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BOOK AHEAD: April 22, Don Carlos VERDI at the MET Cinema Art Theater in Live HD
April 1, 2022
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society will once again present “The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD” 2021 – 22 season at the Cinema Art Theater. This award-winning series will feature live transmissions of ten spectacular productions.
Since its initial broadcast in 2006 “The Met: Live in HD” has grown exponentially with classical music lovers from around the world proving opera can have a place in their local movie theaters. It is now the largest provider of alternative cinema content in the world that reaches more than 2,000+ venues in countries across six continents.
The season begins on Mon, Oct 18 with Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov. Also screening throughout the season are: Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Eurydice, Cinderella – Holiday Production, Rigoletto, Ariadne auf Naxos, don Carlos, Turandot, Lucia di Lammermoor and Hamlet. In addition to the opera performance, the HD series features Met opera stars conducting live interviews with cast and/or various production crew members while showing behind-the-scene features.
The affordable opportunity to see world-class opera in your community is a wonderful experience for all ages. Note: The 2020-21 presentations at the Cinema Art Theater will be taped and presented about one week after the live performance until the Film Society is able to get the needed satellite equipment installed.
DON CARLOS (VERDI)
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Screens April 4, 2020. Tickets available now.
For the first time in company history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera of doomed love among royalty, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a world-beating cast of opera’s leading lights, including tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Élisabeth de Valois, and mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca as Eboli. Bass-baritones Eric Owens and John Relyea are Philippe II and the Grand Inquisitor, and baritone Etienne Dupuis rounds out the all-star principal cast as Rodrigue. Verdi’s masterpiece receives a monumental new staging by David McVicar that marks his 11th Met production, placing him among the most prolific and popular directors in recent Met memory.
Sung in French with English subtitles, estimated Run Time: 4 hrs 35 mins, with two intermissions
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Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student – With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors – 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth – 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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TURANDOT (PUCCINI)
Starts May 16, 2022. Tickets available now.
Two of today’s most thrilling voices share the title role of the legendary cold-hearted princess: Christine Goerke, the Met’s reigning dramatic soprano, and superstar Anna Netrebko, making her long-awaited Met role debut after providing a hair-raising preview in 2019’s New Year’s Eve Gala. Tenors Yusif Eyvazov and Yonghoon Lee trade off as the bold prince determined to win Turandot’s love, alongside sopranos Gabriella Reyes, Michelle Bradley, and Ermonela Jaho as the devoted servant Liù and bass-baritone James Morris and basses Alexander Tsymbalyuk and Ferruccio Furlanetto as the blind king Timur. Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s stirring score.
Estimated Run Time: 3 hrs 15 min
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Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student – With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors – 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth – 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (DONIZETTI)
Screening May 31, 2022. Tickets available now.
In recent seasons, soprano Nadine Sierra has brought down the house at the Met with virtuosic vocalism and captivating stage presence as Gilda in Rigoletto, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Ilia in Idomeneo. Now, she takes on one of the repertory’s most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine of Lucia di Lammermoor, in an electrifying new staging by in-demand Australian theater and film director Simon Stone, conducted by Riccardo Frizza. Show-stopping tenor Javier Camarena adds to the bel canto fireworks as Lucia’s beloved, Edgardo, with baritone Artur Rucinski as her overbearing brother, Enrico, and bass Matthew Rose as her tutor, Raimondo.
Estimated Run Time: 3 hrs 25 min
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Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student – With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors – 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth – 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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HAMLET (BRETT DEAN / LIBRETTO BY MATTHEW JOCELYN
Starts Jun 13, 2022. Tickets available now.
When Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian declared, “New opera doesn’t often get to sound this good … Shakespeare offers a gauntlet to composers that shouldn’t always be picked up, but Dean’s Hamlet rises to the challenge.” Now, this riveting contemporary masterpiece arrives at the Met, with Neil Armfield, who directed the work’s premiere, bringing his acclaimed staging to New York. Many of the original cast members have followed, including tenor Allan Clayton in the title role. Nicholas Carter makes his Met debut conducting a remarkable ensemble, which also features soprano Brenda Rae as Ophelia, mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly as Gertrude, baritone Rod Gilfry as Claudius, and legendary bass John Tomlinson as the ghost of Hamlet’s father.
Estimated Run Time: 3 hrs 15 min
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Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student – With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors – 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth – 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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