The Met: Live in HD 2023-24: La Rondine

Puccini’s bittersweet love story arrives on Palace Nova screens, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess.

Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts Nicolas Joël’s Art Deco–inspired staging, which transports audiences from the heart of Parisian nightlife to a dreamy vision of the French Riviera. Soprano Emily Pogorelc and tenor Bekhzod Davronov complete the sterling cast as Lisette and Prunier. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Rating: CTC

Runtime: 167 mins

Director: Giacomo Puccini

Actors: Angel Blue, Bekhzod Davronov, Emily Pogorelc, Jonathan Tetelman

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas

Sat, May 18:

13:00

Sun, May 19:

11:30

Tue, May 21:

13:00

Wed, May 22:

18:30

Prospect Cinemas

No sessions running at Prospect this week

Highlights

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