Operas / Ballets / Theater 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. And now we have added Shakespeare productions and more ballets to the lineup. From La Scala in Milan, to the world-famous Salzburg and Glyndebourne Festivals in Austria and England, London's Globe Theater and the Kirov and Bolshoi in Russia, Camera Cinemas brings to you a virtual front row seat to the world's finest opera, ballet and theater.

All tickets are $20. A special subscription price of $17/ticket applies when three or more productions are purchased (available only at Camera 7 box office; exchanges o.k., but no refunds). There are two different productions 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!

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):

July 25 (11am) & 28 (7pm)

The Abduction From The Seraglio (Mozart) -- Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Genre: OPERA
Running time: 3 hrs, 20 mins (2 intermissions)
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Stage Director: Christof Loy
Stage and costume design: Herbert Murauer
Lighting Design: Olaf Winter
Cast: Diana Damrau (Constanze), Olga Peretyatko (Blondchen), Christoph Strehl (Belmonte), Norbert Ernst (Pedrillo), Franz-Josef Selig (Osmin), Christoph Quest (Selim)
Synopsis: Mozart premiered The Abduction from the Seraglio in 1782, while a craze for all things Turkish, especially Turkish-style music, swept Western Europe. Constanze, a noble Spanish lady, her English servant Blondchen, and Pedrillo, the servant of Constanze's fianc� Belmonte, have been abducted by Moorish pirates and handed over to the Pasha Selim, who imprisons them in his seraglio (a combination of a palace and living quarters for his harem). After a failed escape attempt, the pasha -- who has fallen in love with Constanze -- chooses to set them free, as a way of proving how civilized he is.

August 8 (11am) & 11 (7pm)

Norma (Bellini) -- Teatro Comunale, Bologna, Italy
Genre: OPERA
Running time: 2 hrs, 39 mins (one intermission)
Conductor: Evelino Pid�
Director: Federico Tiezzi
Sets: Pierpaolo Bisleri
Costumes: Giovanna Buzzi
Lights: Vilmo Furian
Cast: Daniela Dess� (Norma), Fabio Armiliato (Pollione), Kate Aldrich (Adalgisa), Rafal Siwek (Oroveso), Marie Luce Erard (Clotilde), Antonello Ceron (Flavio)
Synopsis: In Bellini's greatest achievement, now regarded as an example of the supreme height of the Bel Canto tradition, the title role is generally considered one of the most difficult in the soprano repertoire and includes the famous Aria, Casta Diva. Set in Gaul, at the time of Ancient Rome, Norma tells the story of the tragic love triangle between the aging priestess Norma, the Roman proconsul Pollione and his new love, the young temple Virgin Adalgisa. This 2008 production marked International star soprano Daniela Dess�s debut in the title role; the critics raved unanimously about her performance.

August 29 (11am) & September 1st (7pm)

Gotterdammerung (Wagner) -- Palau de les Arts, Reina Sofia, Valencia, Spain
Genre: OPERA
Running time: 4 hrs, 40 mins (2 intermissions)
Conductor: Zuben Mehta
Director: Carlus Padrissa
Staging: La Fura del Baus
Chorus: Valencia Regional Government Choir
Music: Valencian Community Orchestra
Cast: Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), Mattil Salminen (Hagen), Jennifer Wilson (Brunnhilde), Elisabete Matos (Gitrune), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Waltraute), Daniela Denschlag (First Norn), Pilar Vázquez (Second Norn), Eugenia Bethencourt (Third Norn), Silvia Vázquez (Woglinde), Ann-Katrin Naidu (Wellgunde), Marina Prudenskaja (Flosshilde)
Synopsis: Götterdämmerung (or “the Twilight of the Gods”) is the fourth and final opera in Wagner’s tetrology, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle). On the Valkyries’ Rock, the rope of Fate breaks, sending the three Norns to their mother Erda, the goddess of the Earth. Gunther and his half-sister Gutrune, with the help of Hagen, successfully plot to secure the Magic Ring, which Siegfried has given to his bride, the former Valkyrie Brunnhilde.

