The 2016-2017 Metropolitan Opera’s Live-in-HD season of broadcasts from Lincoln Center to the Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, continues on Saturday, March 25 at 1 p.m. with Mozart’s “Idomeneo.”  An encore broadcast will take place Tuesday, April 4 at 1 p.m.  

Mozart’s first operatic masterpiece returns to the Met in the classic Jean-Pierre Ponnelle production, conducted by Music Director Emeritus James Levine. The superb ensemble includes Matthew Polenzani as the king torn by a rash vow; mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in the trouser role of his noble son Idamante; soprano Nadine Sierra as Ilia; and soprano Elza van den Heever as the volatile Elettra, who loves Idamante to the bounds of madness.

Sung in Italian with Met titles in English. Estimated running time: 3 hours 58 min. Tickets: $27/adults, $15/students 18 and under, and college students with ID; available at www.rocklandstrand.com or 207-594-0070.  Encore show tickets available day-of-show: $23/adults, $5/students 18 and under, and college students with ID. Season ticket packages are also available.

For more information visit www.rocklandstrand.com. Tel: 207-594-0070. The Strand is located at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

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