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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Madama Butterfly |
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The Metropolitan Opera 2019, 191 min (with two intermissions). Directed by Anthony Minghella. Starring: Hui He, Bruce Sledge, Elizabeth DeShong. In Italian. Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the devoted geisha who gives everything for the American naval officer Pinkerton, sung by Andrea Carè. Elizabeth DeShong is her devoted companion Suzuki, and Plácido Domingo adds another role to his remarkable repertoire, singing Sharpless for the first time. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production. Watch online here.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: The Deep Blue Sea |
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National Theatre 2016, 140 min. Directed by Carrie Cracknell. Starring: Helen McCrory, Tom Burke, Peter Sullivan. In English. Helen McCrory (Medea and The Last of the Haussmans at the National Theatre, Penny Dreadful, Peaky Blinders) returns to the National Theatre in Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece, playing one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama. Tom Burke (War and Peace, The Musketeers) also features in Carrie Cracknell’s critically acclaimed new production. A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing. Watch online here.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Tristan und Isolde |
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The Metropolitan Opera 1999, 238 min. Directed by Dieter Dorn. Starring: Jane Eaglen, Ben Heppner, Katarina Dalayman. In German. The utter timelessness of Wagner’s masterpiece is superbly captured in Dieter Dorn’s production, designed by Jürgen Rose. It strips away the usual visual ballast from the drama to reveal the searing emotional truth at its core. Under James Levine’s probing conducting the great Met orchestra is a central character in the story. Ben Heppner and Jane Eaglen are Tristan and Isolde, overwhelmed by their all-consuming love for each other which defies society and the law. René Pape is a devastating King Marke, the man robbed of his wife by his best friend. Hans-Joachim Ketelsen and Katarina Dalayman complete the cast. Watch online here.
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