September 12 (11am) & 15 (7pm)

Love's Labour Lost (Shakespeare) -- Globe Theater, London, England
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September 26 (11am) & 29 (7pm)

Tosca (Puccini) -- Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy
Genre: OPERA
Running time: 1 hr, 50 mins (1 intermission)
Conductor: Marco Boemi
Director: Renzo Giacchieri
Sets/Costumes: Adolf Hohenstein
Editors: Maurizio Varamo and Anna Biagiotti
Choir Master: Gino Tanasini
Chorus Master: Circo Visco
Cast: Daniela Dessì (Tosca), Fabio Armiliato (Cavaradossi), Claudio Sgura (Scarpia), Nicolay Bikov (Angelotti), Armando Gabba (Sagrestano), Mario Bolognesi (Spoletta), Angelo Nardinocchi (Sciarrone)
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October 10 (11am) & 13 (7pm)

La Boheme (Verdi) --
Genre: OPERA
Running time: 1 hr, 49 mins
Director: Robert Dornhelm
Scriptwriter: Robert Dornhelm
Cinematography: Walter Kindler
Sets: Florian Reichmann
Sound: Thomas Schmidt-Gentler
Costumes: Uli Fessler
Musical Director: Bertrand de Billy
Makeup: Hannelore Uhrmacher, Adolf Uhrmacher
Cast: Anna Netrebko (Mimi), Rolando Villazón (Rodolfo), Nicole Cabell (Musetta), George von Bergen (Marcello), Adrian Eröd (Schaunard), Vitaly Kovalyov (Colline), Tiziano Bracci (Benoit), Ernst-Dieter Suttheimer (Parpignol), Ioan Holender (Alcindoro), Konrad Huber (Doganiere), Mario Steller (Sergeant de Doganiere), Nicolas von der Nahmer (a boy)
Synopsis: In this stirring production starring the opera world’s "dream team", soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Rolando Villazón, four friends -- the writer Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the musician Schaunard and the philosopher Colline -- share a drafty garret in 1830s Paris. Rodolfo falls heads over heels for their neighbor, Mimi, but their bliss is short-lived as Mimì develops a fatal illness. Though they agree to stay together, Mimì chooses to leave Rodolfo, returning only when she is near death to say goodbye to her love.

October 24 (11am) & 27 (7pm)

The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) -- Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain
Genre: OPERA
Running time: 3 hrs, 55 mins (2 intermissions)
Conductor: Michael Boder
Director: Gilbert Deflo
Choreography: Nadejda Loujine
Sets/Costumes: William Orlandi
Lights: Albert Faura
Cast: Emily Magee (Lisa), Misha Didyk (Gherman), Lado Ataneli (Tomsky/Zlatogor), Ludovic Tézier (Prince Yeletsky), Ewa Podlés (The Countess), Elena Zaremba (Pauline), Francisco Vas (Chekalinsky), Alberto Feria (Tsurin), Mihail Vekua (Chaplitsky), Kurt Gysen (Narumov), Stefania Toczyska (The Governess), Claudia Schneider (Masha), Jon Plazaola (The Master of Ceremonies), Michelle Marie Cook (Prilepa)
Synopsis: In what has been called the first and possibly the greatest masterpiece of musical surrealism, Gherman, a soldier, falls in love with the wealthy Lisa, who is already engaged to Prince Yeletsky but confesses her preference for Gherman. Gherman becomes obsessed with learning a card trick used by Lisa's grandmother that he believes will solve his problems, an obsession that in the end causes him to lose everything, his money, and the love of his life. He kills himself, asking for forgiveness.

