, enter in your zip code next to your chosen event in the box on the left and click 'buy tickets'. A list of theaters showing your event will appear.Here is the official Metropolitan Opera website. Other operas showing this year include Simon Boccanegra, Hamlet, and Armida.
I will be going to the opera tomorrow at the Palo Alto CinéArts theater, maybe with my husband, and maybe not.
To get you excited, here is a clip from the 1984 film version of Carmen, directed by Francesco Rosi...