“Met Live in HD” season continues at Strand with “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” on January 31

ROCKLAND, Maine - The 2014-2015 Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD season of broadcasts from Lincoln Center to the Strand Theatre continues Saturday, January 31 at 1pm with Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann).”  An Encore broadcast takes place Tuesday, February 10 at 1pm.  

The magnetic tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer of the title of Offenbach’s operatic masterpiece, in the Met’s wild, kaleidoscopic production. Soprano Hibla Gerzmava faces the operatic hurdle of singing all three heroines—each an idealized embodiment of some aspect of Hoffmann’s desire. Thomas Hampson portrays the shadowy Four Villains, and Yves Abel conducts the sparkling score.

Sung in French, with English subtitles. Running time: 3 hours, 45 min. Tickets on sale now: $27 adults, $15 students; Encore tickets available day-of-show: Adult $23 / Student $5. The theater in located at 345 Main Street, Rockland. For more information on all upcoming live concerts, films, HD broadcasts, and events at the Strand, visit www.rocklandstrand.com. Tel: (207) 594-0070 Email: info@rocklandstrand.com.

“Met Live in HD” season continues at Strand with CARMEN on November 1

Anita Rachvelishvili in the
title role of Bizet’s CARMEN

ROCKLAND, Maine - The 2014-2015 Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD season of broadcasts from Lincoln Center to the Strand Theatre continues Saturday, November 1 at 1pm with Bizet’s CARMEN.  An Encore broadcast takes place Tuesday, November 11 at 1pm.

Richard Eyre’s mesmerizing production of Bizet’s steamy melodrama returns with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili singing her signature role of the ill-fated gypsy temptress. Aleksandrs Antonenko plays her desperate lover, the soldier Don José, and Ildar Abdrazakov is the swaggering bullfighter, Escamillo, who comes between them. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the irresistible score, which features one beloved and instantly recognizable melody after another.

Sung in French with Met titles in English. Running time: 3 hours, 40 min. Tickets: $27 adults, $15 students. Encore tickets available day-of-show: Adult $23 / Student $5. The theater in located at 345 Main Street, Rockland. For more information on all upcoming live concerts, films, HD broadcasts, and events at the Strand, visit www.rocklandstrand.com. Tel: (207) 594-0070 Email: info@rocklandstrand.com.

Scene from CARMEN

 Photos by: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

“Met Live in HD” season continues at Strand with LE NOZZE DI FIGARO on October 18

Rockland, Maine - The 2014-2015 Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD season of broadcasts from Lincoln Center to the Strand Theatre continues Saturday, October 18 at 1pm with Mozart’s LE NOZZE DI FIGARO.  An Encore broadcast takes place Tuesday, October 28 at 1pm.  


Met Music Director James Levine conducts a spirited new production of Mozart’s masterpiece, directed by Richard Eyre, who sets the action of this classic domestic comedy in a 19th-century manor house in Seville, but during the gilded age of the late 1920s. Dashing bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov leads the cast in the title role of the clever servant, opposite Marlis Petersen as his bride Susanna, Peter Mattei as the philandering Count they work for, Amanda Majeski as the long-suffering Countess, and Isabel Leonard as the libidinous pageboy Cherubino.


Sung in Italian with Met titles in English. Running time: 3 hours, 52 min. Tickets on sale now: $27 adults, $15 students; Encore tickets available day-of-show: Adult $23 / Student $5. The theater in located at 345 Main Street, Rockland. For more information on all upcoming live concerts, films, HD broadcasts, and events at the Strand, visit www.rocklandstrand.com. Tel: (207) 594-0070 Email: info@rocklandstrand.com.