After a short break, the high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera returns with Ambroise Thomas' "Hamlet." The performance begins at noon at the Town Plaza Cinema in Cape Girardeau. Thomas ...

Theis image released by The Metropolitan Opera shows Andrzej Filończyk, left, and Miles Mykkanen during a rehearsal for "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," in New York on Sept. 10, 2025.

At the Metropolitan Opera, a cramped studio at the back of the hall is a command tower, controlling the show’s elaborate video and effects.

Miles Mykkanen has come a long way since his musical theater dreams shifted to opera at the Juilliard School at Lincoln Center.