The last three live events of 2013 from the Classical Arts Ireland programme will screen this December at Century Cinemas Letterkenny.
On Saturday 14 December at 6pm, Verdi’s brilliant final masterpiece Falstaff with its first new Met production in nearly 50 years will be screened live from New York.
Conducted by James Levine and directed by Robert Carsen. Ambrogio Maestri sings the iconic basso buffo role of Sir John Falstaff.
Angela Meade is Alice Ford, one of many objects of Falstaff’s affection, and Stephanie Blythe is the sharp-tongued Mistress Quickly in a cast that also includes Lisette Oropesa as Nannetta, Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg Page, Paolo Fanale in his Met debut as Fenton, and Franco Vassallo as Ford.
On Sunday 22 December at 3pm and recorded live from the Bolshoi comes Tchaikowsky’s timeless fairy-tale classic Sleeping Beauty which is the Christmas Ballet this season.
Cursed at birth by the evil fairy Carabosse, Princess Aurora descends into a deep slumber on the day of her 16th birthday.
Only the kiss of a prince will awaken her. With glorious music by Tchaikowsky based on Charles Perrault’s classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty has been hugely successful since its premiere in 1890.
Marius Petipa’s masterpiece is one of the most popular and accomplished choreographic works in the classical repertoire.
The new version by Yuri Grigorovich will captivate fairy-tale lovers and the whole family during the Christmas season.
The year comes to a triumphant close on Tuesday 31 December at 4pm. The New Year’s Eve Gala Concert sees Simon Rattle direct the orchestra in a sparkling seasonal programme that has become one of the highlights of the orchestra’s year.
In Berlin, the Berlin Philharmonic’s traditional gala concert has become one of the most popular ways to celebrate the New Year and all its potential.
For classical music fans, jaunty dance rhythms are just as much a part of New Year’s Eve as the sound of corks popping and fireworks.
But need it always be waltzes from Vienna, the city on the Danube, ringing in the New Year?
By no means, according to the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle – and they traditionally programme different music for their hugely popular New Year’s concerts along the Berlin’s river Spree.
For more information all our events or to book your tickets please visit www.centurycinemas.ie or call 074 9121976.