MOBILE, Ala. — The Metropolitan Opera and NCM Fathom will present two special summer encores pre-recorded from the first season of the Peabody Award-winning “The Met: Live in HD” series including Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville)” this Wednesday, followed by Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” on Aug. 5th.

Both performances will be screened at the Hollywood Theater, 1250 Satchel Paige Dr. in Mobile, at 7 p.m.

Tickets are now available at www.fathomevents.com or at the theater box office.

More information about the summer encores is available at www.metoperafamily.org/hdlive.

One of the most beloved operatic comedies of all time, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” was an instant audience favorite at its first showing as part of “The Met: Live in HD” series in March 2007.

The cast includes Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Rosina and Swedish baritone Peter Mattei in the title role of the swaggering barber.

“Il Barbiere di Siviglia” is directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher and conducted by Maurizio Benini.

“The Magic Flute” is presented Aug. 5 in an abridged, English-language version created especially for families. The production takes audiences to a magical world of dancing bears, giant birds and colorful adventure in Mozart’s ever-popular masterpiece.

This performance was originally presented in December 2006 as the inaugural transmission of “The Met: Live in HD.” Directed by Tony Award winner Julie Taymor (“The Lion King”) and conducted by Metropolitan Opera Music Director James Levine, the dynamic cast includes Ying Huang as Pamina, Matthew Polenzani as Tamino and Nathan Gunn the bird catcher Papageno.

Originally broadcast to a limited number of movie theaters in the U.S., and internationally in the inaugural 2006-2007 season of “The Met: Live in HD” series, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” and “The Magic Flute” will each be rebroadcast one night only in 275 select theaters through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network.

“The Met: Live in HD” series was recently honored with a prestigious Peabody Award for its “vividly designed, smartly annotated productions of Hansel and Gretel, Dr. Atomic, Peter Grimes and other operas,” and the use of “state-of-the-art digital technology to reinvent the presentation of a classic art form.”

In addition, the Met won a special Emmy Award in January 2009 for “advancing technology through ongoing, live, global transmission of high-definition programming to movie theaters.”

Using robotic cameras and state-of-the-art technology, “The Met: Live in HD” captures the onstage action from striking angles and heightens attention to the narrative elements of both performance and production.

The series offers behind-the-scenes features, live interviews with cast and crew, insightful short documentaries and bird’s-eye views of the productions, offering an unprecedented look at what goes into the staging of an opera.

“The Met: Live in HD” is made possible by a generous grant from the Neubauer Family Foundation.