BAM presents Met Duet: and on June 22—a special full-day, big-screen presentation of two encore performances from The Met: Live in HD series

Presented on the Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey Theater, Met Duet features Deborah Voigt in person for special pre-screening discussions and audience Q&A’s

The Wall Street Journal is the title sponsor for BAMcinématek and BAM Rose Cinemas

Met Duet: Anna Bolena and Maria Stuarda June 22 Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St)

Anna Bolena, discussion with Deborah Voigt at 12pm; screening at 1pm Maria Stuarda, discussion with Deborah Voigt at 5:30pm; screening at 6:30pm Note: A break is scheduled between screenings, from 4:15–5:30pm

Tickets: $45–two screening package; $30–individual screening ($28 for Friends of BAM)

Apr 10, 2014/Brooklyn, NY—BAM announces a special encore presentation of two Donizetti productions from the Met’s Live in HD series, presented back-to-back on Sunday, June 22. Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda and Anna Bolena will be shown on the 35’ X19’, state-of-the-art Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey Theater, and each screening will be preceded by a discussion with renowned soprano Deborah Voigt, moderated by Senior Radio Producer Mary Jo Heath (an occasional backstage correspondent for the HD series). Tickets, on sale April 23 (April 16 for Friends of BAM and Met Members) may be purchased for the Duet or for individual screenings at BAM.org or by calling 718.636.4100.

“The Met’s Live in HD series has been wonderfully received by BAM audiences for the past six years,” says BAM President Karen Brooks Hopkins. “And now with the magnificent Steinberg Screen in the Harvey Theater, it seems only natural for us to offer this larger-than-life art form on our largest screen.”

Anna Bolena, the Met’s season opener in 2012, features soprano in her first North American performance of the title role. Directed by David McVicar and conducted by Marco Armillato, the cast includes Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova as Anna’s romantic rival Giovanna, Russian as Enrico, American as Anna’s first love Lord Percy, and American mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford as the queen’s devoted page Smeton. Considered one of Donizetti’s finest works, Anna Bolena (1830) is the first in a trilogy of bel canto based on the lives of Tudor-era queens, and recounts Anna Bolena’s inability to provide a male heir to King Henry VIII.

Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda (1835) premiered at the Met on December 31, 2012. The first-ever Met production of the composer’s second “Tudor” opera, it is also directed by David McVicar and is conducted by . It features mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Mary, Queen of Scots; South African soprano as Mary’s rival, Queen ; as Leicester, the nobleman caught between the dueling monarchs; as Talbot, Mary’s jailer; and Joshua Hopkins as Elizabeth’s advisor Cecil.

Soprano Deborah Voigt is recognized as one of the world’s most versatile singers and one of music’s most endearing personalities. She appears regularly, as both performer and host, in the Metropolitan Opera’s The Met: Live in HD series, and is an active recitalist and performer of Broadway standards and popular songs. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1991 as Amelia in . Her Met performance history has included Marie in Wozzeck, Brünnhilde in , Cassandra in , Minnie in La Faniciulla del West, Isolde in , Senta in Der fliegende Holländer, Chrysothemis in , the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Elsa in Lohengrin, Leonora in and , and the title roles of La Gioconda, Die Ägyptische Helena, , , and Aida.

The Met: Live in HD

The Met: Live in HD series, which now reaches more than 2,000 theaters in 66 countries, makes the Met the world’s leading provider of alternative cinema content and the only arts institution with an ongoing global series of this scale. When the series launched in 2006, the Met was the first arts company to experiment with alternative cinema content. Since then, the program has grown every season, with more than 15 million tickets sold to date.

The Met: Live in HD series has increased accessibility to Met performances for audiences around the world. With a global average ticket price of $23 in the 2013-14 season, the series has made world-class performances accessible to millions of opera lovers each season.

Met stars serve as hosts for the HD series, conducting live interviews with cast, crew, and production teams, and introducing the popular behind-the-scenes features.

The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, The Neubauer Family Foundation. Global corporate sponsorship of The Met: Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg. Transmission of The Met: Live in HD in Canada is made possible thanks to the generosity of Jacqueline Desmarais, in memory of Paul G. Desmarais Sr.

For press information on Met Duet contact Sandy Sawotka, [email protected] or 718.636.4190

Credits

The Wall Street Journal is the title sponsor of BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcinématek. Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey Theater is made possible by The Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust. Pepsi is the official beverage of BAM. Brooklyn Brewery is the preferred beer of BAMcinématek.

BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a major gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, The Estate of Richard B. Fisher, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Bloomberg, and Time Warner Inc. Additional support for BAMcinématek is provided by the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, The Liman Foundation and Summit Rock Advisors.

Special thanks to Anne Morra & Mary Keene/MoMA Film Preservation Center; Joe Reid & Caitlin Robertson/20th Century Fox; Kristie Nakamura/Warner Bros. Classics; Chris Chouinard/Park Circus; Mark McElhatten/Sikelia Productions; Daniel Bish/George Eastman House; Christopher Lane & Michael Horne/Sony Pictures Repertory; Matt Patterson/Warner Archive Collection; Paul Ginsburg/Universal.

General Information BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, and BAMcafé are located in the Peter Jay Sharp building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater is located two blocks from the main building at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell Places). Both locations house Greenlight Bookstore at BAM kiosks. BAM Fisher, located at 321 Ashland Place, is the newest addition to the BAM campus and houses the Judith and Alan Fishman Space and K. Hillman Studio. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn’s only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. BAMcafé, operated by Great Performances, offers a bar menu and dinner entrées prior to BAM Howard Gilman Opera House evening performances. BAMcafé also features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music for BAMcafé Live on Friday and Saturday nights with a drink and small plate menu available starting at 6pm.

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, B to Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St for Harvey Theater) D, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; C to Lafayette Avenue Train: Long Island Railroad to Atlantic Terminal – Barclays Center Bus: B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67 all stop within three blocks of BAM Car: Commercial parking lots are located adjacent to BAM

For ticket information, call BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100, or visit BAM.org.

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