New York’s The Metropolitan World-Class Productions in High-Definition (HD) Video in AYALA MALLS CINEMAS’ GREENBELT 3
The Cultural Center of the
Philippines, The Metropolitan Opera, The Filipinas Opera Society Foundation,
Inc. and Ayala Malls Cinemas bring to the country New York’s The Met Opera
series of live performances filmed in high-definition video made available at
Greenbelt3 Cinema starting this October 14 with “Rigoletto.”
Presenting world-class productions
to a wider audience and making it more accessible globally, this latest in
digital movie experience allows more people, who are unable to get to New York
City, to watch The Met’s high-quality series of operatic performances. Through digital technology, the stage plays
will be presented at Ayala Malls Cinemas’ Greenbelt 3 screens as it was
recorded during their live performance at The Met – complete with backstage
scenes, interviews with the actors and production crew.
Amir Precilla - General Manager of Ayala Malls Cinemas, Myrna Fernandez - President of Ayala Malls Cinemas, Dr. Raul Sunico - CCP President |
The recent opening gala at Ayala
Malls Cinemas’ Greenbelt 3 featured the operatic stage play in HD “La Bohème”
preceded by a program at Greenbelt 5’s
The Gallery where two of the Philippines’ pride in the performing arts
enthralled the guests eager for a whole new experience at the movies – soprano
Jade Rubis Riccio and pianist Farley Asuncion..
Dr. Raul Sunico - CCP President |
Abuzz with anticipation of this
latest offering from Ayala Malls Cinemas, guests were then treated to the first
ever screening of “La Bohème.” This operatic
masterpiece is Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera
in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in
Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate
lover, Rodolfo. La Bohème is an opera in
four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica
and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. The
world premiere performance of La Bohème was in Turin on Feb. 1, 1896 at the Teatro Regio, conducted
by the young Arturo Toscanini. Since then, La Bohème has become part of the
standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed
operas worldwide.
Jade Rubis Riccio - Soprano, Farley Asuncion - Pianist |
Following the onscreen gala of The
Met Opera’s “La Boheme,” Ayala Malls Cinemas invites cineastes and avid stage
play aficionados for the series of upcoming stage plays in HD at Greenbelt3
cinemas this October 14 featuring “Rigoletto” starting 6:30pm.
“Rigoletto” is the Italian libretto
written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor
Hugo. Conducted by Michele Mariotti, its tragic story introduces Rigoletto, a
hunchback sidekick and comedian, the licentious Duke of Mantuaand Rigoletto's
beautiful daughter Gilda. The opera's original title, La Maledizione (The
Curse), refers to the curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier
whose daughter had been seduced by the Duke with Rigoletto's encouragement. The
curse comes to fruition when Gilda likewise falls in love with the Duke and
eventually sacrifices her life to save him from the assassins hired by her
father. Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings the
title role of Verdi’s tragic masterpiece for the first time at the Met in this
Michael Mayer’s dazzling production set in Las Vegas – the neon-bedecked hit of
the 2012-2013 season. Included in the
cast are Matthew Polenzani is the womanizing duke, and Irina Lungu and Sonya
Yoncheva, sing the role of Gilda.
The Met’s Opera productions at
Greenbelt 3 are valued at P400 per ticket, further Ayala Malls Cinemas is also
offering subscriptions of all six Met Opera titles at a special rate – check
out www.sureseats.com for more details.
Delivering the latest performances
from The Metropolitan Opera in New York, Ayala Malls Cinemas will soon release
the following Met Opera productions for the rest of 2014 until the first
quarter of 2015:
“Rusalka” on November 18. The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her
signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful
fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is
Ježibaba, and dynamic young maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.
“Otello” on December 16. In this Met
production, star soprano Renée Fleming leads the cast in the role of Otello’s
true love and victim, Desdemona. Johan Botha sings the title role of the
fearless warrior destroyed by jealousy, and Falk Struckmann is the plotting
Iago. Otello explores timeless themes of love, jealousy, trust, gossip, fame,
the meaning of friendship, and the dangerous line between public and private
life—all of which young people can relate to.
“La Bohéme” will then again be
featured on January 13.
“Werther” on February 10. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of
Massenet's sublime adaptation of Goethe's revolutionary and tragic romance,
opposite Sophie Koch as Charlotte. The new production is directed and designed
by Richard Eyre and Rob Howell, the same team that created the Met's recent hit
staging of Carmen. Rising young maestro Alain Altinoglu conducts.
“The Enchanted Island” on March
3. Inspired by the 18th-century
tradition of the pastiche, The Enchanted Island is an extraordinary new work
featuring music by some of the Baroque era’s greatest composers and a libretto
devised and written by Jeremy Sams. A popular genre in its day, a pastiche (or pasticcio)
combines existing music by one or several composers with a new text and
storyline. Handel, Vivaldi, and Rameau, whose works are prominently featured in
The Enchanted Island, all devised pastiches from their own music.
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information on The Met Opera shows at Greenbelt 3 schedule and ticket
reservation.
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