Met Opera ANNA BOLENA reminder
Don’t forget the opening opera this Saturday, Oct 15 at 9:55 am: Donizetti’s ANNA BOLENA – Live in HD via Satellite
This Met Premiere Production stars Anna Netrebk0 as the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera’s greatest mad scenes in this premiere production conducted by Marco Armiliato. Ekaterina Gubanova is Giovanna (Jane Seymour); Stephen Costello is Lord Percy; Ildar Abdrazakov is Enrico (Henry VIII); and Tamara Mumford is the queen’s page, Smeton.
Generally considered one of Donizetti’s finest operas, Anna Bolena was the composer’s first international success. Though never performed at the Met, the opera was famously revived at La Scala with Maria Callas in the 1950s. Anna Bolena is the first of a trilogy of Donizetti’s operas based on the lives of Tudor-era queens that David McVicar will be directing at the Met in coming seasons. Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux complete the trilogy, each with a different design team. All three operas will be Met premieres.
Cast subject to change without notification
Runtime: 3 hours 47 minutes with 1 intermission. You are welcome to bring your lunch but we’ll have tea, coffee, hot chocolate (yes, it’s back!!!!) and cold beverages available for sale.
Tickets: (General) and (Senior 65 yrs +). On sale at the Raven’s Cry Theatre’s box office or call 604-885-4597 to have yours held for pickup. Buy a season’s pass and get approximately 15% off.
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