Emerging Pictures
International Opera and Ballet in Cinema
Presented in High Definition Video and Digital Sound
Emerging Cinemas is a member of the Emerging Pictures family, the largest all-digital theater network in the U.S. Nearly 100 arts institutions, media arts centers and independent art houses across the nation are connected by Emerging Cinemas through state-of-the-art digital technology that enables venues to exhibit exclusive independent cinema, documentaries, arts programming and foreign language films. BIG ARTS Opera in Cinema and Ballet in Cinema programs bring live and pre-recorded performances directly from the world's most distinguished theaters and opera houses.
Dates and times subject to change.
Ballet in Cinema
Le Corsaire
Presented LIVE from The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Sunday, March 11, 11 AM
Presented in three acts, Le Corsaire is a ballet which was first presented in 1856. The audience is introduced to Medora, a young Greek girl, and Conrad, a dashing pirate, as they journey through a tapestry of captive maidens, rich sultans, swashbuckling abductions, and dramatic rescues - culminating in a shipwreck that's one of the most breathtaking spectacles in all of ballet. This lavish revival, streamed live via satellite from Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet is believed to be the most expensive production of a ballet ever mounted, estimated at $1.5 million.
3 hrs 35 mins, including two intermissions
Admission $20
Opera in Cinema
Rigoletto
Presented LIVE from The Royal Opera House, London
Tuesday, April 17, 2:30 PM
Considered one of Verdi's greatest accomplishments, Rigoletto has enthralled audiences worldwide with memorable arias like La donna è mobile since its premiere in Venice in 1851. This three-act opera is set in Mantua, Italy, in the Sixteenth century and tells the story of Rigoletto, a court jester to the Duke, and his daughter, Gilda, whom the Duke mistakes as Rigoletto's lover. When Rigoletto learns that the Duke has played a trick on him by seducing Gilda, he vows to seek revenge upon the Duke for destroying his daughter's innocence. This production will be streamed live via satellite from the Royal Opera House, London.
2 hrs 9 mins, including two intermissions
Italian with English subtitles
Admission $25
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Opera in Cinema
Tosca
Presented in HD from The Royal Opera House, London
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Captured live from a production at the Royal Opera House, Puccini's Tosca is a melodramatic three-act opera set in Rome in June 1800 during Napoleon's invasion of Italy. Dramatic depictions of torture, murder and suicide accompany some of Puccini's best known lyrical arias, which have inspired many memorable performances from opera's leading singers over the years. Tosca itself premiered at a time of noted unrest in Italy in 1900 but became an immediate success with the public. The dramatic force of Tosca continues today as one of the world's most frequently performed and revered operas.
3 hrs 14 mins
Italian with English subtitles
Admission $20
Opera in Cinema
Don Giovanni
Presented LIVE from Opening Night
at Teatro alla Scalla, Milan, Italy
Wednesday, December 7, noon
Mozart's Don Giovanni is one of the most-performed operas worldwide and has proven the subject of interest for many writers and philosophers since it premiered in 1787 in Prague, Italy. This two-act opera introduces audiences to its principal character, Don Giovanni, an arrogant murderer and serial womanizer who refuses even in the face of death to repent for his many wrongdoings. Mozart's Don Giovanni gave the world such enduring melodies as Là ci darem la mano and Madamina, il catalago è questo. BIG ARTS brings this production live via satellite from opening night at La Scala.
3 hrs 15 mins, including one intermission
Italian with English subtitles
Admission $25
Opera in Cinema
Cendrillon
Presented in HD from The Royal Opera House, London
Thursday, January 12, 7 PM
An opera in four acts by Jules Massenet based on the Cinderella fairy tale, Cendrillon premiered in 1899 in Paris at the Opéra-Comique. The opening scene is set in the home of Madame de la Haltière as her two daughters prepare their gowns for the palace ball in an effort to woo the prince. Pandolfe, the second husband of Madame de la Haltière, begins to notice that his daughter, Lucette, is treated as a mere servant by her new step-mother. When the group abandons Lucette for the ball, a Fairy Godmother enters to transform the young damsel into an enchanted princess with whom the prince shall fall in love.
2 hrs 50 mins, including one intermission
French with English subtitles
Admission $20
Opera in Cinema
Il trittico
Presented in HD from The Royal Opera House, London
Thursday, February 9, 7 PM
Puccini's Il trittico is a collection of three one-act operas: Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. The operas premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1918 to overwhelmingly positive reviews. Il tabarro explores the dangerous nature of infidelity and how jealousy can ultimately lead a man to commit the most serious act of vengeance. Suor Angelica tells the tale of a nun sent by her family to the convent as punishment for giving birth to an illegitimate child. Gianni Schicchi sees its greedy characters rewrite a deceased family member's will so as to maintain an estate to which a local church is bequeathed.
3 hrs 45 mins, including two intermissions
Italian with English subtitles
Admission $20
Opera in Cinema
Il trittico
Presented in HD from The Royal Opera House, London
Thursday, February 9, 7 PM
Puccini's Il trittico is a collection of three one-act operas: Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. The operas premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1918 to overwhelmingly positive reviews. Il tabarro explores the dangerous nature of infidelity and how jealousy can ultimately lead a man to commit the most serious act of vengeance. Suor Angelica tells the tale of a nun sent by her family to the convent as punishment for giving birth to an illegitimate child. Gianni Schicchi sees its greedy characters rewrite a deceased family member's will so as to maintain an estate to which a local church is bequeathed.
3 hrs 45 mins, including two intermissions
Italian with English subtitles
Admission $20
