Hamlet
New York’s Metropolitan Opera Live in HD
Sat 27 Mar 5pm
Cinema £25 (£20)
Composer: Ambroise Thomas
The Met Opera bring a selection from their award-winning series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to Warwick Arts Centre.
The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any others. Simon Keenlyside and Marlis Petersen* bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of the Bard’s most unforgettable characters in this new production. For the role of Ophelia, the French composer Ambroise Thomas created a mad scene that is amongst the greatest in opera.
3hrs 45mins approx. (including 2 intervals)
*Marlis Petersen will sing the role of Ophélie,replacing Natalie Dessay who is ill.
| Sat 27 Mar | Cinema | 5:00pm |
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5 Comments
We have very much enjoyed live transmissions from the national theatre, the met , and covent garden on previous occasions.I have not noticed the ticket price of £25 before.This seems a bit steep? Is this a new price and is it just for the met? I think many people may think twice before paying £50 per couple to go to the cinema and even if it is, in all probability, a sell out , it is a price which will exclude many people. Your hands are probably tied by the price being set by The Met ? What a pity.
teresa pringle at 1:15am on Fri 26th Mar 2010
totally agree - its very expensive; we could go and see the "real thing" in Stratford Upon Avon. I would love to come but the price is just too high.
Lynda at 4:39pm on Fri 26th Mar 2010
Thank you both for your comments. We have been broadcasting the Metropolitan Opera Live series for some time now and the price has been £25 for every event, we have not altered it.
We have had some great feedback from audiences who have enjoyed the live transmissions so far, many of whom have said that this is the closest they would ever be able to come to seeing the Metropolitan Opera live. We are pleased to be able to bring (as near as) the 'real thing' to audiences in the West Midlands who are unable to travel to New York to see it in person.
Thanks again for taking the time to comment.
Warwick Arts Centre Staff
Julia Barry, Marketing Team at 4:52pm on Fri 26th Mar 2010
Lynda, since when do the Met Opera perform in SoA???? This isn't the play Hamlet, it's New York's Metropolitan Opera! I came to see Carmen with friends earlier this year and it was a stunning four hours of entertainment, hardly just "going to the cinema". Keep up the good work WAC.
Sid L at 5:45pm on Fri 26th Mar 2010
To be fair to WAC, you would pay up to £300 to see this in NYC. Plus a return flight. Suddenly £25 doesn't seem too bad for a live cinema transmission does it? :)
Sally Nicholson at 10:20pm on Fri 26th Mar 2010