FALSTAFF on HD December 29

Falstaff has returned to the Metropolitan Opera in a new production conducted by an undisputed master of the Verdi classic. On Sunday, December 29 at 2:00 p.m., Friday Harbor gets its chance to see the acclaimed opera during The Met: Live in HD showing at San Juan Community Theatre.

Music Director James Levine, after a two year absence from The Met due to health issues, has conducted Falstaff 56 times during his Met career. Directed by Robert Carsen, it is the first new Met Falstaff since 1964 and is set in the English countryside in the mid-20th century. The New York Times review applauded the production: “Over all, when it comes to theatrical flair, captivating costumes, stage antics and imagination, there are not many shows on Broadway to rival the Met’s new “Falstaff.”

Falstaff is a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto; and De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam.

In addition to The Met: Live in HD presentations, San Juan Community Theatre also rebroadcasts National Theatre Live productions from Great Britain. A complete schedule of the HD-live events is available at www.sjctheatre.org. SJCT’s new partnership with both programs was made possible through a generous bequest from the late Dodie Gann.

Tickets for Falstaff are $20 for adults, $18 for SJCT members and $10 for student reserved. Tickets are available on-line at www.sjctheatre.org or at the SJCT Box Office through December 21 and an hour before the show (The box office will be closed for the holidays from December 22-January 1).

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