Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau – The Enchanted Island
From Feb 23rd 2012 (Expected running time 233 mins)
In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero, left) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax, left) as the formidable foes, Plácido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. The dazzling production is by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch.
Session Times
Akoroa Cinema
Thu 23 Feb 6.00pm
Arthouse Cinema New Plymouth
Sun 26 Feb 4.00pm Wed 29 Feb 11.00am
Basement Cinema Rotorua
Sat 25 Feb 4.00pm Wed 29 Feb 12.30pm
Bridgeway Cinema Northcote Point
Thu 23 Feb 1.00pm Fri 24 Feb 10.30am
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Wed 29 Feb 2.00pm Thu 1 Mar 10.30am
Sun 4 Mar 6.00pm
Cathay Cinema Keri Keri
Sun 4 Mar 2.00pm Wed 7 Mar 2.00pm
Cinema Gold Havelock North
Sun 26 Feb 2.00pm Wed 29 Feb 11.00am
Wed 29 Feb 5.45pm Sat 3 Mar 2.00pm
Sun 4 Mar 2.00pm
Cinema Gold Palmerston North
Sun 26 Feb 2.00pm Wed 29 Feb 11.00am
Wed 29 Feb 5.45pm Sat 3 Mar 2.00pm
Sun 4 Mar 2.00pm
Circus Cinemas Martinborough
Sun 26 Feb 2.30pm Thu 1 Mar 4.00pm
Downtown Cinemas Coastlands Paraparaumu
Sun 26 Feb 2.00pm Wed 29 Feb 11.00am
Sun 4 Mar 2.00pm
Dorothy Browns Arrowtown
Sun 26 Feb 4.00pm Wed 29 Feb 1.30pm
Focal Point Levin
Mon 27 Feb 10.30am Tue 28 Feb 1.00pm
Geraldine Cinema
Sun 26 Feb 4.00pm
Hollywood Sumner Christchurch
Fri 24 Feb 1.00pm Sun 26 Feb 4.00pm
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Wed 29 Feb 11.00am
Lido Cinema Hamilton
Sun 26 Feb 4.00pm Mon 27 Feb 1.15pm
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Light House Cinema Petone
Thu 23 Feb 2.00pm Sun 26 Feb 10.50am
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Majestic Theatre Taihape
Thu 23 Feb 6.00pm
Matakana Cinema
Sun 26 Feb 4.30pm Wed 29 Feb 2.00pm
Monterey Cinemas Howick
Thu 23 Feb 10.30am Sun 26 Feb 5.00pm
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Sun 4 Mar 5.00pm
NBS Theatre Westport
Sun 26 Feb 1.30pm
Movieworld 3 Oamaru
Sun 26 Feb 3.00pm
Odeon Multiplex Gisborne
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Penthouse Cinemas Wellington
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Thu 1 Mar 1.30pm
Regent Cinema Greymouth
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Rialto Cinemas Dunedin
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Mon 5 Mar 7.00pm
Rialto Cinemas Newmarket
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Rialto Cinemas Tauranga
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ShoreLine Cinemas Waikanae
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Toptown Cinemas Blenheim
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