The Met: Live in HD presents Riccardo Zandonai's "Francesca da Rimini"

The Met: Live in HD presents Riccardo Zandonai's "Francesca da Rimini"

12 p.m. (encore) and 6 p.m. (encore)
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT

Image: EM Westbroek Who : Riccardo Zandonai's "Francesca da Rimini" presented by The Met: Live in HD .

In a rare revival of Zandonai's passionate drama, based on an episode from Dante’s Inferno, Eva Maria-Westbroek sings the title role, with Marcello Giordani as her clandestine lover Paolo, and Mark Delavan as Paolo’s devious brother Gianciotto. Marco Armiliato conducts the compelling masterpiece’s renowned lush and romantic score.

What : The Met: Live in HD is a series of high definition opera transmissions of The Metropolitan Opera’s new season direct from Lincoln Center’s Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. With strategically placed cameras in front of, around and behind The Metropolitan Opera House stage, The Met: Live in HD transmissions give Quick Center audiences a state-of-the art opera experience and better-than-front-row-seat visibility.

When: 12 p.m. (encore) and 6 p.m. (encore), Saturday, March 23, 2013

Where: Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield, CT

Tickets: $25, $20 seniors, $10 children/students . The Quick Center Box Office: (203) 254-4010, or toll-free 1-877-ARTS-396 (1-877-278-7396).

Location : The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts is located on the campus of Fairfield University at 1073 North Benson Road in Fairfield, Connecticut. Entrance to the Quick Center is through the Barlow Road gate at 200 Barlow Road. Free, secure parking is available. Access for people with disabilities is available throughout the Quick Center for audience members and performers. Hearing amplification devices are available upon request at the Box Office. Fairfield University is located off exit 22 of Interstate-95. For further information and directions, call (203) 254-4010 or 1-877-278-7396, or visit www.quickcenter.com .

Posted On: 03-06-2013 11:03 AM

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