Foreign Film Festival at Cinema Nouveau Rosebank Mall As the colder weather sneaks up on us, it’s an ideal time to take yourselves off to Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank, the ‘arthouse’ movie theatre. Until next Sunday 15th May there are showings of 11 foreign films as part of the European Film Festival. All, except for […]
Read More »The Nose HD Live screening at Cinema Nouveau Rosebank There are 3 performances left of this dazzlingly whacky absurdist opera by Shostakovich, brilliantly produced by William Kentridge. This is a live screening of the opera (in the Met’s HD series) which has returned to the New York Met after premiering in 2010. Based on […]
Read More »Live HD screenings of National Theatre Productions, Exhibitions on Screens, and the New York Met Opera Season We are so privileged in Johannesburg to have access on our doorsteps to world-class productions (quite literally). If an air-ticket to London is out of the question (let alone R600 odd for a theatre ticket) then make sure […]
Read More »The NY Metropolitan’s Live in HD opera season starting Friday 16th November. The 8 operas will run for about 7 days each at Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank starting on Friday and running through till March next year. November 16th with Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore. Anna Netrebko sings the role of Adina and Matthew Polenzani the role […]
Read More »Live in HD New York Met 2011/12 season The New York Met Opera live in HD is back for the 5th season and showing at Cinema Nouveau in the Rosebank Mall (under 10 minutes from Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse). Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, starring Anna Netrebko and directed by David McVicar started showing on 4 Nov. Although […]
Read More »Live HD screening of the NY Met Opera Season Opening today with Das Rheingold, the first in Richard Wagner’s epic four-part Ring cycle, the Live in HD season closes in mid June 2011 with The Valkyri, the second in Wagner’s Ring cycle. The new production of Das Rheingold is conducted by James Levine and directed by Robert […]
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