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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