RIGOLETTO, Featuring Pavarotti, Up Next at Merola Goes to the Movies

The Merola Opera Program and the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch present a free screening of Verdi's opera RIGOLETTO at the next Merola Goes to the Movies, on Sunday, March 20, 1:00 pm, in the Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch (100 Larkin Street). Admission is free.

The film is preceded by a short talk by a Merola representative, who will give an insider's look at the opera.

An embittered jester makes comic fodder out of human tragedy only to find himself at the heart of his own drama when his beautiful, sheltered daughter falls in love with the faithless duke he serves. The Staatsoper stages this stirring production of a Verdi masterpiece.

This 1981 Wiener Opera Philharmoniker production stars Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova, Victoria Vergara, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Riccardo Chailly. In Italian with English subtitles.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors for seating open at 12:30 pm.

Guests are welcome to enter a free drawing where you can win Merola Opera Program prizes.

Merola Goes to the Movies films are generously provided by Unitel Classica, one of the world's leading producers and distributors of classical music for audiovisual media.

For more information, visit merola.org/movies.

Upcoming Merola Goes to the Movies screenings:

Sunday, May 29th, 2016, 1:00 pm
La Cenerentola (2008)
Gioachino Rossini | Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti
Starring Joyce DiDonato (Merola 1997), Juan Diego Flórez, Bruno De Simone, Simón Orfila. Conductor Patrick Summers (Merola 1986,1987)
In Italian with English subtitles

A kitchen maid goes to the ball and meets her prince in this delightful take on the timeless Cinderella story. This lively production from the Gran Teatro del Liceu showcases the witty story brimming with exquisite melodies of Rossini.

For 58 years, the Merola Opera Program has been regarded as the foremost opera training program for aspiring singers, coaches and stage directors. As the cornerstone of San Francisco Opera's training and performance programs for promising young artists, Merola has served as a proving ground for hundreds of artists, including Anna Netrebko, Patricia Racette, Thomas Hampson, Deborah Voigt, Joyce DiDonato, Susan Graham, Rolando Villazón, Carol Vaness, and Dolora Zajick among many others.

For more information, click here or call the Merola Opera Program at 415.936.2324.

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