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Thursday, August 21, 2008
‘The Met: Live in HD’ returns to Austin screens
Opera fans, get our your calendars:
National CineMedia has announced its third season of the popular and critically-acclaimed “The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD” series which is transmitted live, in high-definition, to more than 440 movie theatres and performing arts centers in the United States.
Five theaters in the greater Austin region will play host to the opera broadcasts this year:
Tinseltown Pflugerville Cinemark Hill Country Galleria Cinemark Southaprk Meadowns Cinemark Cedar Park Metropolitan 14
Ticket sales begin tomorrow, August 22. Visit www.FathomEvents.com to purchase. Last season, several of the broadcasts sold out here in Austin
The schedule is as follows:
Sept. 22 — “Opening Night Gala” - Starring Renée Fleming in fully staged performances of scenes from three different operas: Verdi’s La Traviata (Act II), Massenet’s Manon (Act III), and the final scene from Richard Strauss’s Capriccio. Tenor Ramón Vargas and baritones Thomas Hampson and Dwayne Croft co-star. Met Music Director James Levine and Marco Armiliato conduct.
Oct. 11 — “Salome” - Starring soprano Karita Mattila with baritone Juha Uusitalo. Mikko Franck conducts.
Nov. 8 — “Doctor Atomic” - The latest by John Adams. Directed by Penny Woolcock and starring Gerald Finley and Sasha Cooke, with Eric Owens and Richard Paul Fink. Alan Gilbert conducts.
Nov. 22 — “La Damnation de Faust” - Directed by Robert Lepage and starring Marcello Giordani, with Susan Graham and John Relyea. James Levine conducts.
Dec.20 — “Thais” - Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Massenet’s Thaïs, with Thomas Hampson in John Cox’s production. Jesús López-Cobos conducts.
Jan. 10, — “La Rondine” - Nicolas Joël directs Puccini’s La Rondine, starring Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Jan. 24, “Orfeo ed Euridice” - Stephanie Blythe and Danielle de Niese star in Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. James Levine conducts.
Feb. 7, “Lucia di Lammermoor” - Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón star in Mary Zimmerman’s acclaimed production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. Marco Armiliato conducts.
March 7, — “Madama Butterfly” - Cristina Gallardo-Domâs sings the title role of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in Anthony Minghella’s stunning production. Marcello Giordani stars as Pinkerton. Patrick Summers conducts.
March 21 — “La Sonnambula” - Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez star in Mary Zimmerman’s new production of Bellini’s La Sonnambula, conducted by Evelino Pidò.
May 9 — “La Cenerentola” - Elīna Garanča stars in Rossini’s bel canto Cinderella story, La Cenerentola. Lawrence Brownlee stars as her Prince Charming, Don Ramiro. Maurizio Benini conducts.
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Freescale Semiconductor donates $1 million to Long Center
Freescale Semiconductor has pledged $1 million to the Long Center for the Performing Arts, as reported today.
Specifically, the money will go towards making events at the Long Center more accessible to children and to support diverse cultural offerings. The contribution will go towards the establishment of the Freescale Fund which will provide approximately 2,500 to 3,500 tickets annually over the next four years.
From the official release comes this statement:
“Freescale is committed to enhancing the quality of life in the communities where we live and work,” said John Torres, senior vice president of Freescale and chairman of the company’s global community relations council. “When we started working with the Long Center last year, we concluded they had done a terrific job of fundraising for the construction and operation of the facility. We wanted to direct our donation to where it could have the biggest impact; which for us is increasing access to the performances and promoting diversity. The building itself was designed to promote inclusiveness and accessibility to the arts.”
Freescale will also officially present the Long Center Children’s Series by providing better pricing and accessibility for children programming. The 2008-2009 Children’s Series currently features “The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley,” ” -Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy” and “Bob the Builder Live.”
In addition, Freescale also plans to be the presenting sponsor, along with the Austin Area Heritage Council, of “The Last Day in the Life of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As Devised By Waterwell: A Rock Operetta” which plays Jan. 19, 2009.
Freescale is also lined up to be the presenting sponsor of the Long Center/Austin Asian Cultural Center’s Asian American Festival in May 2009.
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