(WNY News Now) – FREDONIA – Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters around the world, continues the 2023-24 season at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center on Sat., Jan. 6, at 1 p.m., with Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco. Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions when baritone George Gagnidze stars as the imperious king, Nabucco, alongside soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska, reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille. Mezzo-soprano Maria Barakova and tenor SeokJong Baek are Fenena and Ismaele, whose love transcends politics, and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy repeats his celebrated portrayal of the high priest Zaccaria.
Daniele Callegari conducts Verdi’s exhilarating early masterpiece, which features the ultimate showcase for the
great Met Chorus, the moving “Va, pensiero.”
Sung in Italian with English subtitles, this production runs three hours, six minutes with one intermission. Live at the Met is part of the Stage On Screen Series, sponsored by Dr. James & Marcia Merrins, and underwritten with support from Daniel S. Kaufman and Timothy W. Beaver.
Individual tickets to each of the operas in the season are $20, ($18 Opera House members, $10 students). A
flexible subscription of eight tickets which can be used however you want – one at a time to eight different operas, all at once for eight people, or anything in between – is available for $142. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Opera House Box Office or by phone at 716-679-1891, Tuesday-Friday, 12-4:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online anytime at http://www.fredopera.org .
The Opera House is equipped with assistive listening headsets for the hearing-impaired. Simply request one from any usher or Opera House staff member.
The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center is a member-supported not-for-profit performing arts
center with a mission to “present the performing arts for the benefit of our community and region … providing
access to artistic diversity … and high quality programming at an affordable price.” It is located in Village Hall in
downtown Fredonia. For a complete schedule of events, visit http://www.fredopera.org .
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