Emerging Pictures' Opera in Cinema continues in NYC with "Rig" at the "Big"

Opera buffs have another dose of heaven upcoming as Emerging Pictures continues unfolding its array of Opera in Cinema, with Verdi's RIGOLETTO arriving live at Manhattan's luxurious Big Cinema, direct from London's Royal Opera House, on Tuesday,
April 17, at 2:30 pm.

With a cast that includes
Rigoletto: DIMITRI PLATANIAS
Marullo: ZHENGZHONG ZHOU
Gilda: EKATERINA SIURINA
Count Monterone: GIANFRANCO MONTRESOR
Duke of Mantua: VITTORIO GRIGOLO
Giovanna: TBA
Matteo Borsa: PABLO BEMSCH
Page: ANDREA HAZELL
Count Ceprano: JIHOON KIM
Court Usher: NIGEL CLIFFE
Countess Ceprano: LOUISE ARMIT
Maddalena: CHRISTINE RICE
and featuring the Royal Opera Chorus
and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, this should prove a well-sung (in Italian with English sub-titles) and acted 2 hours and 7 minutes.

Usually TrustMovies covers these Emerging Pictures events after the fact, but I wanted to give you a heads-up now, should any of my readers want to be "present at the creation," so to speak.

To learn where this opera will be playing near you this coming Tuesday, or during its several encore performances (it will no longer be "live," but it will be in high-definition), simply click here and then type your zip code into the bar at top that says Search for theaters, titles and showtimes.

Update: Whoops -- attending a "live" via satellite performance often provides the unexpected. At my last opera, during a Manhattan storm, the satellite signal was lost. Today, at Rigoletto, there were no English subtitles, as had been announced.  When I departed, at the half-hour mark, the powers-that-be were working on obtaining these from London. Ah, well.

On a more down-and-dirty note, this opera, at least in that first act, provided quite a bit of full-frontal, male and female nudity, in addition to the full-bodied voices on display. Today's opera companies, I surmise, are using all possible weapons in their arsenal to draw in an audience.