Film
Live Opera at Mayo Movie World
By Mayo Movie World
7, Apr 2010 - 08:20

DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

LIVE OPERA FROM
GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU, Barcelona

At MAYO MOVIE WORLD, Castlebar

On Wednesday April 21^st at 7.00pm

Featuring: DIANA DAMRAU

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart this opera is a colourful tribute to liberty which conjures up the exoticism of the East while criticising political and social injustice, themes popular when it was first performed in 1782.  This production from Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Barcelona is directed by Christof Loy with set and costume design by Herbert Murauer.  It stars Diana Damrau as Constanze and Olga Peretyatko as Blondchen, with musical direction by Ivor Bolton. Tickets for this event priced €15 are on sale on-line or at the box office. Also coming on May 26^th DAS RHEINGOLD, from La Scala.

SIMON BOCCANEGRA (Giuseppe Verdi)

LIVE OPERA FROM
TEATRO ALLA SCALLA, Milan

AT MAYO MOVIE WORLD, CASTLEBAR.

On Thursday April 29th at 7.00pm

Featuring: PLACIDO DOMINGO

Plácido Domingo plays the lead in this live cinema broadcast of Verdi's ‘Simon Boccanegra'. Domingo, a star tenor for 50 years, transforms himself into a baritone for this role. "A singer doesn't sing with only one sound," said 68-year-old Domingo. "Like a painter you always have the palette for different colours." A moving story of love and politics, this new production from Teatro alla Scala in co-production with Staatsoper unter Linden, Berlin, is conducted by Daniel Barenboim and also stars Ferruccio Furlanetto as Fiesco. Tickets for this event priced €15 are on sale on-line or at the box office. Also coming on May 26th DAS RHEINGOLD, from La Scala.