Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Cendrillon’ to be screened May 5, 7
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society will present the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD broadcast of Jules Massenet’s “Cendrillon” at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, May 5, and 12:30 p.m., Monday, May 7, at the Cinema Art Theater. Screenings are shown as a recorded presentation one week after being filmed live.
Now, for the first time ever, Massenet’s sumptuous take on the Cinderella story comes to the Met, with Joyce DiDonato starring in the title role. She is paired with mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in the trouser role of Prince Charming, Kathleen Kim as Fairy Godmother, and Stephanie Blythe as the imperious Madame de la Haltière. Bertrand de Billy conducts Laurent Pelly’s imaginative storybook production.
Charles Perrault’s 1698 fairy tale, the classic telling of the Cinderella story, is an excellent source for an opera, providing color, romance, and relatable themes for audiences of all ages. The work includes many moments in which Massenet is at his best and most widely accessible, from the pageantry and glowing musical nostalgia for the French baroque in the court scenes to the otherworldliness of the love music, to the wit and humor that permeate the work as a whole.
Admission for The Met: Live in HD broadcasts is $25 for adults, $22 for film society members, Met members and seniors (65+), $15 for students with ID and children 12 and under.
Customers are encouraged to purchase tickets online. If seats are available, tickets can be purchased at the theater 30 minutes before the screening.
For more information, go to www.rehobothfilm.com or call 302-645-9095.
