Fremantle has acquired the global distribution rights for “Mozart: Rise of a Genius,” a three-part docudrama from 72 Films. The show offers an in-depth exploration of the life and legacy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The series will premiere on Sept. 16 on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Variety is debuting an exclusive clip, below.
“The series examines the tragically short yet profoundly impactful 35 years of the musical prodigy who revolutionized the world of music,” according to a statement. “Marked by intrigue, rivalry and scandal, Mozart’s story is told through a masterful blend of interviews, rich dramatic reenactments, and electrifying live orchestral performances. Set against the backdrop of a flourishing European culture, the series charts his journey from a high-society darling to a rebellious outsider.”
The show will be filmed on location across historic sites – including theaters, palaces and Mozart’s homes – in Vienna and Hungary. The series also features performances by the Hungarian Studio Orchestra,...
“The series examines the tragically short yet profoundly impactful 35 years of the musical prodigy who revolutionized the world of music,” according to a statement. “Marked by intrigue, rivalry and scandal, Mozart’s story is told through a masterful blend of interviews, rich dramatic reenactments, and electrifying live orchestral performances. Set against the backdrop of a flourishing European culture, the series charts his journey from a high-society darling to a rebellious outsider.”
The show will be filmed on location across historic sites – including theaters, palaces and Mozart’s homes – in Vienna and Hungary. The series also features performances by the Hungarian Studio Orchestra,...
- 9/12/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Enter here for your chance to win two passes to all of the 2016 performances in the Metro Detroit area that are part of the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning Live in HD series of cinema presentations, including Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), Turandot, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Roberto Devereux, and Elektra.
Go behind the scenes with the Met’s stars! During intermission, interviews with cast, crew, and production teams give a revealing look at what goes into the staging of an opera. Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD.
For your chance to receive two (2) complimentary passes to all of the performances listed below, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page (we’ll ask what city you live in so we know what might be the closest theater to you).
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Go behind the scenes with the Met’s stars! During intermission, interviews with cast, crew, and production teams give a revealing look at what goes into the staging of an opera. Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD.
For your chance to receive two (2) complimentary passes to all of the performances listed below, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page (we’ll ask what city you live in so we know what might be the closest theater to you).
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- 12/18/2015
- by Administrator
- CinemaNerdz
The Emmy® and Peabody award-winning “The Met: Live in HD” series is concluding it’s seventh season. Featuring 12 live operas from the Metropolitan Opera’s over the 2012-13 season, the final one is the broadcast of Handel’s Giulio Cesare. It will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 11:00 Am Et in the St. Louis area.
Wamg invites you to enter to win tickets to see Handel’s Giulio Cesare. We have one pair of tickets – Good For Two – to this event. Tickets are good at the AMC Chesterfield 14 and will be mailed.
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Handel’s Giulio Cesare - New Production
Saturday, April 27, 2013 (12:00Pm Et / 9:00Am Pt)
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Wamg invites you to enter to win tickets to see Handel’s Giulio Cesare. We have one pair of tickets – Good For Two – to this event. Tickets are good at the AMC Chesterfield 14 and will be mailed.
To Qualify:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area On Saturday.
2. Send Your Full Name To michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com .
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Handel’s Giulio Cesare - New Production
Saturday, April 27, 2013 (12:00Pm Et / 9:00Am Pt)
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- 4/1/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As we head into March, the Emmy® and Peabody award-winning “The Met: Live in HD” series is in full swing in U.S. cinemas for a seventh season featuring 12 live operas from the Metropolitan Opera’s 2012-13 season.
The next one is the broadcast of Wagner’s Parsifal. It will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 11:00 Am Et in the St. Louis area.
Wamg invites you to enter to win tickets to see Parsifal This Saturday! We have one pair of tickets – Good For Two – to this event. Tickets are good at the AMC Chesterfield 14 and will be mailed.
To Qualify:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area On Saturday.
2. Send Your Full Name To michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com .
3. Winners Will Be Chosen Through A Random Drawing Of Qualifying Contestants. No Purchase Necessary.
“The Met has assembled about the best Parsifal cast available today…...
The next one is the broadcast of Wagner’s Parsifal. It will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 11:00 Am Et in the St. Louis area.
Wamg invites you to enter to win tickets to see Parsifal This Saturday! We have one pair of tickets – Good For Two – to this event. Tickets are good at the AMC Chesterfield 14 and will be mailed.
To Qualify:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area On Saturday.
2. Send Your Full Name To michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com .
3. Winners Will Be Chosen Through A Random Drawing Of Qualifying Contestants. No Purchase Necessary.
“The Met has assembled about the best Parsifal cast available today…...
