(Amanda’s note: “OMG!”)
On August 29, the Metropolitan Opera will launch its first-ever Summer HD Festival, featuring free screenings of ten productions from the company’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Live in HD series. The series will run for ten nights and opens with Laurent Pelly’s acclaimed production of Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment, starring Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez. The festival will close with Anthony Minghella’s staging of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, featuring Patricia Racette and Marcello Giordani, on Monday evening, September 7. Three of the HD productions to be shown are conducted by Met Music Director James Levine.
The HD screenings start at 7:30, 7:45 or 8:00pm and are FREE! Tickets are not required; 2800 seats will be available each night on a first-come, first-served basis. Eat locally before or after performances and check out special restaurants offers listed below.
Details here: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/template.aspx?id=8586
