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MET OPERA in NEW YORK 2010/2011
SEASON
BBC in LONDON
NATIONAL THEATRE in LONDON
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LIVE FROM THE BBC IN LONDON
LAST NIGHT AT THE
PROMS
Saturday, September 11 11:30 am
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Renée Fleming |
The BBC Last Night of the
Proms is one of the most famous music events in the world, listened to and
watched by millions around the globe. On Saturday, September 11th, the
powerful finale of the 2010 BBC Proms season will be broadcast LIVE via
satellite from the Royal Albert Hall in London
This year, tradition meets high jinks as Jiří Bělohlávek conducts his
second Last Night. Renée Fleming lends her lustrous soprano to music by
Strauss, Dvořák and Smetana. Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist
Maxim Rysanov gives Tchaikovsky’s popular cello variations a new voice,
and loyal Prommers can spot the last traces of the season’s Wood, Parry,
Wagner, Rodgers and Hammerstein and opera themes.
3 hrs, 10 minutes duration.
Ticket prices are $20. All taxes included.
Tix available at the Raven's Cry Theatre in advance or at the door while
quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
BBC Worldwide
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre |
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD
Saturday, October 9 10 am
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Wagner’s Das
Rheingold – New Production
Two unparalleled artists
join forces to create a groundbreaking new Ring for the Met:
Maestro James Levine and director Robert Lepage. The cycle launches with
Das Rheingold, the prologue to Wagner’s epic drama. “The Ring
is not just a story or a series of operas, it’s a cosmos,” says Lepage,
who brings cutting-edge technology and his own visionary imagination to
the world’s greatest theatrical journey. Bryn Terfel sings the leading
role of Wotan for the first time with the company, heading an
extraordinary cast.
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 3 hrs 15 min. approximately, including intermissions.
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre |
A DISAPPEARING NUMBER
NATIONAL THEATRE in LONDON
Thursday, October 14 6:30 pm
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NT LIVE |
The exciting new season of
National Theatre Live will launch on 14 October with Complicite's A
Disappearing Number live from Theatre Royal Plymouth. Directed by
Simon McBurney, this is a story about connections between ideas,
cultures and times. In London a man attempts to unravel the secrets of his
lover. In Bangalore a woman collapses on a train. In Cambridge in 1914
Englishman GH Hardy seeks to comprehend the ideas of the Indian prodigy
Srinivasa Ramanujan. Simultaneously a narrative and an investigation, A
Disappearing Number weaves a provocative theatrical pattern about our
relentless compulsion to understand.
Awards include the Olivier Award for Best New Play (2008), the Evening
Standard Theatre Award for Best Play (2007) and The Critics’ Circle
Theatre Award for Best New Play (2007).
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
National Theatre of London
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA
LIVE IN HD
Saturday, October 23 9 am
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Mussorgsky’s Boris
Godunov – New Production
René Pape takes on one of
the greatest bass roles in a production by renowned theater and opera
director Peter Stein, in his Met debut. Valery Gergiev conducts
Mussorgsky’s epic spectacle that captures the suffering and ambition of a
nation. “Boris Godunov is a masterpiece,” Stein says. “The
challenge is to transmit the enormous emotional depth of the whole thing.
Boris is the czar, but he is expressing a problem we all have: the
consequences of human actions.” Aleksandrs Antonenko, Vladimir Ognovenko,
and Ekaterina Semenchuk lead the huge cast.
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 5 hrs 30 min. approximately, including intermissions
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD
Saturday, November 13 10 am |
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Donizetti’s Don
Pasquale
Anna Netrebko revives her
sensational turn in this sophisticated bel canto comedy, opposite Matthew
Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John Del Carlo in the title role. Music
Director James Levine conducts. When Otto Schenk’s production premiered in
2006, the New York Times called it “brilliant” and “wonderful.”
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 4 hours, approximately, including intermissions.
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre |
HAMLET
NATIONAL THEATRE in LONDON
Thursday, December 9 6:30 pm
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NT LIVE |
Following his celebrated performances at the National in Burnt by the
Sun , The Revenger's Tragedy , Philistines and The
Man of Mode , Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet. He is joined by Clare Higgins
(Gertrude), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), David Calder (Polonius), James
Laurenson (Ghost/Player King) and Ruth Negga (Ophelia).
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
National Theatre of London
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA
LIVE IN HD
Saturday, December 11 9:30
am |
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Verdi’s Don Carlo
– New Production
Director Nicholas Hytner
makes his Met debut with this new production of Verdi’s profound,
beautiful, and most ambitious opera. Roberto Alagna leads the cast, and
Ferruccio Furlanetto, Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, and Simon
Keenlyside also star. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, back after his triumphant
debut leading Carmen, conducts. “I think Don Carlo is the
quintessential Verdi opera,” Hytner says. “Right through this opera there
is, on the one hand, an implacable expression of impending doom and, on
the other hand, a succession of the most gloriously open-throated arias,
the most fantastically determined music.”
