THE MET: LIVE IN HD – LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

On April 26, Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast including American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet FIGARO, Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska as the wily maid Susanna, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins as the skirt-chasing Count, Italian soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife, and French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino.FOOD AND BEVERAGE, INCLUDING FRESH SANDWICHES FROM HARBOR MARKET, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE BEFORE AND DURING THE PROGRAM FROM LOUISE & HOWIE’S COFFEE BAR IN THE LOBBY, AND REFRESHMENTS ARE PERMITTED IN THE THEATER. Runtime: 3 hours 55 minutes There will be one intermission. TICKETS: $30 ($27 FOR MEMBERS) … Pictured: A scene from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Photo by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera. SPONSORS _The Met Opera simulcasts at Guild Hall are made possible in part through the generosity of:_ GRAND TIER: Louise and Howie Phanstiel, and Ellen E. Myers DRESS CIRCLE: Norma Giorgetti in memory of Mary-Anne Szabaga, Patti Kenner in memory of Judith and Gus Leiber, David Seeler and Ngaere Macray, Irene Silverman, and Norbert Weissberg BALCONY CIRCLE: Gabrielle Bamberger, Susan Blair, Arlene Bujese in memory of Marcel Bally, Hat Edwards, Jeannette and H. Peter Kriendler Charitable Trust, Joan Osborne, and Veronica Stephens. We thank Ann and Gloria Cestone, in memoriam, for their love of opera. Performing Arts programming is supported in part by funding from Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and Monica and Peter Tessler. Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming. Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: John and Joan D’Addario, Natascia Ayers and Jim Ciquera, Christine and Bill Campbell, Gabrielle and Gianpaolo de Felice, Lena Kaplan, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Michèle and Steve Pesner, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, Jayne Baron Sherman and Deborah Zum, Stacey and Oliver Stanton, Leila Straus, Susi and Peter Wunsch, and Andrew Yuder and Kyle Glaeser.