FRYEBURG — The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Met Opera “Live in HD” series presents Saint-Saëns’s “Samson et Dalila” at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20.

When mezzo-soprano El?na Garan?a and tenor Roberto Alagna joined forces for a new production of “Carmen” at the Met, the results were electrifying. Now this star duo reunites for another sensual French opera when they open the season in the title roles of this biblical epic. Darko Tresnjak, who won a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 2014 for “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,” makes his Met debut directing a vivid, seductive staging. Sir Mark Elder conducts the first new Met production of the work in 20 years. Estimated run time is three hours, four minutes.

Local opera enthusiast Joe De Vito will be hosting his Opera Lecture Series at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in the LHE/PAC seminar room. De Vito’s workshop, which is free and open to the public, will provide an in-depth look at “Samson et Dalila,” including its music, story, composer and more.

Tickets to the simulcast are $26 for adults, $23 for seniors and $18 for students. Purchase tickets in advance online at www.fryeburgacademy.org or call the box office at 207-935-9232. The LHE/PAC is at 18 Bradley St. in Fryeburg.