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Fall 2024 and 2025 Opera Film Series Subscription (October 26, December 14, February 8, April 5, June 7)

$50.00Add to cart

Saturday, February 8, 1:00 p.m.
Romeo and Juliette by Charles Gounod

Saturday, April 5 1:00 p.m.
Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni.
Pagilacci by Ruggers Leoncavallo.

The 2015 Salzburg Easter Festival put on a lavish production of Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. Jonas Kaufmann makes his debut as both Turiddu in Cavalleria Rustico and Canio in Pagliacci. Both operas boast a strong cast. Liudmyla Monastyrska, Stefania Toczyska, Ambrogio Maestri, and Annalisa Stroppa in Cavalleria Rusticana and Maria Agresta, Dimitri Platanias, Tansel Akzeybek, and Alessio Arduini in Pagliacci.

Single Ticket June 7

$15.00Add to cart

160 minutes
1 intermission
Sung in English

Leonard Bernstein’s operetta Candide is based on Voltaire’s 1759 novella of the same name.

Arthaus releases on DVD another gem from the archives of Austrian Television. The outstanding production of Verdis Masked Ball at the Salzburg Festivals 1989 and 1990 was Herbert von Karajans legacy to the Festival. Supported by a cast of superlative actor-singers in opulent scenery, Sir George Solti agreed to conduct the opera at short notice after Karajans unexpected death in 1989. The production had been expected to be a highlight in Karajans series of Verdi operas at Salzburg. Karajans celebrated ability to unite a cultivated sound with dramatic effects was known to create extraordinary and highly acclaimed opera events. For Un ballo in maschera Karajan planned something unusual: He would not set the opera in colonial Massachusetts, as the censors had forced Verdi to do when he was composing the work, but in Stockholm in the 1790s at the court of King Gustav III of Sweden, as Verdi had originally conceived his work. Together withthe film director John Schlesinger and his stage team, Karajan developed a concept that promised theatrical splendour equal to the musical excellence that the conductor and the handpicked cast of singers would surely provide in collaboration with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. But this was not to be: stage rehearsals had already begun for the opening performance of the 1989 festival when Karajan died on 16 July. Therefore it was extraordinarily lucky that a conductor of Sir Georg Soltis standing, was prepared to undertake the task just a week before the premiere, and with the whole world watching. He and the staging by Hollywood film director John Schlesinger was acclaimed by audience and press alike.

Total run time: 2 hours and 25 minutes
1 intermission
Release date: June 30, 2015
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
Conductor: Sir George Solti
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Plácido Domingo – Leo Nucci – Josephine Barstow – Florence Quivar – Sumi Jo – Kurt Rydl
Subtitles: English, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, French
Language: Italian (PCM Stereo)

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The screenings will take place at Lunt Auditorium on the campus of OceanView at Falmouth
74 Lunt Rd, Falmouth, Me. We will welcome you beginning at 12:30 p.m.

OceanView will provide light snacks and beverages (pending COVID protocols these may be take home treats).
There will be an intermission during each of the operas.

Purchase your tickets for the complete 2024/2025 series for $50
or select individual tickets for $15 each

Residents and Priority Waiting List members of OceanView at Falmouth and Cumberland Crossing by OceanView attend for free, and should reserve their seats in advance through OceanView.

For more information, please contact Opera Maine at (207) 879-7678 or [email protected]