Live in HD Series at the Highlands Performing Arts Center presents the Bolshoi Ballet and the MET Opera this month.
The Bolshoi Ballet presents “Ivan the Terrible” on Sunday, April 19, at 12:55 P.M. As young Ivan IV is crowned, he has to choose one of the 13 Boyar daughters to be his wife and tsarina. He selects Anastasia, and the two eventually fall deeply in love. When the Boyars plot against him and poison his beloved wife, Tsar Ivan finds himself surrounded by enemies. Yuri Grigorovich’s powerful and fascinating epic dramatizes Ivan the Terrible’s controversial reign, and portrays events in 16th-century Russia in visually stunning scenes.
The MET Opera presents on Saturday, April 25, at 12:30 P.M. Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” Opera’s most enduring tragic double bill returns in an evocative new production from Sir David McVicar, who sets the action across two time periods but in the same Sicilian village. Marcelo Álvarez rises to the challenge of playing the dual tenor roles of Turiddu in “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Canio in “Pagliacci.” Eva-Maria Westbroek (Cav) and Patricia Racette (Pag) sing the unlucky heroines.
Tickets are available online at highlandspac.org or by calling (828) 526-9047. Met Opera tickets are Adults $24; Members $20.40. Bolshoi Ballet tickets are $20 for Adults; $17 for Members; and $10 for Students.
Highlands Performing Arts Center is located at 507 Chestnut Street in Highlands.
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