The Met: Live in HD 2009-10 Season
Presented by Film Streams in collaboration with Opera Omaha
Live: Saturday, May 1 (12pm; prelude talk at 11am)
This story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvor¡ák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of
Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Tony Award-winner Mary Zimmerman returns to direct this new production of a work she describes as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” The fanciful and magical tale, Zimmerman says, “has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”
A prelude talk with Opera Omaha General Director John Wehrle will begin at 11am on the day of the live broadcast (Saturday, May 1).
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Film Information
Running Time
4 hours, 20 minutes (2 intermissions)
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