Where: All films will show at Cinema Nouveau and select Ster-Kinekor sites: Rosebank Nouveau, Gateway Nouveau, Brooklyn Nouveau and V&A Waterfront Nouveau. Norma will be screened on 14 and 15 Novemberĭie Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) will be screened on 18, 19, 21, 28 and 29 November While Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is a fairy tale, the emotions it evokes are real and uncompromised. Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph. In the opera, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino, played by Charles Castronovo, to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro played by René Pape instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro’s community and seeks to join it.

Singspiel is a perfect structure for moving seamlessly through moods of the production, ranging from sad to light-hearted. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a form that includes both singing and spoken dialogue. The opera is in two acts set to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Golda Schultz stars as Pamina with Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night. Met Music Director James Levine conducts Tony award-winner Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s masterpiece, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). The unfussy and focused directing of the film make it a joy to immerse oneself in a story that has as much resonance today as it did with its first production in 1831. The camera adds brightness to the dark scenes, and the close-ups show McVicar’s personal approach. The visual and sounds capture the mood of the characters and bring to life its setting in the Druid forest. Norma is regarded as a leading example of the bel canto genre, and the soprano prayer Casta diva is memorable. Carlo Rizzi conducts and Sir David McVicar directs the opera. Joyce DiDonato co-stars as Norma’s colleague and rival, Adalgisa, opposite Joseph Calleja as Pollione and Matthew Rose as Oroveso. The production of Bellini’s bel canto (Italian singing) tragedy Norma stars Sondra Radvanovsky (the Druid priestess) in the title role. Following that on 18 November, is the launch of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, which tells a story set in a mythical land where a prince must rescue a princess being held captive by a High Priest. This month, opera lovers will have an opportunity to embrace Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma, an evocative production set in a Druid forest where nature and ancient ritual rule.

Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau has two mesmerising opera productions presented by Metropolitan Opera Live in HD.

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