Il Trittico in HD, The Royal Opera

Giacomo Puccini
Thursday, February 02, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Location: State Theatre
Tickets: P $17.00; A $17.00

Captured Live at the Royal Opera House in London, England
Conducted by Antonio Pappano
Directed by Richard Jones
Starring Lucio Gallo, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Anja Harteros, Anna Larsson, and Elena Zilio

This is The Royal Opera’s first complete presentation of Puccini’s Il Trittico since 1965. Il Trittico, unveiled at the Metropolitan Opera, NY, in 1918, represented an operatic departure. Instead of a single evening-length narrative, Puccini offered three contrasting one-act works. The three acts of Il Trittico are Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. Running time: 3 hrs, 45 minutes including two intermissions.

Opera in Cinema | Ballet in Cinema

State Theatre, in association with Emerging Pictures, presents broadcasts captured live in HD from around the world. Enjoy your screening experience on our new HD digital cinema projection system—Barco projector, digital surround sound, and 40' x 22.5' film screen, one of the largest of its kind manufactured by industry leader Stewart Filmscreen Corp.

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Red

January 31, 2012 - February 26, 2012

By Academy Award nominee John Logan
Directed by Anders Cato

In 1958, abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko had just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art -- a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that followed, Rothko worked feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery. But when the assistant gains the confidence to challenge the master, Rothko must face the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing.

A huge hit both in London and on Broadway, this provocative play won six Tony Awards, including Best Play.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint and Managing Director Norma Kaplan, George Street Playhouse is a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been represented by numerous productions both on and Off Broadway – recent productions include Anne Meara's Down the Garden Paths, the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominated production of The Spitfire Grill and the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof by David Auburn which was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays. In addition to its mainstage season, GSP's Touring Theatre features five issue-oriented productions that tours to more than 250 schools in the tri-state area, and are seen by more than 80,000 students annually.

George Street Playhouse programming is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.