Sunday, November 22nd at 1:00pm
Presented in High Definition and Stereo Sound

COSÌ FAN TUTTE, Mozart
Performed at Grosses Festspielhaus – Salzburg Festival

CAST:
Miah Persson (Fiordiligi)
Isabel Leonard (Dorabella)
Topi Lehtipuu (Ferrando)
Florian Boesch (Guglielmo)
Bo Skovhus (Don Alfonso)
Patricia Petibon (Despina)

PRODUCTION TEAM:
Conductor: Adam Fischer
Director: Claus Guth
Sets: Christian Schmidt
Costumes: Anna Sofie Tuma
Lighting: Olaf Winter

Running time:
3 hrs. with one intermission
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles

With the new production of Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte from the coming Salzburg Festival 2009, the German Director Claus Guth will conclude his Mozart/Da Ponte cycle, which he first started with “Le nozze di Figaro” (starring Anna Netrebko) in 2006, followed by “Don Giovanni” (starring Christopher Maltman, Erwin Schrott, Matthew Polenzani, Annette Dasch, Dorothea Röschmann) in 2008. The Hungarian Conductor Adam Fischer, whose recordings of Haydn's Symphonies No. 88 and 101 won the Echo Prize in 2008, will conduct the Vienna Philharmonic. The Swedish Soprano Miah Persson, guest at many international companies and festivals, will act as Fiordiligi. Appearing as her sister Dorabella will be Isabel Leonard. This young Mezzo-Soprano is already making waves in the world of classical music both at home in the US and abroad. As Ferrando the Finnish tenor Topi Lehtipuu will perform. He gained world-wide recognition for his interpretation of the major Mozart roles. Performing the role of Guglielmo is the Austrian Baritone Florian Boesch, who in 2003 made his operatic debut with Opernhaus Zürich as Papageno. The French Soprano Patricia Petibon is appearing as Despina.

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

Sunday, December 6th at 1:00pm
Thursday, December 10th at 4:00pm
Presented in High Definition and Stereo Sound

LA TRAVIATA (Verdi)
performance at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan

CAST:
Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta)
Natascha Petrinsky (Flora)
Tiziana Tramonti (Annina)
Ramón Vargas (Alfredo Germont)
Roberto Frontali (Giorgio Germont)
Enrico Cossutta (Gastone)
Alessandro Paliaga (Barone Douphol)
Piero Terranova (Marchese d'Obigny)
Luigi Roni (Dottor Grenvil)
Nicola Pamio (Giuseppe)
Giuseppe Nicodemo (Domestico)
Ernesto Panariello (Commissionario).

In Part of the
LA SCALA SERIES
La Traviata, music by Giuseppi Verdi, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave is based on The Lady of the Camelias. It was first performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, March 1853. Courtesan Violetta Valéry meets a new admirer, Alfredo Germont who confesses his love. Trouble intrudes with Alfredo's father who demands she renounce his son since the scandal of Alfredo's affair with her has threatened his daughter's engagement. Violetta resists but eventually agrees. Back in Paris, Alfredo denounces his former love cruelly and Douphol challenges him to a duel. Six months later Violetta has not long to live. Eventually, Alfredo learns the truth and is on his way to beg her pardon. But it’s too late and she dies in his arms. The title La Traviata means literally “The Woman Who Strayed”, or “The Fallen One”. Particularly worth noting in the cast is Angela Gheorghiu’s La Scala debut as Violetta.

Running Time: 2hours 13minutes
TICKETS FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT: $20.00 per person
(Sorry, No Passes or Discounted Admissions accepted)

The Kirov's NUTCRACKER
From The Nutcracker's original stage, the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, now finally into cinemas worldwide. Featuring the world-renowned Kirov Ballet and startling staging designed by Mikhail Shemiakin.

Presented in High Definition and Stereo Surround Sound.
90 Minutes
Coming for the Christmas Holiday

TICKETS FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT:
Adults $15.00 / Children and Senior Citizens $10.00
(sorry, no passes or discounted admissions)

About the Nutcracker
The premier of what is known to be one of the world’s most famous ballets, the Nutcracker, took place at the Mariinsky Theater of Russia in 1892. Mikhail Shemiakin, Russian émigré and world-renowned avant-garde artist and sculptor reinterpreted the historical ballet to suit a more colorful audience. Known as the sophisticated and witty Nutcracker, Mikhail Shemiakin’s version is a more unconventional production different from the traditional versions popular at Christmas.
This unique interpretation was filmed in the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, home of the Kirov Ballet Academy and the Nutcracker’s original stage. The 2007 production showcases the eye-catching costumes and startling staging designed by Mikhail Shemiakin. An exhibition of Shemiakin’s costume and design sketches used in the staging of the ballet was presented in the private collections of the Russian Museum in St.Petersburg.

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