"Tosca" opens Met Opera Live in HD fourth season
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New York City's Metropolitan Opera Company opens its fourth Live in HD season with a live performance via satellite of Puccini's "Tosca" at the Edwards Cinema in the Marketplace on Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. Met Music Director James Levine conducts this new production starring Finnish soprano Karita Mattila as a passionate opera singer in love with a painter.
Verdi's "Aida," set in ancient Egypt, at 10 a.m. on Oct. 24 is the second opera of the Live in HD season. Violeta Urmana stars in the title role of the enslaved Ethiopian princess with Dolora Zajick as her rival. Among the score's highlights is the celebrated Triumphal March.
Other upcoming performances include Puccini's "Turandot" (directed by Franco Zeffirelli) on Nov. 7, Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" (with Anna Netrebko) on Dec. 19), and Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" (with Renee Fleming) on Jan. 9. The popular Live in HD series will be played at more than 600 theatres around the world.
Ticket prices for the operas will be $20 for seniors and $22 for the general public. Details, 663-3030.
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