Opera Preview: La Clemenza di Tito

Blue Hill, Maine - Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito comes to the Grand in Ellsworth on Saturday, December 1st by live simulcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. To help music lovers prepare for this event, the Bagaduce Music Lending Library and Friends of the Blue Hill Public Library will join together to introduce and study this theatrical journey at 1:00 PM on Friday, November 30th, in the Howard Room of the Blue Hill Public Library.

The virtuosic Elena Garanca sings the part of Sesto in Mozart's drama set in ancient Rome. Guiseppe Filianoti is the noble Tito and Barbara Frittoli is Vitellina in this handsome revival of one of the composer's final masterpieces. Harry Bicket conducts.

Local opera enthusiasts Linda Lesko and David Porter will summarize the plot, introduce the music and give some ideas of special ways to enjoy the Saturday simulcast. All are welcome, no previous opera knowledge is needed, and admission is free. For more information, call the library at 374-5515