Operas / Ballets at Camera 7

Now at Camera 7 Cinemas: an exclusive series of first class pre-recorded operas from the legendary European opera houses in HD Digital Projection with Dolby Digital sound. From La Scala in Milan, to the world-famous Salzburg and Glyndebourne Festivals in Austria and England, Camera Cinemas brings to you a virtual front row seat to European opera.

All opera tickets are $20. A special subscription price of $17/ticket applies when three or more operas are purchased (available only at Camera 7 box office; exchanges o.k., but no refunds). There are two different operas scheduled each month, with screenings Sunday mornings at 11:00am, and a repeat show Wednesday evening at 7:00pm.

Also, we're now pleased to offer a variety of specialty desserts during our evening opera series, and puff pastries during our morning series, all provided by our new partner, Sugar Butter Flour. We hope you enjoy the show - and our new concession offerings!

And for dance fans, Camera Cinemas will present thrilling ballet performances from the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia beginning in June, including Don Quixote, a Stravinsky trio of Firebird/Rites of Spring/The Wedding and Swan Lake. Love to dance yourself? Click here for more info on Western Ballet, the Mountain View Ballet Company and School.

We reserve the right to exercise special pricing options for unique in-theatre experiences. These are special engagements. Passes, discount cards, group discount tickets, and re-admits will not be accepted.

OPERA Schedule (click on titles to purchase):

February 7 (11am) & 10 (7pm)

Walkure (Ring Cycle) (Wagner) -- Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia", Valencia, Spain
Running time: 3 hrs, 55 mins (3 acts)
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Director: Carlos Padrissa and La Fura dels Baus
Sets: Roland Olbeter
Cast: Peter Seiffert (Siegmund), Matti Salminen (Hunding), Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Sieglinde), Jennifer Wilson (Brunnhilde), Anna Larsson (Fricka), Bernadette Flaitz (Gerhilde), Helen Huse Ralston (Ortlinde), Pilar Vázquez (Waltraute), Christa Mayer (Schwertleite), Eugenia Bethencourt (Helmwige), Heike Grötzinger (Siegrune), Manuela Bress (Grimgerde) and Hannah Esther Minutillo (Rossweisse)
Synopsis: A dazzling production blending music, dance, acrobatics with endless combinations of savvy video technology, lighting and props, ideally suited for Wagner's visionary expressive world. Wagner's dream of a Gesamtkunstwerk becomes reality before our eyes: 3D computer projections that evoke computer games, organic structures built of athletic performers that recall the "Cirque du Soleil," and much more.

February 21 (11am) & 24 (7pm)

Carmen (Bizet) -- La Scala, Milan, Italy
Running time: 3 hrs, 45 mins (4 acts)
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Staging and Costumes: Emma Dante
Sets: Richard Peduzzi
Lighting: Dominique Bruguière
Cast: Jonas Kaufmann (Don José), Erwin Schrott (Escamillo), Anita Rachvelishvili (Carmen), Adriana Damato (Micaëla)
Synopsis: A new generation of Opera stars tells Bizet's enduring story -- one of the most famous and popular in the opera repertoire -- of fatal attraction between Carmen, the hot-blooded gypsy, and Don José, the upstanding corporal in the Spanish army who’s already engaged to another woman.

March 7 (11am) & 10 (7pm)

Il Trovatore (Verdi) -- Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain
Running time: 2 hrs, 45 mins (2 acts)
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Stage Director: Gilbert Deflo
Sets and Costumes: William Orlandi
Lighting: Joël Hourbeigt
Cast: Fiorenza Cedolins (Leonora), Marco Berti (Manrico), Luciana D'Intino (Azucena), Roberto Frontali (Conte Di Luna), Paata Burchuladze (Fernando)
Synopsis: In this story of star-crossed lovers, mixed-up infants, and acts of vengeance, Count Di Luna and Manrico, the wandering minstrel or “troubadour” of the title, are rivals for Lady Leonora’s love. When Leonora declares her love for Manrico, the two men duel. Manrico survives, and the lovers escape together, temporarily delaying the inevitable tragedy.

March 21 (11am) & 24 (7pm)

Siegfried (Ring Cycle) (Wagner) -- Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia", Valencia, Spain
Running time: 5 hrs, 30 mins (3 acts)
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Director: Carlus Padrissa
Video director: Franc Aleu
Sets: Roland Olbeter
Costumes: Chu Uroz
Lighting: Peter van Praet
Music: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana (Lorin Maazel, musical director)
Cast: Leonid Zakhozhaev (Siegfried), Jennifer Wilson (Brunnhilde), Juha Uusitalo (The Wanderer), Gerhard Siegel, Ulrich Ress, Niklas Björling Rygert, Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Erda), Stephen Milling (Fafner), Olga Peretiatko (The forest bird)
Synopsis: In the third opera of Richard Wagner’s four-opera epic, “The Ring Cycle,” Siegfried, grandchild of Wotan (the king of the Gods), slays Fafner, the dragon who guards the Ring. Siegfried gains possession of the treasure, thwarts an assassination attempt by his evil stepfather, Mime, and finds Brünnhilde, his destined bride, whom he awakens with a kiss.

April 4 (11am) & 7 (7pm)

Thais (Massenet) -- Teatro Regio di Torino, Italy
Running time: 2 hrs, 19 mins (3 acts)
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
Stage Director, Sets, Costumes, Lighting and Choreography: Stefano Poda
Chorus Master: Roberto Gabbiani
Cast: Lado Ataneli (Athanaël, a Cenobite), Alessandro Liberatore (Nicias, young Sybarite philosopher), Maurizio Lo Piccolo (Palémon, an old Cenobite), Diego Matamoros (Un serviteur, a servant), Barbara Frittoli (Thaïs, actress and courtesan), Eleonora Buratto (Crobyle, a slave), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Myrtale, a slave), Nadežda Serdyuk (Albine, an abbess), Daniela Schillaci (La Charmeuse)
Synoposis: When the monk Athanael successful converts the beautiful courtesan Thaïs to Christianity, she agrees to renounce her worldly possessions and join a convent. After their separation, Athanael is consumed by desire for her, returns to the convent and confesses his love and the virtuous power of earthly desire -- to no avail -- as she lies on her deathbed.

There are currently no ballets scheduled (but we are working on it!)