(828) 526-0173 | [email protected] | Copyright 2023 – All Rights Reserved.
Theatre, Opera Live via Satellite | Highlands Performing Arts Center
Written By: Mary Adair Trumbly - Highlands PAC | Issue: April - 2022
April brings two Live via Satellite screenings at the Highlands Performing Arts Center, sone whimsical tale from the MET Opera and a cautionary thriller from the National Theatre of London. For tickets and more information, visit HighlandsPerformingArts.com.
Cendrillon
At 1:00 P.M. Saturday, April 9, The National Theatre of London will present The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage. This show is based on the iconic books by Phillip Pullman which carry a huge fan base, and is a prequel to His Dark Materials. Two young people and their demons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the center of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate of the future.
Highlands PAC will present the MET Opera’s encore production of Cinderella at 12:55 P.M. Saturday, April 23. Laurent Pelly’s whimsical storybook staging of Cendrillon, which first premiered at the Met in the 2017–18 season, is presented in a 90-minute abridged version with an English translation by librettist and dramaturg Kelley Rourke. Conductor Emmanuel Villaume leads Massenet’s elegant music from the podium, with mezzosoprano Isabel Leonard starring in the title role and mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Prince Charming. The cast also features soprano Jessica Pratt as the Fairy Godmother, with mezzosoprano Stephanie Blythe as Madame de la Haltière and bass-baritone Laurent Naouri as Pandolfe, Cinderella’s feuding guardians. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo hosts the live cinema transmission.
Highlands Performing Arts Center is located at 507 Chestnut Street.
