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A Holiday Surprise
Written By: Mary Adair Trumbly - Highlands PAC | Issue: 2018/12 - December
Let the Holidays begin…with a special showing for the entire family of “The Magic Flute” by Mozart in an encore performance presented by the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday, December 1, at 2:00 P.M. after the Highlands Olde Mountain Christmas Parade.
Enjoy the parade, have a barbecue lunch at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation to benefit the Food Pantry and come to PAC for a hot chocolate and the holiday favorite, The Magic Flute. All children are free. Start a new Family Tradition with this timeless fairy tale opera.
The National Theatre of London will present, Live via Satellite, “The Madness of George III” on Saturday, December 8, at 1:00 P.M. It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behavior is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the king’s mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown and expose the fine line between a king and a man. It’s written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights, Alan Bennett. The cast of this new production includes Olivier Award-winners Mark Gatiss (“Sherlock,” “Wolf Hall,” “Coriolanus”) in the title role, and Adrian Scarborough (“Gavin and Stacey,” “Upstairs Downstairs,” “After the Dance”).
The MET Opera returns on Saturday, December 15, with the audience favorite “La Traviata” by Verdi beginning at 12:55 P.M. In his first Live via Satellite appearance as the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer’s richly textured new production, featuring a dazzling 18th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta, and tenor Juan Diego Flórez returns to the Met for the first time in five seasons to sing Alfredo, Violetta’s hapless lover. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is Alfredo’s father, Germont, who destroys their love.
A pre-opera discussion begins at 12:30 pm. Run time: 3.5 hours.
Tickets are available online highlandspac.org, at the door or by calling (828) 526-9047. Highlands Performing Arts Center is located at 507 Chestnut Street.
