Monday, September 15, 2014

Metropolitan Opera in HD relaunching at Greenbelt Cinema


The Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Metropolitan Opera and the Filipinas Opera Society Foundation Inc. in cooperation with the Ayala Malls Cinemas and Greenbelt, is relaunching the screenings of the latest operatic productions by the Metropolitan Opera through digital technology.

Six recent Metropolitan Opera productions, including the bold staging of Rigoletto set in Las Vegas in the 1960’s, will be shown in high definition and in Dolby Surround. At the opening of the series, Franco Zeffrelli’s classic staging of La Bohème will be shown starring Anita Hartig as the frail Mimì and Vittorio Grigolo as her lover Rodolfo. Other cast members are Massimo Cavalletti as Marcello, Oren Gradus as Colline, Patrick Carfizzi as Schaunard, Donald Maxwell as Benoit, Donald Maxwell as Alcindoro, and Susanna Phillips as Musetta. Stefano Ranzani conducts the orchestra in this production.


The Metropolitan Opera in HD screenings for this season will include the repeat showing of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto on October 14, 2014, Antonín Dvorák’s Rusalka on November 18, 2014, Giuseppe Verdi’s Othello on December 16, 2014, Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème on January 13, 2015, Jules Massenet’s Werther on February 10, and George Friedrich Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Enchanted Island on March 13. All screenings will start at 6:30 PM. Viewers can enjoy discounts by availing the subscription package for all the six screenings.

Ticket price:
P400

For inquiries:   
Dominique Dionisio (0929) 784-8783
Barbie Maceda (0917) 887-9687

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