March 15, 2025 | 1 pm @ Abingdon Cinemall
• MARCH 15 & 19:The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HDperformance of Beethoven’s“Fidelio”is broadcast at Abingdon Cinemall, Abingdon, Va., at 1 p.m. There is also a 6:30 p.m. broadcast, March 19.Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore, who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny. Tenor David Butt Philip is the political prisoner Florestan, sharing the stage with bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny as the villainous Don Pizarro, veteran bass Rene Pape as the jailer Rocco, and soprano Ying Fang and tenor Magnus Districh, in his company debut, as the young Marzelline and Jaquino. Bass Stephen Milling sings the principled Don Fernando, and Susanna Mälki conducts the Met’s production, which finds modern-day parallels in Beethoven’s paean to freedom. $17- $20. www.cinemall.com
Category: Opera