Rosina (Lauren McNeese) and her maid (Emily Marvosh) in 2007's "Il Barbieri di Siviglia." 
2005's "Carmen" (Kate Aldrich) and Don Jose (Richard Troxell). 
Franco Pomponi as Escamillo in the 2005 production of "Carmen." 
PORTopera's first-rate chorus in the chaotic end of Act 1, "Il Barbieri di
Siviglia," 2007. Russ Burleigh Photo. 
CALENDAR
OPERA BROADCASTS in MAINE
The Metropolitan Opera:
Live in High Definition Series
Regal Cinema 10 in Brunswick and The Strand in Rockland.
| Saturday, March 22, 2008 |
Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, starring Deborah Voigt and Ben Heppner, conducted by Met Music Director James Levine. For more information: www.metopera.org/hd |
| Saturday, April 5, 2008 |
Puccini’s La Bohème, starring Angela Gheorghiu and Ramón Vargas in a Franco Zeffirelli production conducted by Nicola Luisotti. For more information: www.metopera.org/hd |
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 |
Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment, starring Natalie Sessay and Juan Diego Flórez, and conducted by Marco Armiliato. Also featuring stage legend Zoe Caldwell. For more information:www.metopera.org/hd |
RETURN TO TOPFrontier Café,
Cinema and Gallery Opera Series
Fort Andross, 14 Maine Street, Brunswick
| March 29 & 31, 2:00 pm |
MARIA STUARDA | La Scala | by Gaetano Donizetti, directed, designed and costumed by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Conductor: Antonino Fogliani. Cast includes Mariella Devia (Maria Stuarda), Anna Caterina (Elisabetta).
For more info and tickets: 207-725-5222. www.explorefrontier.com |
| May 17 & 19, 3:00 pm |
IL TRITTICO | La Scala | by Giacomo Puccini, directed by Luca Ronconi. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Cast includes Juan Pons (Michel), Miro Dvorski (Luigi), Paoletta Marrocu (Giorgetta), Anna Maria Popescu (Frugola), Barbara Frittoli (Suor Angelica), Mariana Lipovsek (Zia Principessa), Leo Nucci (Gianni Schicchi), Nino Machaidze (Lauretta), Cinzia De Mola (Zita), Stefano Secco (Rinuccio)
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| June – TBD |
LA RONDINE | Teatro La Fenice, Venice | directed by Graham Vick. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi. Cast includes Fiorenza Cedolins (Magda), Massimo Giordano (Ruggero) For more info and tickets:207-725-5222. www.explorefrontier.com |
San Francisco Opera
Cinemagic Clark’s Pond, South Portland
| Saturday, March 29 – Tuesday, April 1 |
Saint-Saëns’, Samson and Delilah, starring Russian mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina. For more info and tickets:207-772-6023. www.thebiggerpicture.us/opera |
| Saturday, April 12 – Tuesday, April 15 |
Mozart’s Don Giovanni, starring Mariusz Kwiecien |
| Saturday, April 19 – Tuesday, April 22 |
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, starring Patricia Racette. For more info and tickets:207-772-6023. www.thebiggerpicture.us/opera |
