Screening: Met Live in HD: Cendrillon

Laurent Pelly directs the Met premiere of Massenet’s enchanting opera, based on the Cinderella fairy tale. Joyce DiDonato stars in the title role; the cast also stars Alice Coote as Prince Charmant, Stephanie Blythe as the evil stepmother Madame de la Haltière, Kathleen Kim as the Fée, and Laurent Naouri as Pandolfe. Bertrand de Billy conducts.

Now in its twelfth season, The Met: Live in HD is the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series of live performances transmitted to theaters in seventy countries around the world. Live telecasts feature the full performance along with backstage interviews and commentary.

Run time: 2 hrs, 47 mins