Cinema Xtra
Cinema Xtra is the latest phenonemon hitting your cinema screen - pre-recorded and live via satellite broadcasts of world class operas, ballets, musicals and music concerts.
Century Cinemas are proud to announce special broadcasts of world-class opera with this Winter’s fantastic programme.
GötterdämmerungSaturday, February 11 at 5:00PM | Opera |
 The end of the greatest operatic journey of all. With its cataclysmic climax, Götterdämmerung the Twilight of the Gods, brings Wagners visionary epic to its final resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde the and Gary Lehman as the heroic Siegfriedthe star-crossed lovers doomed by fate aJames Levine conducts. | |
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ErnaniSaturday, February 25 at 6:00PM | Opera |
| Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdis thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. | |
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Romeo and JulietThursday, March 22 at 7:30PM | Ballet |
 Romeo and Juliet was Kenneth MacMillans first full-evening ballet and from its premiere in 1965 has been one of The Royal Ballets signature works, popular all over the world. At the beginning of the ballet MacMillans crowd scenes teem with life and colour. However, once Romeo and Juliet meet, everything else on stage can only be scenery for their story. Three great pas de deux: the meeting in the ballroom, the balcony scene and the morning after the wedding eloquently convey the narrative: adolescent shyness and fascination; the headlong rush of love declared, and the grief of parting. The final scene in the tomb, a pas de deux with a lifeless partner, is devastating. Nicholas Georgiadiss earthy Renaissance designs, with some of the original details recently restored, are the perfect backdrop to this tragic tale of ill-starred lovers. | |
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ManonSaturday, April 7 at 5:00PM | Opera |
| Following on her triumph in the 2010-11 season in don Pasquale,the glorious Russian Soprano Anna Netrebkos dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine who loves too much in one of the greatest romantic French operas. Laurent Pellys sparkling new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, and the Mets Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium. | |
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La TraviataSaturday, April 14 at 6:00PM | Opera |
| One remarkable soprano follows another in another tragic love story, this time one of the great favourites by the master of Italian 19th century opera Giuseppe Verdi. Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Deckers stunning production, in her first time to appear as Violetta at the Met. TenorMatthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium for what promises to be another great Met experience. | |
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La Fille mal gardéeWednesday, May 16 at 7:30PM | Ballet |
 La Fille mal gardée was choreographed by Frederick Ashton from the 19th century original and became an instant hit for The Royal Ballet. The simple story of Lise, her suitor Colas and Lise´s larger-than-life mother, the Widow Simone, who tries to marry her off to the simpleton son of a rich neighbour, is full of delicious comedy, but also wonderful, characterful choreography. One of the greatest pleasures of Fille is the way in which the steps, though at times devilishly difficult, never get in the way of the natural, easy storytelling. It is the perfect ballet for first-timers of all ages, but also one to which ballet-lovers will return again and again with renewed pleasure at every performance. | |
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