OTELLO
November 11, 2012, 12:00 P.M.
Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall, 3507 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90007
The USC School of Cinematic Arts and the Metropolitan Opera
invite you to a special HD broadcast of
Presented in HD and 5.1 sound
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
12:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 11th, 2012
(DELAYED BROADCAST)
There will be a pre-opera discussion from 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. hosted by Elizabeth Hynes, Chair of the Vocal Arts and Opera Department, USC Thornton School of Music, and Ken Cazan, Resident Stage Director,
USC Thornton School of Music
Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre / Frank Sinatra Hall
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Please RSVP via the reservations link at the top of this website. Please do not attempt to reserve seats via telephone or e-mail.
About Otello
Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with two exciting casts. Johan Botha sings the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming, with Falk Struckmann as Iago and Semyon Bychkov conducting. Later in the season, José Cura, Krassimira Stoyanova, and Thomas Hampson take on the principal roles, with Alain Altinoglu on the podium.
Approximate running time: 3 hrs. 1 min. In Italian, with English subtitles.
There will be a pre-opera discussion from 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. hosted by Elizabeth Hynes, Chair of the Vocal Arts and Opera Department at the USC Thornton School of Music.
Check-In & Reservations
This screening is presented free of charge and is open to all. The theater will be OVERBOOKED to ensure capacity and the RSVP list will be honored on a first-come, first-serve basis, with no reserved seating. Please bring a photo ID or print out of your reservation confirmation, which will be automatically sent to your e-mail account upon successfully making an RSVP through this website. Check-in will begin at approximately 11:30 A.M.
Parking
The USC School of Cinematic Arts is located at 900 W. 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007. Parking passes may be purchased for $10.00 at USC Entrance Gate #5, located at the intersection of W. Jefferson Blvd. & McClintock Avenue. We recommend parking in outdoor Lot M or V, or Parking Structure D, at the far end of 34th Street. Please note that Parking Structure D cannot accommodate tall vehicles such as SUVs. Street parking is also available along W. Jefferson Boulevard.
For a map of the USC campus (Norris Cinema Theatre, NCT, is N.10 in blue), please access the following website: http://www.usc.edu/assets/maps/upc_map.pdf
VIOLATORS WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PERFORMANCE.
PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY. DOORS WILL CLOSE 15 MINUTES INTO THE PERFORMANCE.
For more information about upcoming programming and events offered by Visions and Voices: The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative, please visit their website.
Contact Information
Name: Alessandro Ago
Email: aago@cinema.usc.edu