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Opera at the Cinema – Coolidge Corner Theatre
May 18, 2014 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
$17-2017 – $17-2020If you can’t stretch your dollar to fly abroad, then join us for the next best thing with these virtual opera house experiences.
Fresh from the stages of the world’s most renowned opera houses, including Italy’s La Scala and Austria’s Salzburg Festival, we’re proud to introduce state-of-the-art high definition presentations of current spectacular opera productions.
Lucrezia Borgia
Renée Fleming, “America’s most-loved and most-lauded opera singer” (The Times, London), returns to San Francisco Opera in the title role of this melodically rich bel canto masterpiece. A femme fatale renowned for her ruthless pursuit of power reveals poignant vulnerability when she comes face to face with her long-lost son. The silken-voiced soprano sings this touchstone role “with raw intensity and earthy richness, utterly inhabiting the character” (The New York Times). She will be joined by “rising American tenor Michael Fabiano [who] shone as Gennaro, his warm lyric tone founded on long-breathed phrasing and a well-shaped line” (Opera News), and bass Vitalij Kowaljow, who sings with a “potent blend of vocal weight and emotional transparency” (San Francisco Chronicle); mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong, whose “big, bright and pleasing voice was wonderful as Orsini” (The New York Times); and led by internationally acclaimed conductor Riccardo Frizza.
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