It used to be that moving from New York to Daytona Beach area means that you now only wear flip-flops year round, greet everyone “All y’all”, and the only past time is to ride a bike to a roadside bar to watch the NASCAR races…
What if you love opera? Not that many people do, but those who do, are incurable… But in Daytona it would be like wearing a mink coat in August… And now there is the medicine…
For several years now Metropolitan Opera brings series of performances to a movie theater near you.
I am not an opera fan, but as I write it, my wife is anxiously preparing for Donizetti's Don Pasquale … Live in HD. In Daytona Beach it is now in two movie theaters. In Ocean Walk right in the heart of Daytona’s beachside, and in the Hollywood theaters in the Pavillion, our newest attraction in Port Orange.
For Olga it has another meaning. She will finally listen to a Russian star turned world-class star singer Anna Netrebko in the leading role.
Only one performance at 1 PM.To find out where in your backyard you can find The Metropolitan Opera check this website.
Who could have thought that you now can become an opera fan even in the provincial third tier cities around the nation and beyond.
It was just a dream, it was a phantom…
P.S. If you miss this one, next is December 11, 2010: Verdi’s Don Carlo – New Production
3hr 50min - Program NCM Fathom brings the fifth season of the Metropolitan Opera's Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD in movie theaters nationwide. The broadcast of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theaters. Anna Netrebko revives her sensational turn in this sophisticated bel canto comedy, opposite Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John Del Carlo in the title role. Music Director James Levine conducts."
"The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale
- Cast: Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, John Del Carlo
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