The Met: Live in HD
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society is pleased to be a host site for The Met: Live in HD, a 10 performance season of live opera performances transmitted in high-definition video via satellite from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City to select venues in the United States and other parts of the world. The presentations include multiple viewing angles which change throughout the performance, interviews with performers before the performance and/or during intermission, and behind the scene set changes. The affordable opportunity to see world-class opera in your community is a wonderful experience for all ages. Note: The 2019-20 presentations at the Cinema Art Theater will be taped and presented about one week after the live performance until the Film Society is able to get the needed satellite equipment installed.
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
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Anthony Minghella’s vividly cinematic staging returns to cinemas, featuring soprano Hui He in the devastating title role. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts one of opera’s most beautiful and heartbreaking scores, with a cast that also includes tenor Bruce Sledge as Pinkerton, and mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as Suzuki.
Approximate run time: 3 HRS 12 MINS
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Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater View Location Details
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student - With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors - 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth - 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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Akhnaten (Philip Glass)
View ScreeningsFilm Description:
Met Premiere
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo headlines American composer Philip Glass’s transcendent contemporary creation, with Karen Kamensek conducting. Phelim McDermott’s stunning production employs a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers to conjure a mystical reimagining of ancient Egypt.
Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Approximate run time: 3 HRS 31 MINS
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Click here to listen to Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo from Fresh Air in Podcasts
Location: Cinema Art Theater View Location Details
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student - With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors - 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth - 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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Wozzeck (Berg)
View ScreeningsFilm Description:
New Production
Berg’s 20th-century shocker stars baritone Peter Mattei in the title role, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium and soprano Elza van den Heever as the long-suffering Marie. Groundbreaking visual artist and director William Kentridge unveils a bold new staging set in an apocalyptic wasteland.
Approximate run time: 1 HR 32 MINS
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Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater View Location Details
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student - With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors - 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth - 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
View ScreeningsFilm Description:
New Production
The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, starring bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue in the title roles. Director James Robinson’s stylish production transports audiences to Catfish Row, a setting vibrant with the music, dancing, emotion, and heartbreak of its inhabitants.
Approximate run time: 3 HRS 15 MINS
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Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater View Location Details
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student - With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors - 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth - 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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Agrippina (Handel)
View ScreeningsFilm Description:
Met Premiere
As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of Handel’s tale of deception and deceit. Harry Bicket conducts Sir David McVicar’s wry new production, which gives this Baroque black comedy a politically charged, modern updating.
Approximate run time: n/a
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Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater View Location Details
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student - With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors - 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth - 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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Der Fliegende Holländer (Wagner)
View ScreeningsFilm Description:
New Production
Sir Bryn Terfel returns to the Met for the first time since 2012, as the mysterious seafarer searching for salvation. Director François Girard, whose mesmerizing production of Parsifal recently wowed Met audiences, returns to stage Wagner’s eerie early masterwork.
Approximate run time: 2 HRS 19 MINS.
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Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater View Location Details
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student - With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors - 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth - 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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Tosca (Puccini)
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Superstar soprano Anna Netrebko appears in her 16th Live in HD transmission, taking on the soaring title diva of Puccini’s grand melodrama. Bertrand de Billy conducts Sir David McVicar’s evocative production, with tenor Brian Jagde as Tosca’s impassioned lover, Cavaradossi, and baritone Michael Volle as the sinister Scarpia.
Approximate run time: 2 HRS 57 MINS
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Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater View Location Details
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student - With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors - 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth - 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
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Maria Stuarda (Donizetti)
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A pseudo-historical opera about Mary, Queen of Scots, and her bitter rivalry with Queen Elizabeth I, Donizetti’s drama thrills with intense stand-offs and impressive vocal displays. Soprano Diana Damrau and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton square off as two of history’s most formidable monarchs, with Maurizio Benini conducting.
Approximate run time: 2 HRS 46 MINS
Click for Cast Sheet and Synopsis.
Please note that tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for other screening dates/times or film title.
Location: Cinema Art Theater View Location Details
Admission
- $22.00 RBFS Members
- $25.00 Adult
- $15.00 Student - With Student ID
- $22.00 Seniors - 65 yrs and over
- $15.00 Youth - 15 yrs and younger
- $22.00 Met Members
Click on the desired screening times for tickets