La Scala’s 2009 production of “Carmen,’’ with Anita Rachvelishvili in the title role, will be shown Sunday.
(Marco Brescia)
Classical Notes
High notes at the movie house
Coolidge Corner Theatre screens European operas
La Scala’s 2009 production of “Carmen,’’ with Anita Rachvelishvili in the title role, will be shown Sunday.
(Marco Brescia)
Opera has always been one of the hardest art forms to experience at the elite level, given the small number of first-tier opera houses and the prohibitive expense that goes into mounting productions. The Metropolitan Opera’s series of live high-definition simulcasts in movie theaters, which began in 2006, has opened a welcome channel of access to this rarefied cultural sphere. (Full article: 665 words)
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