Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host a live broadcast of Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” at 11 a.m. Jan. 5. An encore performance will be shown at Noon on Jan. 6. The performance is part of “The Met: Live in HD” series of live broadcasts from New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House.
The Met offers a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic, last performed at the Met in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the starry cast, portraying characters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi marshals the large-scale musical forces.
The expected running time of the opera is 5 hours and 30 minutes.
Tickets are $24 general admission, $22 senior citizens, $17 for Friends of the Ross, $16 students and children, $6 Nebraska Wesleyan Students (with a valid student ID), and $5 for UNL students (with a valid NCard).
For more information, go to http://www.theross.org.