- 2/27/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Fictionalised account of animator's life, one of nine new productions to be staged by the company, will present a 'nightmarish' vision of Walt Disney
A new work by Philip Glass about Walt Disney will have its UK premiere at English National Opera (Eno) in June 2013. Glass's opera – his 24th – is based on Peter Stephan Jungk's 2004 novel The Perfect American, a fictionalised account of the final years of Walt Disney's life, described by Glass as "unimaginable, alarming and truly frightening". The novel, narrated by Wilhelm Dantine, a fictional Austrian cartoonist who worked for the animator in the 50s, mixes fact and fantasy, including meetings with Andy Warhol and Abraham Lincoln, to discover Disney's delusions of immortality and glimpse into his murky private life. He is controversially depicted as a racist, a misogynist and an antisemite.
La Times reviewer Richard Schickel called the book a "partially successful fiction ... [that asks us to] reflect on fame and...
A new work by Philip Glass about Walt Disney will have its UK premiere at English National Opera (Eno) in June 2013. Glass's opera – his 24th – is based on Peter Stephan Jungk's 2004 novel The Perfect American, a fictionalised account of the final years of Walt Disney's life, described by Glass as "unimaginable, alarming and truly frightening". The novel, narrated by Wilhelm Dantine, a fictional Austrian cartoonist who worked for the animator in the 50s, mixes fact and fantasy, including meetings with Andy Warhol and Abraham Lincoln, to discover Disney's delusions of immortality and glimpse into his murky private life. He is controversially depicted as a racist, a misogynist and an antisemite.
La Times reviewer Richard Schickel called the book a "partially successful fiction ... [that asks us to] reflect on fame and...
- 4/24/2012
- by Imogen Tilden
- The Guardian - Film News
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
I Dreamed a Dream
SuBo is played by Elaine C Smith in this new musical based on the life of the Britain's Got Talent sensation, who has given her personal endorsement to this money-spinner – sorry, show. Theatre Royal, Newcastle (0844 811 2121), until 31 March, then touring.
Fierce festival
Birmingham gets ready for boundary-busting performances from UK and international performers, including Ann Liv Young, Playgroup and Graeme Miller. The festival takes place in unusual spaces all across the city, including the soon to be demolished library and under Spaghetti Junction. Various locations, Birmingham, Thursday to 8 April.
Film
The Hunger Games (dir. Gary Ross)
Suzanne Collins's teen bestseller is turned into an exciting dystopian thriller. Jennifer Lawrence stars.
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
I Dreamed a Dream
SuBo is played by Elaine C Smith in this new musical based on the life of the Britain's Got Talent sensation, who has given her personal endorsement to this money-spinner – sorry, show. Theatre Royal, Newcastle (0844 811 2121), until 31 March, then touring.
Fierce festival
Birmingham gets ready for boundary-busting performances from UK and international performers, including Ann Liv Young, Playgroup and Graeme Miller. The festival takes place in unusual spaces all across the city, including the soon to be demolished library and under Spaghetti Junction. Various locations, Birmingham, Thursday to 8 April.
Film
The Hunger Games (dir. Gary Ross)
Suzanne Collins's teen bestseller is turned into an exciting dystopian thriller. Jennifer Lawrence stars.
- 3/25/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Manager Peter Gelb is leading the way in attracting a new, younger audience to New York's Metropolitan Opera, but at what cost?
In Peter Gelb's office at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, there's a screen that's flush with the wall so it resembles a window. It captures whatever is happening on the Met's stage – so its general manager's eye can be trained on rehearsals and performances all day long. When I visit, the set of Philip Glass's Satyagraha is being taken down, to be replaced, a little later, by that of Don Giovanni (both productions have British directors, to whom we will return).
It is appropriate that Gelb's eye on his operatic kingdom is via a screen, for cinema has become the company's boom area. Gelb claims it will reap $10m–$12m (£6.4m–£7.7m) net profit from this, its sixth season of live HD transmissions into cinemas. Donizetti...
In Peter Gelb's office at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, there's a screen that's flush with the wall so it resembles a window. It captures whatever is happening on the Met's stage – so its general manager's eye can be trained on rehearsals and performances all day long. When I visit, the set of Philip Glass's Satyagraha is being taken down, to be replaced, a little later, by that of Don Giovanni (both productions have British directors, to whom we will return).
It is appropriate that Gelb's eye on his operatic kingdom is via a screen, for cinema has become the company's boom area. Gelb claims it will reap $10m–$12m (£6.4m–£7.7m) net profit from this, its sixth season of live HD transmissions into cinemas. Donizetti...
- 12/9/2011
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
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