Metropolitan Opera launches series of six live broadcasts to movie theaters

[WalkOn]

Posted: 1/10/07 at 4:16pm

Some clever producer is going to figure out a way to do this for Broadway shows and make a buck or two.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/stage/chi-0612290313dec29,1,5235968.story?coll=chi-ent_theater-hed

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 1/10/07 at 4:43pm

They started doing this in San Francisco last year. They have done it at Golden Gate Park and also the park in front of City hall, both outdoors and just did one at Stanford University in the theater there. I think it's brilliant. I live next to City Hall here - and the night the Opera was simulcast it was packed! Very fun.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 1/10/07 at 5:30pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/10/07 at 5:32pm

Not a fan of opera, either, mejust?

[WalkOn]

Posted: 1/10/07 at 5:42pm

I'm not an opera fan too. I just like the way the two froms of media are working together. I find the idea exciting.. it doesn't make me zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:40pm

They advertised this before Dreamgirls, I was so excited. I think it is a wonderful idea. And it makes opera seem a little less threatening to those who haven't tried it before.

[etoile]

Posted: 1/10/07 at 7:05pm

Certainly affordable. Seems a worthwhile technique to try and attract future audiences to opera.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 1/10/07 at 10:38pm

The series will begin with an abridged, family-oriented, English-language version of Mozart's "The Magic Flute."

NO, thank you......what IS the point?

family oriented? What the F does that mean?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/10/07 at 11:05pm

It means they aren't doing the finger banging scene.