The Met’s Carmen live in Cinemas

New York’s Metropolitan Opera productions are undoubtedly the most spectacular stage productions you could experience.

The brand new season for 2010 will be captured, live, in HD and screened in cinema screens all around the world, including Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and a few regional cinemas as well.

The season includes one of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen. Next to the works of Federico García Lorca, Carmen is one of the most popular stories to base a Flamenco production on, due mainly to her untamable gypsy spirit and the strength and sexuality that the character Carmen shares with the worlds best Flamenco Dancers.

“…the audience will come away shocked and awed, because I think that a good production of this opera should be both shocking and awesome—but also touching.”director Richard Eyre

The composer is George Bizet.
Librettists are Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
Performed by Latvian born, Elĩna Garanĉa as Carmen and the French Tenor, Roberto Alagna as Don José.

What does this mean for Flamenco in Australia?

You get to see Carmen performed at it very best for under 30 bucks!

…and you will have a better view than if you had cheap seats at the event in New York.

The Met’s production of Carmen screens simultaneously around the world:

• Sat – February 6th at 11.30am
• Sun – February 7th at 1.00pm

That’s your local time regardless of which state you live in. All the Australian cinemas listed below will screen the Saturday and Sunday sessions. The cinemas involved in screening Carmen are also listed on » The Met In Australia.

Extras shows may be screened in the capital cities, as listed below:

• Wednesday 9th Feb
  • 6.30pm
    • Cinema Nova, Carlton (Mel)
    • Palace Nova Eastend, (Adelaide)
• Thursday 11th Feb
  • 10.30am
    • Sun Theatre Yarraville (Mel)
      …double check this time, it seems a bit odd.
  • 11.30am
    • Cinema Nova, Carlton (Mel)
    • Chauvel Cinema, Paddington (Syd)
    • Hayden Orpheum, Cremorne (Syd)
    • Dendy Opera Quays (Syd)
    • Palace Nova Eastend, (Adelaide)
    • Dendy Portside (Adelaide)
    • Dendy Canberra Centre (Canberra)
• Feb 14th
  • 2.00pm
    • Chauvel Cinema, Paddington (Syd)
• Sat/Sun Only
  • Luna Cinemas, Leederville (Perth)
  • Luna on SX, Fremantle (WA)

For more details on regional screening of Carmen visit » The Met In Australia.

Flamenco lovers who do not particularly enjoy opera, will still extract a lot visually, just from witnessing a skilled portrayal of the lead character. However, if you are a lover of the music there is a free way to tune into it ‘Live from the Met’ (audio only).

On Saturday the 16th of January at 1pm Eastern Time USA (convert to the night before for your Australian timezone), Sirius Digital Radio will be broadcasting the actual live performance that gets screened worldwide. You can tune in via your computer as part of the initial 7 day – no credit card required and no commitment – free trial of the Sirius Online Radio service » Here (just make sure you adjust the schedule to your timezone).

Bizet: Carmen (LIVE FROM THE MET)

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