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 5 hrs approximately, including intermissions
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA
LIVE IN HD
Saturday, January 8 10 am |
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Puccini’s La
Fanciulla del West
Puccini’s wild-west opera
had its world premiere in 1910 at the Met. Now, on the occasion of its
centennial, all-American diva Deborah Voigt sings the title role of the
“girl of the golden west,” starring opposite Marcello Giordani. Nicola
Luisotti conducts.
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 3 hrs 50 min. approximately, including intermissions
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre |
FELA!
NATIONAL THEATRE in LONDON
Thursday, January 13 6:30 pm
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FELA!
special website & trailer
(click here) |
A provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music,
FELA! explores the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat
legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz,
funk and African rhythm and harmonies), FELA! reveals Kuti's
controversial life as an artist and political activist. Featuring many of
Fela Kuti’s most captivating songs and Bill T Jones’s visionary staging,
this original new creation comes via Broadway to the National Theatre.
FELA! received its world premiere Off-Broadway in September 2008, where it
won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical.
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
National Theatre of London and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA
LIVE IN HD
Saturday, February 11, 2011 10 am
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Composer John Adams will conduct his own opera
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Adams' Nixon in China – New Production
“All of my operas have
dealt on deep psychological levels with our American mythology,” says
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams, whose most famous opera has
its Met premiere. Acclaimed director and longtime Adams collaborator Peter
Sellars makes his Met debut with this groundbreaking 1987 work, an
exploration of the human truths beyond the headlines surrounding President
Nixon’s historic 1972 encounter with Mao and Communist China. Baritone
James Maddalena stars as Nixon, a role he created to widespread acclaim.
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: To be announced
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre |
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA
LIVE IN HD
Saturday, February 26, 2011 10 am |
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Gluck’s Iphigénie en
Tauride
Susan Graham
and Plácido Domingo reprise their starring roles in Gluck’s nuanced and
elegant interpretation of this primal Greek myth. Tenor Paul Groves also
returns to Stephen Wadsworth’s insightful production, first seen in 2007.
Patrick Summers conducts
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 3 hrs 15 min. approximately, including intermissions
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre |
FRANKENSTEIN
NATIONAL THEATRE in LONDON
Saturday, March 17 Time TBA
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NT LIVE |
Danny Boyle’s production of Frankenstein, a play by Nick
Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley will follow on 17 March 2011.
More info to follow.
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
National Theatre of London and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD
Saturday, March 19, 2011 10 am |
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Donizetti’s Lucia di
Lammermoor
Natalie Dessay triumphed as
the fragile heroine of Donizetti’s masterpiece on Opening Night of the
2007–08 season in Mary Zimmerman’s hit production. Now she returns to the
role of the innocent young woman driven to madness, opposite Joseph
Calleja, who sings her lover Edgardo.
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 4 hrs 20 min. approximately, including intermissions
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA
LIVE IN HD
Saturday, April 9, 2011 10 am |
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Rossini's Le Compte
Ory – New Production
Rossini’s vocally dazzling
comedy stars bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of
this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato,
in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adèle,
sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met’s hit
productions of The Barber of Seville and The Tales of Hoffmann,
describes the world of the opera as, “a place where love is dangerous.
People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful. Rossini captures
both—with the most beautiful love music Rossini ever wrote.”
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 3 hrs 25 min. approximately, including intermissions
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre |
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA
LIVE IN HD
Saturday, April 23, 2011 10 am |
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Strauss’s Capriccio
On Opening Night of the
2008–09 season, Renée Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang the final
scene of Strauss’s wise and worldly meditation on art and life. Now she
performs the entire work, in which the composer explores the essence of
opera itself. Matthew Polenzani and Sarah Connolly also star, and Andrew
Davis conducts.
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 3 hrs 30 min. approximately, including intermissions
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre |
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD
Saturday, April 30, 2011 10 am |
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Verdi’s Il Trovatore
David McVicar’s stirring
production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered in the 2008–09 season. James
Levine leads this revival, starring four extraordinary singers—Sondra
Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in
what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score.
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 3 hrs 30 min. approximately, including intermissions
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre
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NY METROPOLITAN OPERA
LIVE IN HD
Saturday, May 14, 2011
9:30 am |
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Wagner’s Die Walküre – New Production
A stellar cast comes together for this second installment of Robert
Lepage’s new production of the Ring cycle, conducted by James Levine. Bryn
Terfel is Wotan, lord of the Gods. Deborah Voigt adds the part of
Brünnhilde to her extensive Wagnerian repertoire at the Met. Jonas
Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek star as the twins, Siegmund and Sieglinde,
and Stephanie Blythe is Fricka.
Ticket prices are $24 General (14-64 yrs) and $20 Senior/Child (0-13/65
yrs +). All taxes included.
Runtime: 5 hrs 35 min. approximately, including intermissions
Tix available, after Sept 10, at
the Raven's Cry Theatre at the door while quantities last.
Cast, repertory, and schedule may be subject to change.
Presented by:
The Metropolitan Opera
and the
Raven's
Cry Theatre |
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