Sunday, March 14th at 1:00pm
Thursday, March 18th at 4:00pm
presented in High Definition and Stereo Sound

FALSTAFF (Verdi)
Performed at Opéra Royal De Wallonie, Liège, Belgium

CAST:
Ruggero Raimondi (Sir John Falstaff)
Luca Salsi (Ford)
Virginia Tola (Mrs Alice Ford)
Sabina Puértolas (Nannetta)
Tiberius Simu (Fenton)
Cinzia De Mola (Mistress Quickly)
Liliana Mattei (Mrs. Meg Page)
Gregory Bonfatti (Dr. Caius)
Pietro Picone (Bardolfo)
Luciano Montanaro (Pistola)

Running time: 2 hrs. 50 min. plus one intermission
Sung in Italian with English subtitles

With Falstaff, Verdi bid a magnificent farewell to opera. He chose, however, a genre that he wasn’t familiar with: the comic opera. His librettist, Boito, gave Verdi a text, adapted from a Shakespeare play, that allowed him to express all his skills and power, giving the musicians as important role as the characters. Verdi brought something new to opera at a time when his prior works had already become classics. This last Verdi opera was first played in front of an enthusiastic Milanese public and ended Verdi’s work on an happy note.

To interpret the title role, Ruggero Raimondi, this masterful actor and exceptional artist with a powerful and colorful voice, comes back to Liège for the inauguration of the Royal Opera House. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts this phenomenal production.

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TICKETS FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT: $20.00 per person
(Sorry, No Passes or Discounted Admissions accepted)

Sunday, March 28th at 1:00pm
Thursday, April 1st at 4:00pm
presented in High Definition

CARMEN(Bizet)
Performed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy

CAST:
Jonas Kaufmann (Don José)
Erwin Schrott (Escamillo)
Anita Rachvelishvili (Carmen)
Adriana Damato (Micaëla)

PRODUCTION TEAM:
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Staging & Costumes: Emma Dante
Sets: Richard Peduzzi
Lights: Dominique Bruguière

Running time: 3 hours plus one intermission

Every year, on December 7th, La Scala officially inaugurates its Opera Season with an opening night regarded as one of European society’s most important cultural events. This year, for the second time since the birth of Teatro alla Scala in 1778, thanks to the continuing collaboration of Emerging Pictures & RAI Trade, audiences in cinemas throughout the World will be able to experience this event live.

Young Georges Bizet, who died soon after the first run of Carmen, never enjoyed the success and fame of his creation. Carmen wasn’t initially well received, but became and still is one of the most famous and most popular works in the opera repertoire.

For this production, La Scala has gathered the new generation of opera stars, including the German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, the Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott, the Italian soprano Adriana Damata, and newest revelation Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, won the Leyla Gencer Voice Competition last year.

TICKETS FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT: $20.00 per person
(Sorry, No Passes or Discounted Admissions accepted)

Coming in the Spring

SIEGFRIED (Wagner)
IL TROVATORE (Verdi)
VIVA LA MAMMA (Donizetti)

(Dates/Times subject to change)