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Opera at the Cinema

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVENew to The Center, the fi nest theatre from London captured live on stage. National Theatre Live launched in 2009 and its high-defi nition broadcasts have now been experienced by over 3.5 million people around the world. NT Live audi-ences in the U.S. saw Helen Mirren starring in The Audience long before it arrived on Broadway and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time a full year before it became a surprise smash hit. Other NT Live events inlcude productions from the Donmar Warehouse and the Young Vic, both part of London’s equivalent of off-Broadway. The series will include nine screenings, four are listed here, spring season TBA.

OPERA AT THE CINEMANo passport required! Introduced last season, these high-defi nition fi lm screenings of classic operas have taken our audiences to the opera houses of Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. A program of Rising Alternatives, this series brings the world’s richest cultural spectacles to you, all within a short drive from home. The season will inlcude four screenings; they take place on Sunday afternoons at 2pm.

On the cover: Poster for the Barbican Theatre production of Hamlet, courtesy of National Theatre Live Scene from Tosca © Croisier

RISING ALTERNATIVES OPERA at the CINEMANo passport required! Introduced during the 2014-2015 season, these high-defi nition fi lm screenings of classic operas have taken our audiences to the opera houses of Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. A program of Rising Alternatives, this series brings the world’s richest cultural spectacles to you, all within a short drive from home. TICKETS $20Buy all four and get 20% off, buy three get 15% off.

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TICKETSTickets to individual screenings are $20 Single tickets go on sale August 4Series subscriptions are available nowBuy four within a series & take 20% off Buy three within a series & take 15% offAll seating is general admission

TO ORDERBy phone 914-251-6200 Online at www.artscenter.orgBox offi ce hours Tuesday - Friday, noon to 6pm

* Please note that all prices include a $2.50 per ticket college administrative fee. Any discounts will be calculated from the base price. Standard ticket service fees will apply. Series subscrptions not available online.

Sunday, September 20, 2pm

Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed production of David Hare’s play with Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan reprising their Broadway and London West End roles as former lovers who attempt to rekindle their once-passionate relationship. “…scorching – a brilliant play” – Mail on Sunday

From London’s West EndThe National Theatre ProductionRecorded live July 2014

Sunday, October 18, 2pm

George Farquhar’s 1707 play isa “rom-com” of love and cash in which two young men who have blown through their fortunes share one goal: to marry for money. Directed by Simon Goodwin, this wild comedy was applauded by Time Out: “This Restoration romp is a lot of fun!”

From the Olivier TheatreThe National Theatre ProductionRecorded live September 2015

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Thursday, November 12, 7pm

Benedict Cumberbatch, star of Sherlock and Oscar nominee for The Imitation Game tackles one of the most challenging roles in the English theater in a production directed by Lyndsey Turner. The 2 ½-month West End run sold out weeks before its fi rst scheduled performance.

From London’s West EndThe Barbican Theatre ProductionRecorded live October 2015

Sunday, January 24, 2pm

Director Josie Rourke’s production, cheered by The Independent as “magnifi cent” and starring one of England’s most sought-after stage actors, Tom Hiddleston, was so highly praised that the production quickly sold out and tickets were selling on online auction sites for more than £2,000!

From Covent GardenThe Donmar Warehouse ProductionRecorded live in January 2014

HAMLET CORIOLANUS

Sunday, September 27, 2pm

Bellini’s most famous opera, featur-ing a powerful and vengeful classical heroine, in a production directed by American stage director Kevin New-bury with conducting by Renato Pa-lumbo and featuring soprano Sondra Radvanovsky as the high priestess who breaks her vow of chastity.

Sung in ItalianFrom Gran Teatre del LiceuBarcelonaRecorded live February 2015

Sunday, November 8, 2pm

Following in the footsteps of Zeffi relli’s masterful productions this all new presentation of Verdi’s magnificent opera is led by two great masters: conductor Zubin Mehta, returning to La Scala, and director Peter Stein. This quintes-sential lyric opera features soprano Kristin Lewis.

Sung in ItalianFrom Teatro Alla Scala di MilanoMilanRecorded live February 2015

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Sunday, March 20, 2pm

A new production of Puccini’s fi fth opera and fi rst masterpiece, a tale of jealousy, turmoil, despair and the dreams of society’s lower class-es. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts the classic opera with stage direction by Claire Servais and Barbara Haveman singing the title role.

Sung in ItalianFrom Opéra Royal de Wallonie LiègeRecorded live January 2015

Sunday, May 8, 2pm

From Austria’s Bregenz Festival, this spectacular production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, sung in German, features fire-spewing “dragon dogs,” mythical creatures oper-ated by puppeteers, and dozens of stunt artists in this staging by David Pountney and conducted by Patrick Summers.

Sung in GermanFrom Bregenz FestivalVienna Symphony OrchestraRecorded live July 2013

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