The Metropolitan Opera comes to St. Louis Mills

If your summer plans don’t include a trip to New York’s famed Metropolitan Opera, don’t worry. The Met is coming to you!

This July, the Regal 18 Cinema at St. Louis Mills is screening encore presentations from the Met’s 2009-2010 season, featuring lush, riveting productions in digital high-def. Two world-famous operas will be shown, each played straight through with no intermission. Choose from:

Puccini’s Turandot
Wednesday, July 21, 6:30pm

Director Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production of Puccini’s last opera is a favorite of the Met repertoire. Maria Guleghina plays the ruthless Chinese princess of the title, whose hatred of men is so strong that she has all suitors who can’t solve her riddles beheaded. Marcello Giordani sings Calàf, the unknown prince who eventually wins her love and whose solos include the famous “Nessun dorma.”

Bizet’s Carmen
Wednesday, July 28, 6:30pm

One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen “is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom,” says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet’s drama. “It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It’s sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking.” Elīna Garanča sings the seductive gypsy of the title for the first time at the Met, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. Rising maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

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