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Opera at Bryn Mawr Film Institute - Winter/Spring 2009

Bryn Mawr Film Institute is proud to present our latest opera series, beginning in January, 2009.  Featuring selections from a range of prestigious venues, including the Salzburg Festival in Vienna, England's Glyndebourne Festival, and Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the operas will include talks with staff from the Opera Company of Philadelphia. Please see the complete opera schedule below.

Purchase series subscriptions online now
Subscriptions for the six opera series are available online only, now through December 18.

Subscribers can choose one of two series: 
Wednesday evening series at 7:00 pm OR Sunday afternoon series at 1:00 pm 

Subscribers will be able to exchange any performance in their series for another performance of the same opera.  Exchanges may be made any time prior to the FIRST performance of the opera in question (subject to availability), and must be obtained at the box office during regular box office hours.

Purchase individual performance tickets at the box office
Tickets for all individual performances will be available --only at the box office -- to BMFI members starting December 19, 2008, and to NONmembers on the day of each performance. 

To purchase opera subscriptions and tickets, click here.
For answers to frequently asked questions about purchasing tickets and other topics, click here.
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Ticket Information

Six-Month Subscription: Available online only
General Public - $120
BMFI Basic Members - $108
BMFI Producer Members and Up - $97

Click here to subscribe to this series online. Tickets will be held at the theater for pickup at the first opera you attend. Keep your tickets in a safe place, as we cannot replace lost or stolen tickets.

Single Performance Admission:
General Public - $25.00 - available at the box office on the day of the screening
BMFI Members - $22.50 - BMFI members can buy advance ticket at the box office starting December 19, 2008

Please note: Both subscription tickets and single tickets are transferable to another person, but neither subscription tickets nor single tickets are refundable.
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Opera at Bryn Mawr Film Institute Schedule - January through June 2009
All runtimes include a 20-minute intermission.

January
Don Giovanni
Mozart – Conducted by Bertrand de Billy and directed by Claus Guth at the Salzburg Festival - Starring Christopher Maltman, Erwin Schrott, Dorothea Röschmann – 3 hr 20 min
Composer Charles Gounod praised this opera buffa, based on the legend of Don Juan, as “a work without blemish, of uninterrupted perfection.” This production gives Mozart’s masterpiece a surreal treatment, thanks to inventive staging by director Claus Guth and set designer Christian Schmidt.

Showtimes:
Sunday, January 4, 1:00 pm
Wednesday, January 28, 7:00 pm
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February
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Shostakovich – Conducted by James Conlon and directed by Lev Dodin at the Teatro Maggio Musicale, Florence – Starring Vladimir Vaneev, Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet - 3 hr
An unhappily married woman falls in love and is driven to murder in Shostakovich’s controversial tour de force. Although the 1934 premiere received postive reviews, Lady Macbeth was subsequently banned from Russia for almost 30 years by the Communist Party.

Showtimes:
Sunday, February 1, 1:00 pm
Wednesday, February 11, 7:00 pm
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March
Rigoletto
Verdi – Conducted by Massimo Zanetti and directed by Stefano Vizioli at the Teatro Regio, Parma (Verdi Festival 2008) – Starring Leo Nucci, Francesco Demuro, Désirée Rancatore - 2 hr 30 min
This classical production of Rigoletto, one of Verdi’s most beloved operas, earned rave reviews at this year’s Verdi Festival in Parma. Master baritone Leo Nucci’s haunting performance as the title character steals the show, and no wonder–he’s performed the role over 400 times.

Showtimes:
Sunday, March 8 at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, March 25 at 7:00 pm
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April
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Monteverdi – Conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm and directed by Robert Carsen at the Glyndebourne Festival – Starring Danielle de Niese, Sonya Yoncheva, Simona Mihai – 2 hr 20 min
International star Danielle de Niese returns to Glyndebourne as Poppea, the amoral and relentlessly ambitious heroine of Claudio Monteverdi’s last opera. Baroque specialist Emmanuelle Haïm conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Showtimes:
Sunday, April 5 at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00 pm
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May
Giulio Cesare
Handel – Conducted by William Christie and directed by David McVicar and Robin Lough at the Glyndebourne Festival – Starring Sarah Connolly, Danielle de Niese – 3 hr 46 min
Director David McVicar sets this acclaimed production of the Handel favorite in the early 20th century, during a period of British colonialism in Egypt. A highlight is the brilliant performance by Danielle de Niese, one of opera’s youngest stars, in her breakout role as Cleopatra.

Showtimes:
Sunday, May 10 at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, May 20 at 7:00 pm
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June
Il viaggio a Reims
Rossini – Conducted by Ottavio Dantone and directed by Luca Ronconi at the Teatro alla
Scala – Starring Patrizia Ciofi, Daniela Barcellona
Critically acclaimed as one of Rossini’s finest compositions, Il viaggio a Reims was commissioned to celebrate the 1825 coronation of French King Charles X in Rheims. Luca Ronconi directed the reconstruction’s premiere in 1984; now he revisits this dramma giacoso for La Scala’s new production.

Showtimes:
Wednesday, June 17 at 7:00 pm
Sunday, June 21 at 1:00 pm