About this event
The Met: Live in HD series at Ridgefield Playhouse is made possible by the generous support of Liz & Steven Goldstone and Whistle Stop Bakery. The Met: Live in HD is the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of opera performances transmitted live from the stage of the Met into movie theaters worldwide. Experience extraordinary opera performances live from the Metropolitan Opera in your local cinema. The Met Live in HD: Manon (Massenet) – Live A masterpiece of the French repertoire, Massenet’s passionate drama follows the young Manon on her journey from Parisian glamour to tragic downfall. Superstar soprano Nadine Sierra ( La Sonnambula, Roméo et Juliette, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor ) takes on another alluring French heroine, the irresistible title character of Massenet’s passionate drama, in a stylish staging by director Laurent Pelly ( Cendrillon ). CAST : Nadine Sierra, Matthew Polenzani, Carlo Bosi, Andrzej Filończyk, Rod Gilfry, Jean Teitgen CONDUCTOR : Yves Abel DIRECTOR : Laurent Pelly ESTIMATED RUNTIME : 4 hours and 25 minutes, with two intermissions