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

Les Flammes de Paris (Tchaikovsky) -- Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, Russia
Genre: BALLET
Running time: 2 hrs, 15 mins (1 intermission)
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December 5 (11am) & 8 (7pm)

Cosi fan Tutti (Mozart) -- Royal Opera House, London, England
Genre: OPERA
Running time: TBA
Director: Jonathan Miller
Set Design: Jonathan Miller, Tim Blazdell, Andrew Jameson, Colin Maxwell, Catherine Smith, Anthony Waterman
Costume Design: Giorgio Armani
Lighting Design: Jonathan Miller, John Charlton
Cast: Pavol Breslik (Fernando), Stephane Degout (Guglielmo), Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso), Maria Bengtsson (Fiordiligi), Jurgita Adamonyte (Dorabella), Rebecca Evans (Despina)
Synopsis: In this modern version of one of Mozart's most beloved operas, Don Alfonso, a confirmed bachelor, makes a bet on women’s fidelity with Ferrando and Guglielmo, two engaged young military officers. If they agree to give him one day and do everything he asks, Alfonso will prove that their fiancees, Fiordiligi and Dorabella, are fickle and unfaithful like all other women. In the end, the girls realize they have been duped -- by Ferrando and Guglielmo disguised as Albanian men -- but all is forgiven as the men and women alike accept the capriciousness of human nature. 7/23/

December 19 (11am) & 21 (7pm)

The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) -- The Royal Ballet, London, England
Genre: BALLET
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January 9 (11am) & 12 (7pm)

Carmen (Bizet) -- Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain
Genre: OPERA
Running time: 3 hours (1 intermission)
Conductor: Marc Piollet
Director: Calixto Bieito
Scenic Design: Alfons Flores
Lights: Xavi Clot
Cast: Roberto Alagna (Don Jose), Erwin Schrott (Escamillo), Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Carmen), Marina Poplavskaya (Micaela), Eliana Bayon (Frasquita), Itxaro Mentxaka (Mercedes), Marc Canturri (Le Dancaire), Francisco Vas (La Rememdado)
Synopsis: A new production of the timeless story of the fatal attraction between Carmen, the hot-blooded gypsy, and Don Jose, the upstanding Spanish army corporal who’s already engaged to another woman. Don Jose falls for Carmen as she sings the famous song of seduction, the Habanera, and is thrown into prison trying to protect her. Upon his release, he seeks her out, but when he leaves her to attend to his dying mother, Carmen takes up with dashing toreador Escamillo, causing a bitter Don Jose to kill her out of jealousy.

January 23 (11am) & 26 (7pm)

Das Rheingold (Wagner) -- La Scala Opera House, Milan, Italy
Genre: OPERA
Running time: 2 hrs, 10 mins (1 intermission)
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Staging and Sets: Guy Cassiers
Costumes: Tim Van Steenbergen
Sets and Lights: Enrico Bagnoli
Video: Arjen Clerckx and Kurt d'Haeseleer
Cast: René Pape (wotan), Stephan Rügamer (Loge), Johannes Martin Kraenzle (Alberich), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperracke (Mime), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Fasolt), Timo Riihonen (Fafner), Katharina Kammerloher (Fricka), Anna Samuil (Freia), Anna Larsson (Erda)
Synopsis: Das Rheingold begins Wagner’s four-opera epic, Der Ring, or “The Ring Cycle". When the Nibelung dwarf Alberich is spurned by the lovely Rheinmaidens, but they only mock him, out of bitterness, he steals their magical Rheingold and forges the Ring out of it. When the dwarves are taken captive by Wotan, the king of the Gods, and Loge, the god of fire, Wotan ransoms Alberich's freedom in exchange for his gold, which he uses to free his sister-in-law Freia from the giants Fasolt and Fafner. Alberich curses the ring, saying that whoever does not possess will desire it, and whoever possess it will only find unhappiness and death.

February 13 (11am) & 16 (7pm)

Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) -- Globe Theater, London, England
Genre: THEATER
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