#METROPOLITAN OPERA CINEMAS MOVIE#

Soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Live in HD debut in one of her signature roles, the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss's enchanting masterpiece. Baritone Quinn Kelsey, a commanding artist at the height of his powers, brings his searing portrayal of the title role to the Met for the first time, starring alongside soprano Rosa Feola as Gilda and tenor Piotr Beczała as the Duke of Mantua, with Maestro Daniele Rustioni on the podium. Tony Award–winning director Bartlett Sher creates a bold new take on Verdi's timeless tragedy, resetting the opera's action in 1920s Europe, with Art Deco sets by Michael Yeargan and elegant costumes by Catherine Zuber. Live in HD : January 29, 2022, at 12:55PM ET Maestro Emmanuel Villaume leads a delightful cast, which includes mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo as Cinderella's Prince Charming, soprano Jessica Pratt as her Fairy Godmother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and bass-baritone Laurent Naouri as her feuding guardians. Laurent Pelly's storybook staging of Massenet's Cendrillon is presented with an all-new English translation in an abridged 90-minute adaptation, with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as its rags-to-riches princess. Live in HD : January 1, 2022, at 12:55PM ET Massenet's Cinderella-New abridged English-language version Soprano Erin Morley sings the title role, opposite baritone Joshua Hopkins as Orpheus and countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński as his otherworldly alter ego. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium, leading Aucoin's evocative music and an immersive new staging by Mary Zimmerman. With a libretto by MacArthur 'Genius Grant' recipient Sarah Ruhl, adapted from her acclaimed 2003 play, the opera reimagines the familiar tale from Eurydice's point of view.

American composer Matthew Aucoin now carries that tradition into the 21st century with a captivating new take on the story. The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempts to harness the power of music to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the underworld, has inspired composers since opera's earliest days. Live in HD : December 4, 2021, at 12:55PM ET Baritone Will Liverman, stars as Charles, alongside sopranos Angel Blue as Destiny/Loneliness/ Greta and Latonia Moore as Billie. Brown-two of the creators of the recent production of the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess-co-direct this new staging. The first opera by a Black composer presented on the Met stage and featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man's journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard's adaptation of Charles M. Live in HD : October 23, 2021, at 12:55PM ET Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones- Met Premiere

Stephen Wadsworth's affecting production poignantly captures the hope and suffering of the Russian people, as well as the title ruler himself. Conductor Sebastian Weigle leads Mussorgsky's masterwork, a pillar of the Russian repertoire, in its original 1869 version.

Live in HD : October 9, 2021, at 12:55PM ETīass René Pape reprises his tremendous portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia, kicking off the 2021–22 Live in HD season. Tickets for the 2021–22 Live in HD season are on sale now and can be purchased online at at participating theater box offices. A complete list of theater locations is available on the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change). A holiday encore of The Magic Flute will also screen on December 11. Encores of each performance will take place on the Wednesday following the live broadcast. The season begins on October 9, 2021, with Boris Godunov, the 138th transmission of the series. The season continues with Fire Shut Up in My Bones ( October 23, 2021), Eurydice ( December 4, 2021), Cinderella ( January 1, 2022), Rigoletto ( January 29, 2022), Ariadne auf Naxos ( March 12, 2022), Don Carlos ( March 26, 2022), Turandot ( May 7, 2022), Lucia di Lammermoor ( May 21, 2022), and Hamlet ( June 4, 2022).

#METROPOLITAN OPERA CINEMAS MOVIE#

27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Fathom Events is proud to partner with the Metropolitan Opera to bring The Met: Live in HD, the Met's award-winning series of high-definition live cinema transmissions, to movie theaters nationwide for its 15th season.

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