You can see today’s performance of RODELINDA either live at the Met or live in HD at a number of local theaters
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
150 West 66th St.
Saturday, December 3, 12:30
Wednesday, December 7, 7:30
Saturday, December 10, 8:00
Tickets: $30 – $330
www.metoperafamily.org
First presented by the Metropolitan Opera in 2004 and specifically staged for Renée Fleming, Rodelinda, Handel’s Baroque delight about a deposed king, his nefarious usurper, a sister torn between love and betrayal, an innocent young son, and his loyal long-suffering queen, includes the requisite mistaken identity, hair-raising escapes, and stunning arias by characters who really could be doing something else besides stopping to sing for fifteen minutes in the middle of the action. Stephen Wadsworth’s stunning production makes full use of the Met’s stupendous ability to move backdrops and entire stages as characters slowly pace and Thomas Lynch’s scenery moves around them, through an eighteenth-century Italian countryside castle, a rustic courtyard, and a destroyed monument. An especially excellent introduction to the Baroque repertoire, this outstanding version of Rodelinda will be performed at the Met on December 3, 7 and 10 with a cast that also features Stephanie Blythe, Andreas Scholl, Iestyn Davies, Joseph Kaiser, and Shenyang, conducted by Harry Bicket. If you can’t make it to the Met today, you can catch this afternoon’s 12:30 show live in HD at BAM Rose Cinemas, the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, the Ziegfeld, and other locations, with encore screenings January 4 at 6:30. Upcoming “The Met: Live in HD” presentations include Gounod’s Faust on December 10, Jeremy Sams’s new The Enchanted Island on January 21, Wagner’s Götterdämmerungon on February 21, and Verdi’s Ernani on February 25.