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The Metropolitan Opera Presents Hamlet in HD
Saturday, March 27, 2010 : 12:00pm
University Park Campus
Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre
Frank Sinatra Hall
Admission is free. Reservations are required. RSVP online beginning February 25 at 12 p.m. To RSVP, go to cinema.usc.edu/hamlet.
Photo: Catherine Ashmore
A satellite broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera’s unforgettable new production of Hamlet, starring Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay.
This event is part of an ongoing series of broadcasts presented in spectacular HD digital projection and 5.1 surround sound.
Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of the Bard’s most unforgettable characters in this new production of Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet. For the role of Ophelia, the French composer created an extended mad scene that is among the greatest in opera.
Conducted by Louis Langrée. Presented in French with English subtitles.
The opera will be preceded by a discussion hosted by the USC Thornton School of Music.
The opera is presented as a rebroadcast of a live performance taking place at The Metropolitan Opera in New York at 10 a.m. that day.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts in association with The Metropolitan Opera.