Nebraska’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host a live broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera’s Jan. 27 performance of “Tosca.” Also continuing to show is “Call Me By Your Name” and “The Shape of Water.”
Directed by Sir David McVicar, the staging of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” is a tale of political upheaval and romance in Rome during Napoleon’s invasion of Italy. The production stars Sonya Yoncheva in the title role alongside Vittorio Grigolo and Bryn Terfel. Estimated run time is three hours and 15 minutes with two 30 minute intermissions. It is part of Met Opera’s “Live in HD” series.
The production will be show live at the Ross at 11:55 a.m. Jan. 27 and in a recording at 1 p.m. Jan. 28. Tickets are $24 general admission; $22 senior citizens; $17 students, Friends of the Ross and children; and $5 for students of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Nebraska Wesleyan, Union College and Southeast Community College.
The other two films at the Ross show through Feb. 1.
Nominated for three Academy Awards, “Call Me By Your Name” is a tale of first love based on André Aciman’s novel of the same title. The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino, is set in north Italy in the summer of 1983. The story follows Elio Perlman (played by Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17-year-old American-Italian boy who spends his days in the family’s 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel).
Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor who specializes in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother (Amira Casar), a translator. While Elio’s sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart.
One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio’s father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
The film earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Writing: Adapted Screenplay. It is rated R for sexual content, nudity and some language.
Also showing is “The Shape of Water,” an other-worldly fable set in the early 1960s against the backdrop of Cold War-era America.
In the hidden, high-security government laboratory where she works, Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is lonely and trapped in a life of isolation. Her life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment.
The cast also features Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones.
“The Shape of Water” is rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language.
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