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La Scala’s ‘Aida’ screens for free at the Long Center
Opera aficiandos, you have options now.
Thanks to collaboration between Austin Lyric Opera, the Long Center for the Performing Arts and Emerging Pictures — an all-digital alternate contect theater network in the United States — Austin will be getting the ‘Opera in Cinema’ series, hi-def screenings of opera productions from around the world.
To kick things off, there will be a free screening Aug. 27 of Verdi’s Aida in the 2006 production by Teatro alla Scala of Milan. Director Franco Zeffirelli brought his trademark over-the-top extravagance to the production which features an ensemble of over 300 actors. It stars soprano Violeta Urmana and tenor Roberto Alagna.
The screening starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, but tickets are required and limited. To obtain tix visit www.thelongenter.org, call 512-474-LONG (5664) or stop by the Long Center box office.
Paul Beutel, interim executive director of the Long Center, and Austin Lyric Opera general director Kevin Patterson will announce the remainder of 2010-2011 opera screenings in the next few weeks.
The free ‘Aida’ screening kicks of a weekend of hi-def cinema at the Long Center.
Aug. 28:
2 p.m. Kurosawa’s ’ The Hidden Fortress’
5 p.m. Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’
Aug. 29:
3 p.m. ‘The Girl With the Dragoon Tatoo’
7 p.m. ‘Monty Python & The Holy Grail’
Admission: $7 advance; $9 day of show ($2 off for kids under 13 and seniors over 65)
P.S. in this Texas heat wave: The Long Center is always a comfortable 68 degrees inside.
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