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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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UK 2013, 177 min (with one intermission). Directed by Dominic Dromgoole. Starring: John Light, Michelle Terry, Matthew Tennyson, Olivia Ross. Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods and wander into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen of the fairies. Shakespeare put some of his most dazzling dramatic poetry at the service of this teasing, glittering, hilarious and amazingly inventive play, whose seriousness is only fleetingly glimpsed beneath its dreamlike surface. Michelle Terry won the 2011 Olivier Award for her portrayal of Sylvia in Tribes (Royal Court). Michelle returns to the Globe having previously played the Princess of France in Love’s Labours Lost (2007). Watch online here.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Capriccio |
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USA 2011, 148 min. Directed by John Cox. Starring: Renée Fleming, Sarah Connolly, Joseph Kaiser. In German. Renée Fleming is Countess Madeleine, the beautiful, enigmatic woman at the center of Strauss’s sophisticated “Conversation Piece for Music.” She is being courted by two men: Joseph Kaiser sings the composer, Flamand, and Russell Braun is Olivier, the poet. The stellar cast also includes Peter Rose as the theater director La Roche, Sarah Connolly as the actress Clairon, and Morten Frank Larsen as the Countess’s brother. John Cox’s elegant production places the action in the 1920s. Andrew Davis conducts. Watch online here.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: La Bohème |
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USA 1977, 122 min. Directed by Fabrizio Melano. Starring: Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Scotto, Ingvar Wixell. In Italian. Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted many famous singers through the years. But with James Levine at the helm and the starry duo of Luciano Pavarotti and Renata Scotto as Rodolfo and Mimi, every bit of emotion in the score pours across the footlights and seduces the audience. In this case, the audience was in the millions since this was the very first in the “Live from the Met” series of telecasts. The evocative production is by Fabrizio Melano, designed by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Watch online here.
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